Ticky vs Tricky - What's the difference?
ticky | tricky |
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.
hard to deal with, complicated
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adept at using deception
As adjectives the difference between ticky and tricky
is that ticky is infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order acarina) while tricky is hard to deal with, complicated.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-tackytricky
English
Adjective
(er)- They were in a tricky situation.
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- A tricky salesman can sell anything.