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Corkiness vs Porkiness - What's the difference?

corkiness | porkiness |

As nouns the difference between corkiness and porkiness

is that corkiness is the quality of being corky while porkiness is the quality of being porky.

corkiness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being corky.
  • (Webster 1913)

    porkiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being porky.
  • * 2004 , Stephen Fife, Best revenge (page 19)
  • It would be like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon in a small room — Porky Pig blown to his full girth, crushing everyone inside with his porkiness .
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 3, author=Harold Mcgee, title=Bringing Flavor Back to the Ham, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Have you ever placed a vanishingly thin morsel of rosy meat on your tongue and had it fill your mouth with deepest porkiness , or the aroma of tropical fruits, or caramel, or chocolate? }}