different between lickable vs nickable

English

Etymology

lick +? -able

Adjective

lickable (comparative more lickable, superlative most lickable)

1. Able to be licked.

English

Etymology

nick +? -able

Pronunciation

Adjective

nickable (comparative more nickable, superlative most nickable)

1. Capable of being nicked (given a small cut or clip).
   • 1951, John Wyndham, Pawley's Peepholes

     He drove right at, and through, the platform. It began to move, but I'd have nicked it myself, had it been nickable.

   • 2004, Jason Boyett, A Guy's Guide to Life (page 121)

     Armpits are soft and tender and highly nickable. And sure, guys have a lot of face to shave, but that acreage doesn't compare to shaving two whole legs.

2. (Britain, slang) Liable to be stolen.
   • 2007, Libby Purves, A Little Learning (page 65)

     Meanwhile, the trade will have to make them [laptops] much, much cheaper, without compromising the screen: even at £500 a time they would be too nickable to walk home from school with.

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