Hunks vs Gunks - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between hunks and gunks

is that hunks is (slang|dated) a crotchety or surly person; also, a stingy man, a miser or hunks can be while gunks is .

Origin unknown.

(hunkses)

(slang, dated) A crotchety or surly person; also, a stingy man, a miser.

* 1851 , Herman Melville, :

Now, Bildad, I am sorry to say, had the reputation of being an incorrigible old hunks , and in his sea-going days, a bitter, hard task-master.