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Ticks vs Ticky - What's the difference?

ticks | ticky |

As nouns the difference between ticks and ticky

is that ticks is while ticky is (childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark).

As a verb ticks

is (tick).

As an adjective ticky is

infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order acarina).

As an interjection ticky is

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

ticks

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (tick)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    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