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Buckish vs Puckish - What's the difference?

buckish | puckish |

As adjectives the difference between buckish and puckish

is that buckish is (archaic) like a dandy; foppish; swellish while puckish is mischievous; excessively playful.

buckish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) Like a dandy; foppish; swellish.
    • (Webster 1913)

    puckish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • mischievous; excessively playful.
  • * Wolfowitz spoke softly to Yasa, who evidently had no idea who he was but responded with a puckish smile.'' - , ''The Next Crusade by John Cassidy, 09/04/2007 [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy]

    • Synonyms

    * (mischievous): impish, mischievous, playful

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