Sicker vs Sucker - What's the difference?
sicker | sucker |
(sick)
(obsolete, outside, dialects) certain
(obsolete, outside, dialects) secure
(obsolete, outside, dialects) certainly
(obsolete, outside, dialects) securely
(mining, UK, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
(Webster 1913)
A person or thing that sucks.
An organ or body part that does the sucking.
An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.
A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollipop.
(horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
(British, colloquial) A suction cup.
A suckling animal.
The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
A pipe through which anything is drawn.
A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.
A parasite; a sponger.
* Fuller
(slang, archaic) A hard drinker; a soaker.
A person that sucks; a general term of disparagement.
To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
(slang) A thing or object. Any thing or object being called attention to with emphasis, as in "this sucker".
As verbs the difference between sicker and sucker
is that sicker is to percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack while sucker is to strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.As an adjective sicker
is comparative of sick.As an adverb sicker
is certainly.As a noun sucker is
a person or thing that sucks.sicker
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* siker * siccer * siccarAdjective
Adverb
Derived terms
* sickerly * sickerhoodEtymology 3
Alternative forms
* sigger * ziggerVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----sucker
English
Etymology 1
From the verb (suck).Noun
(en noun)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
- (Boyle)
- They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker , no branch.
Synonyms
* (piece of candy) lollipopEtymology 2
Possibly from the (Pig in a poke) scam, where victims were tricked into believing they were buying a young (that is a suckling) pig. Also possibly from suckener.Synonyms
* (one who is easily fooled) chump, fall-guy, fish, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, rube, schlemiel, soft touch * See alsoVerb
(en verb)- The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
