Spice vs Spick - What's the difference?
spice | spick |
(countable, uncountable) Plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
(figurative, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
(uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
(obsolete) Species; kind.
* Wyclif Bible, 1 Thessalonians v. 22
* Sir T. Elyot
To add spice or spices to.
(nonce word)
In obsolete terms the difference between spice and spick
is that spice is species; kind while spick is nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).As nouns the difference between spice and spick
is that spice is plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food while spick is a Latino/Hispanic person.As a verb spice
is to add spice or spices to.spice
English
(wikipedia spice)Etymology 1
From (etyl) espice (modern .Noun
- Abstain you from all evil spice .
- Justice, although it be but one entire virtue, yet is described in two kinds of spices . The one is named justice distributive, the other is called commutative.