Thin vs Tick - What's the difference?
thin | tick |
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
* Addison
(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
* Dryden
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
To make thin or thinner.
To become thin or thinner.
To dilute.
To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
* Francis Bacon
A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
(computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
(colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
(Australian, NZ, British) a mark () made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark
A lifer (bird seen by a birdwatcher for the first time) that is uninteresting and routine, thus merely a tick mark on a list.
The whinchat; so called from its note.
To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
To make a tick mark.
(informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
To strike gently; to pat.
* Latimer
(uncountable) Ticking.
A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
(UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 190:
As a proper noun thin
is the fifth earthly branch represented by the.As a noun tick is
a tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder ixodida or tick can be a relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery or tick can be (uncountable) ticking or tick can be (uk|colloquial) credit, trust.As a verb tick is
to make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock or tick can be to go on trust, or credit.thin
English
Adjective
(thinner)- thin plate of metal
- thin paper
- thin board
- thin covering
- thin wire
- thin string
- thin person
- The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .
- Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
- thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams
- a thin disguise
Synonyms
* reedy * slender * slim * skinny * waifish * fine * lightweight * narrow * svelte * See alsoAntonyms
* thickDerived terms
* into thin air * razor thin * thin air * thin as a rake * thick and thin * thin-skinned * wear thinNoun
(en noun)- chocolate mint thins
- potato thins
Verb
Derived terms
* thin outAdverb
(en adverb)- seed sown thin
- Spain is thin sown of people.
External links
* * *Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----tick
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , from (etyl), compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Derived terms
* tick bean * tick trefoilEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.
- At midday, the long bond is up a tick .
- I'll be back in a tick .
- Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box
Derived terms
* full as a tick * tick bite * ticker * ticking * tick off * tick over * tick-tack * tick-tockVerb
(en verb)- He took the computer apart to see how it ticked .
- I wonder what makes her tick .
- Stand not ticking and toying at the branches.
Derived terms
* tick all the boxesEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), probably from (etyl), from (etyl)Noun
Synonyms
* tickingDerived terms
* tickingEtymology 4
From (m)Noun
(en noun)- He paid his mother-in-law rent and, when the baker or the butcher or the grocer wouldn't let her have any more on tick , he paid the bills.