What's the difference between clicker and licker?

Clicker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.
  • (n.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Half of the lesioned and half of the control animals were trained with a short trace interval between presentations of clicker and shock, and half with a long trace.
  • (2) For a third group (SB), the tone followed shock termination, whereas the clicker was randomly related to shocks.
  • (3) After recovery from surgery, lesioned rats and controls were exposed to pairings of an auditory (clicker) conditioned stimulus and (foot shock) unconditioned stimulus in a distinctive environment.
  • (4) Forecaster Carol Kirkwood accidentally "clicked her clicker" twice while on-screen about 7.30am, resulting in the temperature chart showing "99 degrees" for six cities identified just as "Town name".
  • (5) For another group of dogs (SF), a clicker signaled the shocks, whereas the tone was randomly related to shocks.
  • (6) They planted bait boxes filled with feed stations of ContraPest and then stood nearby, counting the rats that came in and out with clickers in order to track how many rats were taking the bait.
  • (7) For a fourth group (TRC), both the clicker and the tone were randomly related to shocks.
  • (8) In addition, embedded in the two intrusion periods of each session, there occurred 8 presentations of a 'punctate' conditioned stimulus (CS) (a 15-s clicker), and 8 presentations of a 0.5-s footshock.
  • (9) One group of dogs (CON) received concurrent conditioning with a clicker signaling shocks and with a tone following shocks.
  • (10) (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) Why this stuff is meaningless... Also, why does any supporter care if you win an unscientific clicker (aka poll)?
  • (11) Sham-operated and NA-depleted rats were exposed to pairings of an auditory (clicker) CS and (footshock) US in a distinctive environment.

Licker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, licks.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After being widely condemned for his remarks about the rape allegations facing Julian Assange, George Galloway was under fire again at the weekend after calling someone a "window-licker" (a derogatory term for a disabled person) in a conversation on Twitter .
  • (2) As he stresses every week at the beginning of The Apprentice: "I don't like liars, I don't like cheats, I don't like bullshitters, I don't like schmoozers and I don't like arse-lickers."
  • (3) Paul Carter (@Juniorc0) wrote: "@georgegalloway just called someone a window licker.
  • (4) Galloway did apologise for using the word "window-licker" about a critic on Twitter, claiming that he was unaware that it had become a term of abuse of the disabled since he left Scotland , where it had previously been a synonym for "moron".
  • (5) I was listening to them all thinking: ‘You arse lickers.
  • (6) Will decent Rangers fans please substitute this windae-licker … " The tweet was attacked as insensitive by fellow Twitter users and @Skipjack451 wrote: "I wonder what the disabled members of your constituency will make of your use of the slur 'window licker'?