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Hulking vs Hulky - What's the difference?

hulking | hulky |

As adjectives the difference between hulking and hulky

is that hulking is large and bulky while hulky is large; hulking.

hulking

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Large and bulky.
  • (man) Tall and heavily built.
  • Unwieldy.

    • Quotations

    * 2001 — , Artemis Fowl , p 212 *: A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.

    Related terms

    * hulk

    hulky

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Large; hulking.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 22, author=Susanna Hamner, title=Harley, You’re Not Getting Any Younger, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=After riding high for two decades, the company that makes the hulky bikes that devoted riders affectionately call Hogs is sputtering. }}