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Prickle vs Itchy - What's the difference?

prickle | itchy |

As a noun prickle

is a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.

As a verb prickle

is to feel a prickle.

As an adjective itchy is

having or creating an itch, causing a person or animal to tend to want to scratch.

prickle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
  • A kind of willow basket.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.

    • Derived terms

    * prickleback * prickly

    Verb

  • To feel a prickle.
  • To cause someone to feel a prickle.

    • Anagrams

    *

    itchy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having or creating an itch, causing a person or animal to tend to want to scratch.

    • Derived terms

    * itchy feet * itchy trigger finger

    Related terms

    * itchiness

    References

    * The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary