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“Click” or “Clique”

click / clique are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

click k·l·IH·k

  • noundepression of a button on a computer mouse.
  • verbmake a clicking or ticking sound.
  • verbproduce a click.
  • verbbecome clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.

clique k·l·IY·k

  • nounan exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
Usage

Examples in context

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“click”

  • …navigates through the landscape by click on a series of static…
  • …utschderensis is a species of click beetle from the family Elateridae…
  • …produces a loud "snap" or "click" noise when a person's finger…
  • Click here to get more information…
  • …Software's highly successful point and click adventure game Broken Sword: The…
  • clickBOOM is a global design firm,…
  • …pressure sensitivity, and replicates a click with haptic feedback.
  • Click (game show)
  • …the board is called "Double Click", where the team can double…
  • Click Pix—A picture clue was given…

“clique”

  • …Flensburg government as an anti-Soviet clique, pursuing a truce in the…
  • …Army established the New Guangxi clique dominated by Li, Huang Shaohong,…
  • …Vietnamese enemy, the Lê Duẩn clique."
  • …Chinese warlord in the Ma clique during the Warlord Era.
  • …a member of a 'Pontypridd clique'.
  • …the recognised organ of the "clique", as Oswald's Whig and Liberal…
  • …the group, now renamed "Xi-Ma-Liu clique", and subject to severe persecution.
  • General Lu's Old Guangxi clique overran Hunan and Guangdong as…
  • …whom she has formed a clique with.
  • Clique

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