What's the difference between nicker and whinny?

Nicker


Definition:

  • (v. t.) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
  • (v. t.) The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

Example Sentences:

Whinny


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
  • (n.) The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh.
  • (a.) Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Call me a boring old class war moo, but I've watched several episodes of Made In Chelsea and at no point has Fenella Flumpinton-Ding-Dong's mother pointed her towards prostitution, whinnying, "Go on darling, get your pants off, help us out."
  • (2) Bird's character, the sane one, is plopped into the middle of this queer ensemble to whinny and writhe.
  • (3) So stop pretending to be all excited about them now, you whinnying berk.
  • (4) When confronted by their mirror images, two animals increased their number of vocalizations, which included "whinny" sounds, barks, buzzing, and varying patterns of click trains.
  • (5) He had little to offer to the fast-maturing sound film, but he bawled and whinnied for a while over the equally adolescent radio networks.

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