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Slicker vs Sicker - What's the difference?

slicker | sicker |

As adjectives the difference between slicker and sicker

is that slicker is (slick) while sicker is (sick) or sicker can be (obsolete|outside|dialects) certain.

As a noun slicker

is one who or that which s.

As an adverb sicker is

(obsolete|outside|dialects) certainly.

As a verb sicker is

(mining|uk|dialect) to percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.

slicker

English

Etymology 1

From (slick) (adjective)

Adjective

(head)
  • (slick)

    • Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which s.
  • A waterproof coat or jacket.
  • A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
  • A kind of burnisher for leather.
  • (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.

    • See also

    * city slicker

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    sicker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (sick)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * siker * siccer * siccar

    Adjective

  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) certain
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) secure

    • Adverb

  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) certainly
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) securely

    • Derived terms

    * sickerly * sickerhood

    Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

    * sigger * zigger

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (mining, UK, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
    • (Webster 1913)

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