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Clanky vs Janky - What's the difference?

clanky | janky |

As adjectives the difference between clanky and janky

is that clanky is making a clanking metallic sound while janky is of poor quality, odd.

clanky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Making a clanking metallic sound.
    • My father's first car was a clanky old VW Beetle.
  • Providing audible indication of imminent mechanical failure.

    • janky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) of poor quality, odd
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2014-08-07 , title = Smokin', Drinkin', and Chillin' , series = , number = 1 , people = Kali Hawk , role = Maggie , passage = We're gonna do some janky' shit. When you're doin' ' janky shit, you wear a mask. }}
    Oh man, that's a janky setup.
  • (jargon, computing, rare) Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * clanky

    References

    * OED 2004 * Double-Tongued Dictionary