Pricker vs. Thorn — What's the Difference?

One, such as a pricking tool, that pierces or pricks.

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).

A prickle or thorn.

A modified branch in the form of a sharp woody structure.

One who pricks.

Any of various other sharp protuberances, such as a spine.

A tool for pricking.

Any of various shrubs, trees, or woody plants bearing such sharp structures.

A prickle or thorn.

Any of various sharp protuberances on an animal.

Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.

One that causes sharp pain, irritation, or discomfort

One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.

The runic letter þ, used in Old English, Middle English, and Old Norse manuscripts to represent both the voiceless sound (th) of Modern English thin and the voiced sound (th) of Modern English this, and in modern Icelandic orthography to represent the voiceless sound (th).

A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.

(botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.

(nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.

(figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

One who spurs forward; a light horseman.

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

A priming wire; a priming needle, - used in blasting and gunnery.

A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, - used in sailmaking.

Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

A sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf

Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.

An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws

The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter , capital form . It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.

To prick, as with a thorn.

Something that causes irritation and annoyance;

A sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf

A Germanic character of runic origin