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Hacky vs Hackish - What's the difference?

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Hackish is a synonym of hacky.



In computing informal terms the difference between hacky and hackish

is that hacky is using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds while hackish is characteristic of hackers, especially slang; e. g., hackish humor.

As adjectives the difference between hacky and hackish

is that hacky is like a hack; amateurish while hackish is characteristic of hacks, or inferior writers.

hacky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Like a hack; amateurish.
  • (Geordie) Filthy or totally dirty.
  • (computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
  • (colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
    • A hacky''' cough. A '''hacky''' laugh. A '''hacky''' breath. A '''hacky howl.

    Derived terms

    * hackily

    Related terms

    * dirty (Standard English ) * dorty (Geordie) * hacky dorty (Geordie) * unclean (Standard English )

    References

    * * * * “ hacky” at Wordnik (Forwards to “hacking”, where “hacky” is listed.)

    hackish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of hacks, or inferior writers.
  • (computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
  • * 2003 , Erik T Ray, Learning XML?
    • A hackish solution is to use code switching, a technique of replacing a byte with a sequence of bytes headed by a special control character.
  • * 2006 , Bruce Perry, Ajax hacks?
    • The first two hacks in this chapter provide, well, hackish solutions to that conundrum.
  • (computing, informal) Characteristic of hackers, especially slang; e. g., hackish humor .

    • Synonyms

    * hacky

    Related terms

    * hackishly