Thorny vs Ticklish - What's the difference?
thorny | ticklish |
having thorns or spines
troublesome or vexatious
* Shakespeare
aloof and irritable
* Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.
* 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, page 162:
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As adjectives the difference between thorny and ticklish
is that thorny is having thorns or spines while ticklish is sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.thorny
English
Adjective
(er)- the steep and thorny way to heaven
- 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny . After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'
Derived terms
* (l) * thorny restharrow * thorny trefoilAnagrams
*ticklish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.
- Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko.