Sticky vs Tape - What's the difference?
sticky | tape |
Able or likely to stick.
Potentially difficult to escape from.
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(computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
(computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
(manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
A sweet dessert wine.
(Internet, bulletin boards) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
Unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus
(trading , from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
(ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
To bind with adhesive tape.
To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
(informal, passive) To understand, figure out.
As nouns the difference between sticky and tape
is that sticky is a sticky note, such as a post-it note while tape is stone.As an adjective sticky
is able or likely to stick.As a verb sticky
is (internet|bulletin boards) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.sticky
English
Adjective
(er)- Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?
- This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
- Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end.
- We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it.
- A woman has come to me with the complaint that her website is not "sticky" - 70% of the visits last 30 seconds or less.
Derived terms
* stickily * stickiness * sticky-backed plastic * sticky bit * sticky fingers * sticky wicket * sticky noteSee also
* tackyNoun
(stickies)- Her desk is covered with yellow stickies .
Verb
tape
English
Noun
(en noun)- Hand me some tape . I need to fix a tear in this paper.
- After the party there was tape all over the place.
- Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
- Did you get that on tape ?
- Old couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
- Don’t fight the tape .
- His pass was right on the tape .
Derived terms
(Derived terms) * adhesive tape * cassette tape * cut red tape * double-sided tape * duck tape * duck tape * duct tape * gaffer tape * gray tape * magnetic tape * masking tape * on tape * police tape * red tape * scotch tape * Sellotape * sex tape * tale of the tape * tapeworm * tape measure * tape recorder * ticker tape * sticky tape * video tapeVerb
- Can you tape that together, please?
- You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
- I've finally got this thing taped.