Sticker vs Sicker - What's the difference?
sticker | sicker |
something that sticks
an adhesive label or decal
a brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records
a price tag
the listed price (also sticker price)
(informal) a burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing
a wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation. (also 'kiln sticker')
(colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
(music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
(US, politics) A paster.
To apply one or more stickers to (something)
To mark as the sticker price
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=Februaryruary 28, author=Rita Zekas, title=DecoRita visits West Elm, work=Toronto Star
, passage=Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449. }}
(nonstandard, informal) (stick) (stickier).
(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)
As verbs the difference between sticker and sicker
is that sticker is to apply one or more stickers to (something) while sicker is (mining|uk|dialect) to percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.As adjectives the difference between sticker and sicker
is that sticker is (nonstandard|informal) (stick) (stickier) while sicker is (sick) or sicker can be (obsolete|outside|dialects) certain.As a noun sticker
is something that sticks.As an adverb sicker is
(obsolete|outside|dialects) certainly.sticker
English
(wikipedia sticker)Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.
- (Thackeray)
Derived terms
* stickeryReferences
* * *Verb
(en verb)citation
Etymology 2
From .Adjective
(head)- A sticker type of glue that always stays sticky.