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Ticky vs Tricky - What's the difference?

ticky | tricky |

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)
  • 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

    tricky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • hard to deal with, complicated
  • They were in a tricky situation.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • adept at using deception
  • A tricky salesman can sell anything.

    See also

    * sneaky