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Testy vs Ticklish - What's the difference?

testy | ticklish |

As adjectives the difference between testy and ticklish

is that testy is easily annoyed, irritable while ticklish is sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

testy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Easily annoyed, irritable.
  • Marked by impatience or ill humor.
    • He made testy remarks.

    Derived terms

    * testily * testiness

    Synonyms

    * touchy * tetchy

    See also

    * heady * teston

    Anagrams

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    ticklish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
    • She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.
  • Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, page 162:
    • Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko.
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    • Derived terms

    * ticklishness