Huskier vs Duskier - What's the difference?
huskier | duskier |
(husky)
(of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding
burly, thick; fat, overweight
* 1965 , Popular Mechanics, September issue,
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
(dusky)
Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=1 A shade of color that is rather dark.
(dated) dark-skinned
:* In the raw attempt to apply the perfected institutions of Anglo-Saxon civilization to the descendants of the dusky races which inhabited Mexico before the discovery of America by Columbus, the Mexican statesmen of 1824 put the principles of democratic government to a terrible ordeal.
ashen, greyish skin coloration
A dusky shark.
A dusky dolphin.
As adjectives the difference between huskier and duskier
is that huskier is comparative of husky while duskier is comparative of dusky.huskier
English
Adjective
(head)husky
English
Etymology 1
; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".Adjective
(er)page 22
- Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A
- (Dryden)
Derived terms
* huskilyEtymology 2
Shortening of husky dog'', where ''husky is ultimately from the same Old (etyl) root as Eskimo.Noun
(huskies)Alternative forms
* huskieSynonyms
* polar dogduskier
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*dusky
English
Adjective
(er)- I like it when it is dusky , just before the street lights come on.
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- The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.
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- This man in shock has a silver colored dusky skin tone.