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Ticklish vs Tricky - What's the difference?

ticklish | tricky |

As adjectives the difference between ticklish and tricky

is that ticklish is sensitive or susceptible to being tickled while tricky is hard to deal with, complicated.

ticklish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
    • She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.
  • Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, page 162:
    • Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko.
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    • Derived terms

    * ticklishness

    tricky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • hard to deal with, complicated
    • They were in a tricky situation.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=It was as comfortable an afternoon as Arsène Wenger could have wished for in a situation that can be tricky in between internationals and the upcoming Champions League. }}
  • adept at using deception
    • A tricky salesman can sell anything.

    Related terms

    * trick

    See also

    * sneaky