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Whisker vs Whiskery - What's the difference?

whisker | whiskery |

As a noun whisker

is that part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.

As an adjective whiskery is

having whiskers; bewhiskered.

whisker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
  • * 2003 , Hanne Blank, Unruly Appetites: Erotic Stories
    • He licked my ass cheek, then rubbed his face across my butt. I winced as his two-day whiskers rubbed the welts but said nothing. Then he growled and I felt his teeth digging into me, crushing, tearing, sinking deep and tight into my battered, stinging ass at the same time that he shoved three fingers deep into my cunt.''
  • A hair of the beard.
  • One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
  • (colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things
  • * It missed falling on your foot by a whisker .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=May 14 , author=Peter Scrivener , title=Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Boosted by their reward, Wolves continued to push forward and Jamie O'Hara came within a whisker of doubling the lead, smashing a 25-yard effort on to the bar. }}
  • (nautical) spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.
  • (statistics) a graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot
  • One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
  • (label) A small that forms on metal.

    • Derived terms

    * cat’s whiskers

    See also

    * (wikipedia "whisker") *

    whiskery

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having whiskers; bewhiskered.
  • * 2005 , Martha L Crump, Alan Crump, Headless males make great lovers
    • The whiskery batfish (a kind of anglerfish) is covered with outgrowths of skin that resemble bits of seaweed.
  • (humorous) old
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 14, Simon Hoggart, Simon Hoggart's Sketch: Short-selling sermons as God takes on Mammon, The Guardian citation
    • , passage=I checked it out, and there were some good - if whiskery - stories. }}