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Slicker vs Slicken - What's the difference?

slicker | slicken |

As adjectives the difference between slicker and slicken

is that slicker is (slick) while slicken is (uk|dialect) sleek; smooth.

As a noun slicker

is one who or that which s.

As a verb slicken is

to make slick.

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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    slicken

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make slick.
  • * 2001 , Nora Roberts, Hidden Star
    • Sweat dewed her skin, slickening it.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) sleek; smooth