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Sticker vs Stickler - What's the difference?

sticker | stickler |

As nouns the difference between sticker and stickler

is that sticker is something that sticks while stickler is a referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play.

As a verb sticker

is to apply one or more stickers to (something.

As an adjective sticker

is comparative of stick (stickier).

sticker

English

(wikipedia sticker)

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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)
    • When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice 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.
    • (Thackeray)
  • (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.
    • Derived terms
    * stickery
    References
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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 citation
    • , passage=Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449. }}

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (nonstandard, informal) (stick) (stickier).
    • A sticker type of glue that always stays sticky.

    Anagrams

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    stickler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *, II.27:
  • *:In ancient time they were wont to employ third persons as sticklers , to see no treachery or disorder were used, and to beare witnes of the combates successe.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
    • Basilius, the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obey.
  • * Dryden
    • Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the war, / First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise.
  • Someone who insistently advocates (for) something.
  • :Lexicographers are stickler s for correct language.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • The Tory or High-church were the greatest sticklers against the exorbitant proceedings of King James II.

    Related terms

    * stickle

    Anagrams

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