In informal terms the difference between hunk and honk

is that hunk is a sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular while honk is to vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.

As nouns the difference between hunk and honk

is that hunk is a large or dense piece of something while honk is the sound produced by a typical car horn.

As a verb honk is

to use a car horn.

As an interjection honk is

Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.

hunk

English

Noun

(en noun)

A large or dense piece of something.

a hunk of metal

* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter IX

"Jim, this is nice," I says. "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread."

(informal) A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular.

(computing) A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.

(US, slang) A honyock.

Synonyms

* (large or dense piece) chunk, lump, piece * (sexually attractive boy) beefcake

Derived terms

* hunky

See also

* bohunk

References

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honk

English

Verb

(en verb)

(intransitive) To use a car horn.

They stood and observed how long it took for the other cars to honk .

To make a sound like a car horn.

To make the sound of a goose.

"Honk! " she said, beaming reassuringly through the window and flapping her arms.

(informal) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.

Noun

(en noun)

The sound produced by a typical car horn.

The cry of a goose.

Interjection

(en interjection)

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