different between ickle vs eckle

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ?i?el (“icicle, ice”), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), diminutive of *jekô (“lump of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?yeg-. Cognate with Low German Jäkel (“icicle”), Danish egel (“icicle”), Norwegian jøkel (“glacier, icesheet”), Icelandic jökull (“glacier”), Swedish jökel (“glacier”) and probably Albanian akull (“ice”) (Gheg okull).

Alternative forms

• eckle

Noun

ickle (plural ickles)

1. (dialectal) An icicle.

Derived terms

• icicle

Etymology 2

Childish pronunciation of little.

Adjective

ickle (comparative ickler, superlative icklest)

1. (childish) Little. [from mid-19th C.]

Anagrams

• Celik, Elick, Leick

English

Alternative forms

• eccle

Etymology 1

From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ?icel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.

Noun

eckle (plural eckles)

1. (dialectal) An icicle.
2. (dialectal, usually in the plural) The crest of a cock.
3. (dialectal) A woodpecker.

Etymology 2

Alteration of ettle.

Verb

eckle (third-person singular simple present eckles, present participle eckling, simple past and past participle eckled)

1. (intransitive, Northern England) To aim; intend; design.

Anagrams

• Cleek, Eckel, cleek