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Corks vs Corky - What's the difference?

corks | corky |

As nouns the difference between corks and corky

is that corks is plural of cork while corky is an injury caused by a blow ("corking").

As a verb corks

is third-person singular of cork.

As an adjective corky is

of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

corks

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (cork)

    • Anagrams

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    corky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
    • This one smells a bit corky ; get me another bottle.
  • Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Bind fast his corky arms.

    Synonyms

    * (like cork) suberose, suberous (in botany)

    Noun

    (corkies)
  • (AU, slang) An injury caused by a blow ("corking").

    • Anagrams

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