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Wicker vs Nicker - What's the difference?

wicker | nicker |

As nouns the difference between wicker and nicker

is that wicker is a flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture while nicker is pound sterling.

As an adjective wicker

is made of wickerwork.

As a verb nicker is

to make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

wicker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
  • Wickerwork.
  • * Chapman
    • Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.

    Derived terms

    * wickerwork * rewicker * Wicker Man

    See also

    * basket * cradle English terms with homophones

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of wickerwork.
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    • nicker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (nicker)
  • (British, slang) Pound sterling.
    • This coat cost me 50 nicker .
    Synonyms
    * (pound sterling) pound (standard), pound sterling (standard), quid (slang), sov (slang)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
    • Synonyms
    * neigh * whinny

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.