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Huskier vs Tuskier - What's the difference?

huskier | tuskier |

As adjectives the difference between huskier and tuskier

is that huskier is (husky) while tuskier is (tusky).

huskier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (husky)

    • husky

    English

    Etymology 1

    ; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding
  • burly, thick; fat, overweight
  • * 1965 , Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22
    • Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A
  • Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
    • (Dryden)
    Derived terms
    * huskily

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of husky dog'', where ''husky is ultimately from the same Old (etyl) root as Eskimo.

    Noun

    (huskies)
  • Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
    • Alternative forms
    * huskie
    Synonyms
    * polar dog
    Related terms
    * Eskimo
    See also
    * (wikipedia "husky") * (commonslite)

    tuskier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (tusky)

    • tusky

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Yorkshire dialect) The sticks produced by the vegetable rhubarb
  • *1981: Tony Harrison, The Rhubarbarians II'' in collection ''Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' . Rex Collings, London (1981)
    • ... mi little stick of Leeds grown tusky draws /galas of rhubarb from the MET-set palms.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
  • *1697: John Dryden, The Aeneid translated from Virgil (Book I, line 448)
    • ... And at full cry pursued the tusky boar.