Cheeky vs Snarky - What's the difference?
cheeky | snarky |
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
* 1899 , , Stalky & Co. , chaper 4:
* 1909 , , The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England , chaper 7:
(informal) Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation, often humorously.
In informal terms the difference between cheeky and snarky
is that cheeky is impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing while snarky is snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation, often humorously.cheeky
English
Adjective
(er)- "Shut up," said Harrison. "You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you."
- "You're a lot too cheeky ," said Craye.
- The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.