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Funk vs Skunk - What's the difference?

funk | skunk |

As nouns the difference between funk and skunk

is that funk is radio while skunk is skunk (animal).

funk

English

(wikipedia funk)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) funke, . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) spark
  • (obsolete) touchwood, punk, tinder

    • 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

  • (countable) mental depression
  • (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly
  • * Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
    • [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

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear

    • Etymology 3

    1620, from (etyl) dialectal (Norman) funquer, . More at (l).

    Noun

  • (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.
    • Derived terms
    * electrofunk * funky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
  • To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
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    skunk

    English

    (wikipedia skunk)

    Etymology 1

    At first spelt squunck, from the (etyl) name for the animal, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
  • (slang) A despicable person.
  • (slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.
  • (cribbage) A win by 30 or more points.
    • Derived terms
    * drunk as a skunk * skunky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
    • I skunked him at cards.
    We fished all day but the lake skunked us.
  • (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
  • to go bad, to spoil

    • See also

    * Mephitidae * Mephitis * * * polecat

    Etymology 2

    , influenced by the animal (Etymology 1).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
  • * 2006 , Pam Nilan, Carles Feixa, Global Youth?: Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds (page 192)
    • In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.
  • * 2011 , Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged

    • Etymology 3

    From

    Noun

  • (slang) (marijuana).
  • Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa'' and ''Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
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