Point and Tick

Point

Point noun - A particular and often important moment in time.
Usage example: it was at that point that I had to stop and check on the experiment

Tick and point are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tick" instead a noun "Point".

Tick

Tick noun - A metallic tapping sound.
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Synonyms for Tick

Point and tick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Point" instead a noun "Tick".

Nearby Words: ticked, ticking

How words are described

single single point single tick
small small point small tick
new new point new tick
final final point final tick
Other adjectives: next, last.

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Book / The Tick Happy Fun Ball: One villain, Toy De Force, incapacitates The Tick at one point with the Happy Apple - a sparkling apple toy that is nearly impossible to look away from.
  • People who sleep regularly with these can reach the point where the tick fully wakes them, either to get up or shut off the alarm before it starts.
  • Theatre / A Streetcar Named Desire Tick. Young gay man struggling with his sexual identity in a repressive society that maligned any sign of cultural or sexual diversity to the point where it was taboo?
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