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Clunky vs Clinky - What's the difference?

clunky | clinky |

As adjectives the difference between clunky and clinky

is that clunky is ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome while clinky is clinking, making a clinking sound, like glass on glass.

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

    clinky

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • clinking, making a clinking sound, like glass on glass.