Flunk vs Funk - What's the difference?
flunk | funk |
(US, ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
(US) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
(US, dated, informal) To shirk (a task or duty).
To back out through fear.
(countable) mental depression
(uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly
* Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
(countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odour.
(rft-sense) (uncountable) Music that combines traditional forms of black music (as blues, gospel, or soul) and is characterized by a strong backbeat.
To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
As verbs the difference between flunk and funk
is that flunk is of a student, to fail a class; to not pass while funk is to shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.As a noun funk is
spark.flunk
English
Verb
(en verb)- He flunked math, again.
- Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him.
See also
* flunk out English ergative verbsfunk
English
(wikipedia funk)Etymology 1
From (etyl) funke, . More at (l).Etymology 2
1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning "to panic, fail due to panic". Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
- [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk
Etymology 3
1620, from (etyl) dialectal (Norman) funquer, . More at (l).Noun
Derived terms
* electrofunk * funkyVerb
(en verb)- (King)