Ticker vs. Ticket — What's the Difference?

A telegraphic instrument that receives news reports and prints them on paper tape.

A paper slip or card indicating that its holder has paid for or is entitled to a specified service, right, or consideration

Any of various devices that receive and display similar information, such as stock market quotations, electronically.

An e-ticket.

(Slang) A watch.

A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.

(Slang) The heart.

An identifying or descriptive tag attached to merchandise; a label.

One who makes a tick mark.

A list of candidates proposed or endorsed by a political party; a slate.

A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.

A legal notice to a person charged with a violation of law, especially a minor violation.

A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.

The proper or desirable thing

(slang) A heart, especially a human one.

(Informal) A means to an end

(slang) A watch timepiece.

To provide with a ticket for passage or admission

A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.

To attach a ticket to; tag

One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.

To designate for a specified use or end; destine

A telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints off stock quotations (stock ticker), market report, or other news on a paper ribbon or "tape."

To serve (a person) with a notice of legal violation

An electronic instrument receiving information by transmision from a remote source and displaying it in readable fashion, not necessarily on paper tape (e.g. on a video display terminal or moving ribbon of electronically controlled lights).

A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.

The heart.

A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation

The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body;

A citation for a traffic violation.

A small portable timepiece

A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.

Character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on tickertape

A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).

(informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.

A solution to a problem; something that is needed.

(dated) A little note or notice.

(dated) A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).

A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.

A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.

(dated) A visiting card.

A warrant.

A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.

To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.

To mark with a ticket.

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

A little note or notice.

A tradesman's bill or account.

A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.

A label to show the character or price of goods.

A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.

A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot.

To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.

To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California.

A commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

A summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)

A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

The appropriate or desirable thing;

Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty;

Provide with a ticket for passage or admission;