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Tickable vs Nickable - What's the difference?

tickable | nickable |

As adjectives the difference between tickable and nickable

is that tickable is that can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark while nickable is capable of being nicked (given a small cut or clip).

tickable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That can be ticked; capable of being marked with a tick or check mark.
    • tickable boxes in a questionnaire

    nickable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
  • (UK, 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.