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Tickly vs Ticky - What's the difference?

tickly | ticky |

As adjectives the difference between tickly and ticky

is that tickly is having an itchy sensation like that of being tickled while ticky is infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order acarina).

As a noun ticky is

(childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark).

As an interjection ticky is

(onomatopoeia|also tick) representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.

tickly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
  • Producing an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
    • a tickly woollen blanket

    ticky

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • infested with ticks (The tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina.)
    • The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.

    Noun

    (tickies)
  • (childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark).
    • Can I get another ticky ?

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.
    • Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.

    See also

    * ticky-tacky