different between licky vs ticky

English

lick +? -y

licky (comparative lickier, superlative lickiest)

Prone to licking.
- 2003, Michael Wordsmiff, James Baggit and the Storyteller's Ring - Page 13
  He was a proper dog; a great, woolly, lolloping beast with huge paddy paws, a waggy tail and a very licky tongue.
- 2007, Augusten Burroughs, Possible Side Effects : True Stories - Page 25
  As soon as the dog was safely enclosed within the area of our legs, it became happy and licky. He ran to one then the other. Then he sat on the floor and watched us watching him.

tick +? -y

ticky (comparative more ticky, superlative most ticky)

infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).
The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.

ticky (plural tickies)

ticky

(onomatopoeia, also tick) Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.
Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.

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