Ticking
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses. A sound of something ticking. An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect. A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano. Sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
Example sentence: The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.
Tick
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina.A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.A short period of time, particularly a second.a mark () made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmarkTicking.A sheet that wraps around a mattress.Credit, trust.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.To make a tick mark.
Example sentence: By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu.