Thin vs. Tick — What's the Difference?

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together

Ticks (suborder Ixodida) are parasitic arachnids that are part of the superorder Parasitiformes. Along with mites, they constitute the subclass Acari.

Having little, or too little, flesh or fat on the body

A light, sharp, clicking sound made repeatedly by a machine, such as a clock.

Having few parts or members relative to the area covered or filled; sparse

Chiefly British A moment.

(of a liquid substance) not containing much solid; flowing freely

A light mark used to check off or call attention to an item.

Lacking substance or quality; weak or inadequate

(Informal)A unit on a scale; a degree

With little thickness or depth

Any of various small bloodsucking arachnids of the order Ixodida that are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates. Many species transmit diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous

Any of various usually wingless insects that resemble a tick, such as a sheep ked.

Make or become smaller in thickness

A cloth case for a mattress or pillow.

Hit (a ball) above its centre.

A light mattress without inner springs.

Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension

Ticking.

Not great in diameter or cross section; fine

Credit or an amount of credit.

Having little bodily flesh or fat; lean or slender.

To emit recurring clicking sounds

Not dense or concentrated; sparse

To function characteristically or well

More rarefied than normal

To count or record with the sound of ticks

Flowing with relative ease; not viscous

To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick

Watery

A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.

Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty

A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

Having a low number of transactions

(computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).

Lacking force or substance; flimsy

(colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.

Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny

(video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.

Lacking radiance or intensity

A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.

Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative.

(birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.

In a thin manner

(uncountable) Ticking.

So as to be thin

A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.

To make or become thin or thinner.

Credit, trust.

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

A goat.

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

To make a tick or checkmark.

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

To work or operate, especially mechanically.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

To strike gently; to pat.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

(intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

(transitive) To give tick; to trust.

(aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

Poor; scanty; without money or success.

Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.

(transitive) To make thin or thinner.

Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.

(intransitive) To become thin or thinner.

The whinchat; - so called from its note.

To dilute.

To go on trust, or credit.

To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

To give tick; to trust.

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

To strike gently; to pat.

Rare; not dense or thick; - applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.

To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.

Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

A metallic tapping sound;

Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.;

Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

A light mattress

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

Make a clicking or ticking sound;

Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

Make a sound like a clock or a timer;

To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Sew;

To grow or become thin; - used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

Put a check mark on or next to;

Lose thickness; become thin or thinner

Make thin or thinner;

Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;

Take off weight

Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section;

Lacking excess flesh;

Very narrow;

Having little substance or significance;

Not dense;

Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous;

(of sound) lacking resonance or volume;

Lacking spirit or sincere effort;

Without viscosity;