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Dodgy vs Flaky - What's the difference?

dodgy | flaky |

As adjectives the difference between dodgy and flaky

is that dodgy is (uk|australian|nz) evasive and shifty while flaky is consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

dodgy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (UK, Australian, NZ) evasive and shifty
    • Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.
  • (UK, Australian, NZ) unsound and unreliable
    • Never listen to dodgy advice.
    The dodgy old machine kept breaking down.
  • dishonest
    • The more money the better, because there is always that dodgy politician or corrupt official to bribe.
    I am sure you wouldn't want to be seen buying dodgy gear, would you? (stolen goods).
  • risky
    • This is a slightly dodgy plan, because there is a lot that is being changed for this fix.
  • deviant
    • He's a dodgy Peeping Tom.
  • uncomfortable and weird
    • The situation was right dodgy .
    I'm feeling dodgy today, probably got the flu.

    Synonyms

    * (unsound and unreliable) shaky * (risky) chancy, risky

    Anagrams

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    flaky

    English

    Alternative forms

    * flakey

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  • (informal, of a, person) Unreliable; prone to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
    • Some of his friends were flaky .
  • (informal, of a, thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; prone to cease functioning properly.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 16, author=Ben Dirs, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, work=BBC Sport citation
    • , passage=Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.}}
    I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.