Ticky vs Icky - What's the difference?
ticky | icky |
infested with ticks (The tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina.)
(childish) a tick (particularly, a check mark).
(onomatopoeia, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.
(informal) unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting
(informal) excessively sentimental
As adjectives the difference between ticky and icky
is that ticky is infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order acarina) while icky is (informal) unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.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.ticky
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.
Noun
(tickies)- Can I get another ticky ?
Interjection
(en interjection)- Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.
See also
* ticky-tackyicky
English
Adjective
(er)- I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.