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Gooky vs Hooky - What's the difference?

gooky | hooky |

As adjectives the difference between gooky and hooky

is that gooky is gloppy, gooey while hooky is full of hooks.

As a noun hooky is

absence from school or work.

gooky

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • gloppy, gooey

    • hooky

    English

    Etymology 1

    Attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje ("nook, corner; but also 'spot to hide' in hide-and-go-seek"). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-go-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje.

    Noun

  • Absence from school or work.
    • Let’s play hooky and leave school to go to the mall.
    Derived terms
    * play hooky

    Etymology 2

    From

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Full of hooks.
  • Shaped like a hook.