Toothpick vs Picker - What's the difference?
toothpick | picker |
A small, usually wooden stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from the area between the teeth.
Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
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, title= (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
(engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
(weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
(military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
(slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
As nouns the difference between toothpick and picker
is that toothpick is a small, usually wooden stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from the area between the teeth while picker is agent noun of pick; one who picks.toothpick
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