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Alkie vs Alike - What's the difference?

alkie | alike |

As a noun alkie

is (slang) an alcoholic.

As an adjective alike is

having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

As an adverb alike is

in the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

alkie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) An alcoholic.
  • * 1966 , Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance
    • You want to know what it's like to be an alkie , don't you, boy?
  • * 1994 , Faye Morgan, Riding the Gold Curve
    • Also, she fed patients who were unable to feed themselves and, occasionally, dealt with an alkie who treated a patient badly.

    Anagrams

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    alike

    English

    Alternative forms

    * yliche (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
    • The twins were alike .

    Derived terms

    * alikeness

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

    • Derived terms

    * share and share alike

    Anagrams

    * *