clock vs ticker

clock

noun
  • A time clock. 

  • The odometer of a motor vehicle. 

  • A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking. 

  • An instrument that measures or keeps track of time; a non-wearable timepiece. 

  • A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock. 

  • The seed head of a dandelion. 

  • A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time. 

  • An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules. 

  • A CPU clock cycle, or T-state. 

  • A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius). 

verb
  • To measure the speed of. 

  • To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work. 

  • To identify someone as being transgender. 

  • To take notice of; to realise; to recognize someone or something. 

  • To beat a video game. 

  • To measure the duration of. 

  • To hit (someone) heavily. 

  • To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle. 

ticker

noun
  • A watch (timepiece). 

  • A heart, especially a human one. 

  • One who makes a tick mark. 

  • A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible. 

  • A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen. 

  • A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur. 

How often have the words clock and ticker occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )