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Hank vs Jank - What's the difference?

hank | jank |

As nouns the difference between hank and jank

is that hank is a coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope while jank is problematic blocking of a software application's user interface due to slow operations.

As a proper noun Hank

is a diminutive=Henry given name.

As a verb hank

is to form into hanks.

As an adjective jank is

janky.

hank

English

Proper noun

(s)
  • .
  • (archaic) A diminutive of the given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).

    • Anagrams

    * * English diminutives of male given names

    jank

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, slang, rare) Problematic blocking of a software application's user interface due to slow operations.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • janky
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