Bunked vs Banked - What's the difference?

bunked | banked |

As verbs the difference between bunked and banked

is that bunked is past tense of bunk while banked is past tense of bank.

As an adjective banked is

piled high with.

bunked

English

Verb

(head)

(bunk)

Anagrams

bunk

English

(wikipedia bunk)

Etymology 1

Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English , origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian. Confer Old Swedish . See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.

Noun

(en noun)

One of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=6 citation , passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}

(nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.

(military) A cot.

(US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

(US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

Derived terms

* bunk bed, bunkbed * bunkmate

Verb

(en verb)

To occupy a bunk.

To provide a bunk.

Etymology 2

Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from . See (m) for more.

Noun

(-)

(slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* debunk

Etymology 3

19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.

Verb

(en verb)

(British) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').

(obsolete) To expel from a school.

References

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banked

English

Verb

(head)

(bank)

Adjective

(head)

piled high with

He tripped and fell on the banked corners of the road.