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Chunky vs Clunky - What's the difference?

chunky | clunky |

As adjectives the difference between chunky and clunky

is that chunky is having chunks while clunky is ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.

As a noun chunky

is alternative form of lang=en Native American game.

chunky

English

Etymology 1

chunk + -y

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • having chunks
    • I ate a chunky bar of chocolate.
  • (euphemistic, of a person) fat
    • I prefer chunky blonde girls to skinny brunettes.
    Synonyms
    * (overweight) portly, rotund, obese, cankle, husky

    Etymology 2

    See chunkey.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Native American game).
  • * (seeCites)

    • clunky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
  • * 2013 May 23, , " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
    • At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky .

    Derived terms

    * clunkiness