different between silky vs sticky
silky
English
Etymology
From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?lki/
- Rhymes: -?lki
Adjective
silky (comparative silkier, superlative silkiest)
- Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
- cloth with a silky lustre
- silky hair
- Smooth and pleasant; seductive.
- a silky wine
- a silky voice
- silky skills
- (botany) Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.
Derived terms
- silky oak
- silky soft
Translations
Noun
silky (plural silkies)
- Alternative spelling of silkie
References
- silky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “silky” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
Anagrams
- Kisly
silky From the web:
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sticky
English
Etymology
From stick +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?ki/
- Rhymes: -?ki
Adjective
sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest)
- Able or likely to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
- Potentially difficult to escape from.
- 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:
- Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end.
- 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:
- Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
- 2008, Robert K. Fitts, Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
- The baby was due in December and the hot, sticky August weather was making Jane uncomfortable.
- 2008, Robert K. Fitts, Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
- (finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
- (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
- (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
- (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
- (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
- Similar to a stick
Synonyms
- (able or likely to adhere): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
- (hot, windless and humid): close, muggy, sultry; see also Thesaurus:muggy
Derived terms
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticky-backed plastic
- sticky bit
- sticky fingers
- sticky note
- sticky tape
- sticky wicket
Translations
See also
- tacky
Noun
sticky (plural stickies)
- A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
- Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.
- (Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
- (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
- (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
Translations
Verb
sticky (third-person singular simple present stickies, present participle stickying, simple past and past participle stickied)
- (Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
Translations
sticky From the web:
- what sticky keys do
- what sticky rice
- what sticky substance
- what sticky rice to buy
- what sticky keys
- what sticky poop means
- what sticky stuff are pitchers using
- what sticky substance are pitchers using
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