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Hunchback vs Brokeback - What's the difference?

hunchback | brokeback |

As a noun hunchback

is one who is stooped or hunched over.

As an adjective brokeback is

hunchbacked.

hunchback

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is stooped or hunched over.
  • A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
  • (vulgar) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.

    • Synonyms

    * humpback * stooped

    Derived terms

    * hunchbacked

    brokeback

    English

    Etymology 1

    break + back; First used for hunchback in

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) hunchbacked
    • Damn those brokeback tramps making a mess of our city.
  • (rare) broken; derelict
    • The brokeback bridges in the hills sadden me: this place used to be beautiful.

    Etymology 2

    From the title of .

    Alternative forms

    * Brokeback

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang, neologism) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
    • I don't really think Frodo and Sam were gay, even if a couple of the scenes seemed a little brokeback to me.

    See also

    * stem the rose