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Hawklike vs Hawky - What's the difference?

hawklike | hawky | Synonyms |

Hawklike is a synonym of hawky.


As adjectives the difference between hawklike and hawky

is that hawklike is reminiscent of a hawk while hawky is resembling or characteristic of a hawk.

hawklike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Reminiscent of a hawk.
  • * 1986 , Linda Ben-Zvi, Samuel Beckett
    • However, in filming this scene proved too difficult to do, and instead the film opens with a close-up of Keaton's hawklike eye.

    hawky

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a hawk.
  • * 1953 , Mignon Good Eberhart, The unknown quantity
    • He was a tall man with very powerful-looking shoulders, but his flesh seemed to sag thinly over his big frame; his face was thin, too, over a hawky nose and receding chin and gray hair.
  • * 1963 , D'Arcy Niland, The shiralee
    • He had a hawky face with a high colour and eyes like slits of blue crystal, set in a web of fine lines. They were hard but not unkind.

    Synonyms

    * hawklike