different between wicking vs ticking

English

Verb

wicking

1. present participle of wick

   The fabric is wicking perspiration away from the body.

Noun

wicking (plural wickings)

1. The material of which wicks are made, especially a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
2. (physics) capillarity, capillary motion, capillary effect

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??

Etymology 1

tick (“sheet, cover”) +? -ing (“material, collection”).

Noun

ticking (plural tickings)

1. A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
   • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous, chapter 1

     Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

ticking (plural tickings)

1. A sound of something ticking.
   • 1842, Laman Blanchard, "The Frolics of Time" in George Cruikshank's Omnibus

     Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!

2. An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.

Verb

ticking

1. present participle of tick

Derived terms

• the clock is ticking

Etymology 3

tick (“tick mark”) +? -ing (“having the property”).

Noun

ticking (plural tickings)

1. A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano. Sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.

See also

• Ticking in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)