wicket

In cricket terms the difference between wicket and wicketless

is that wicket is the area around the stumps where the batsmen stand while wicketless is having failed to gain a single wicket.

As a noun wicket

is a small door or gate, especially one associated with a larger one.

As an adjective wicketless is

having failed to gain a single wicket.

In cricket|lang=en terms the difference between wicket and tice

is that wicket is (cricket) the area around the stumps where the batsmen stand while tice is (cricket) a ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.

As nouns the difference between wicket and tice

is that wicket is a small door or gate, especially one associated with a larger one while tice is (cricket) a ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.

As a verb tice is

(obsolete) to entice.