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Pricky vs Scratchy - What's the difference?

pricky | scratchy |

As adjectives the difference between pricky and scratchy

is that pricky is stiff and sharp; prickly while scratchy is characterized by es.

pricky

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stiff and sharp; prickly.
    • (Holland)
    (Webster 1913)

    scratchy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Characterized by es.
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  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy -looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  • Annoying, irritating, itchy.
  • Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
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