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Hickey vs Rugby - What's the difference?

hickey | rugby |

As nouns the difference between hickey and rugby

is that hickey is a bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking while rugby is a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent’s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

As proper nouns the difference between hickey and rugby

is that hickey is {{surname|A=An|Irish|from=Irish}} anglicised from {{term|Ó hÍcidhe||descendant of a person named Healer|lang=ga}} while Rugby is a town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated.

hickey

English

(wikipedia hickey)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
  • (informal, slang) an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
  • (printing) A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo.
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
  • A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
  • (US, slang, business, finance) An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action, often preceded by the words "taking a ..." or "took a ... ".
  • Synonyms

    * (bruise-like mark) love bite, lovebite, knot * (tool) conduit bender * See also

    Derived terms

    * doohickey, dohickey

    See also

    * Web page on printing hickeys English placeholder terms

    rugby

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Rugby

    Noun

    (-)
  • A sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent’s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
  • The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby .

    Synonyms

    * rugby football, rugger

    Derived terms

    * chesterfield rugby * rugby ball * rugby league * rugby player * rugby sevens * rugby union

    See also

    * ("rugby" on Wikipedia) ----