different between whisker vs whicker

English

Etymology

Middle English wisker, whisk (verb) +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sk?(?)/, /w?sk?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?sk?(r)

Noun

whisker (plural whiskers)

1. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
2. A hair of the beard.
3. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
4. (colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things.
5. (nautical) Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.
6. (statistics) A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot.
7. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
8. (metallurgy) A small tendril that forms on metal.

Derived terms

• cat’s whiskers

Translations

Further reading

• whisker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• whisker in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?k?/
• (General American) enPR: (h)w?k??r, IPA^(key): /?(h)w?k?/
• Rhymes: -?k?(?)
• Homophone: wicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Hyphenation: whick?er

Noun

whicker (plural whickers)

1. The soft neigh made by a horse.

Verb

whicker (third-person singular simple present whickers, present participle whickering, simple past and past participle whickered)

1. Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny.

Translations