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Prickle vs Prickler - What's the difference?

prickle | prickler |

As nouns the difference between prickle and prickler

is that prickle is a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn while prickler is that which prickles.

As a verb prickle

is to feel a prickle.

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

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    prickler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which prickles.
  • * 2003 , Piers Anthony, Key to Chroma (page 376)
    • The tree did not react, but that was positive. It was a prickler , with many sharply barbed leaves.