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Hawky vs Hanky - What's the difference?

hawky | hanky |

As an adjective hawky

is resembling or characteristic of a hawk.

As a noun hanky is

short form of handkerchief.

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

    hanky

    English

    Noun

    (hankies)
  • (colloquial) Short form of handkerchief.