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Flunky vs Clunky - What's the difference?

flunky | clunky |

As a noun flunky

is a sycophant; a servant or hanger-on who is kept for their loyalty or muscle rather than their intellect.

As an adjective clunky is

(informal) ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.

flunky

English

Alternative forms

* flunkee * flunkey

Noun

(flunkies)
  • A sycophant; a servant or hanger-on who is kept for their loyalty or muscle rather than their intellect.

    • clunky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
  • * 2013 May 23, , " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
    • At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky .

    Derived terms

    * clunkiness