Ticking vs Kicking - What's the difference?
ticking | kicking |
A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
*1897 , Kipling, Captains Courageous ,
A sound of something ticking.
* Laman Blanchard, The Frolics of Time
An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano. Sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.
(slang) (often kickin') Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable.
(slang) Alive, active (especially in the phrase alive and kicking )
The action of the verb to kick .
A violent assault involving repeated kicks.
As nouns the difference between ticking and kicking
is that ticking is a strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses or ticking can be a sound of something ticking or ticking can be a marking that occurs on some horses it involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks while kicking is the action of the verb to kick .As verbs the difference between ticking and kicking
is that ticking is while kicking is .As an adjective kicking is
(slang) (often kickin') terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable.ticking
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)- Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
Derived terms
* the clock is tickingVerb
(head)Etymology 3
.Noun
(en noun)See also
kicking
English
Adjective
(head)- a kicking pair of jeans
- a kicking party
- still kicking at 89
Noun
(en noun)- In boxing, kicking one's opponent is not allowed.
- The bullies pushed the boy over and gave him a kicking .