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Dank vs Dalk - What's the difference?

dank | dalk |

As nouns the difference between dank and dalk

is that dank is moisture; humidity; water while dalk is a pin; brooch; clasp.

As a verb dank

is to moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.

As an adjective dank

is dark, damp and humid.

dank

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Moisture; humidity; water.
  • A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • dark, damp and humid.
    • The dank cave was chilly and spooky.
  • * Milton
    • Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire.
  • * Trench
    • Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.
  • (figuratively) highly potent
    • That was very dank marijuana.

    Derived terms

    * dankly * dankness

    Anagrams

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    dalk

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dalke, dalk, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pin; brooch; clasp

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps a diminutive of (dale), (dell).

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hollow or depression.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 120:
  • *:On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk , Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.