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Icky vs Inky - What's the difference?

icky | inky |

As adjectives the difference between icky and inky

is that icky is (informal) unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting while inky is of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.

icky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting
  • I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
  • (informal) excessively sentimental
  • inky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
  • Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.
  • spattered or stained with ink
  • Synonyms

    * black * dark * murky

    Antonyms

    * bright * clear * whitened