Pricking vs Prickling - What's the difference?
pricking | prickling |
The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
* Bible, Proverbs xii. 18
A sensation that pricks.
The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
(mining) A nicking.
The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
(obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between pricking and prickling
is that pricking is present participle of prick while prickling is present participle of prickle.As nouns the difference between pricking and prickling
is that pricking is the act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point while prickling is a sensation that prickles.pricking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword.
- the prickings of conscience