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Hooky vs Kooky - What's the difference?

hooky | kooky |

As adjectives the difference between hooky and kooky

is that hooky is full of hooks while kooky is eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane.

As a noun hooky

is absence from school or work.

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.

    • kooky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane.
    • his kooky behavior seemed charming at first
  • (surfing) Behaving like a kook (person with poor style or skill); kook-like.

    • Synonyms

    * wacky * nuts * outlandish * bonkers

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