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Nerdy vs Dorky - What's the difference?

nerdy | dorky |

As adjectives the difference between nerdy and dorky

is that nerdy is (colloquial|derogatory|of a person) being or like a nerd while dorky is like a dork, or having a dork's characteristics.

nerdy

English

(Nerd)

Adjective

(er)
  • (colloquial, derogatory, of a person) Being or like a nerd.
    • That guy is nerdy and weird.
  • (colloquial, derogatory, of a quality or interest) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds.
    • That is a nerdy song.
    I got a pair of nerdy glasses and clothes for Halloween.

    Synonyms

    * (like a nerd) nerdish

    Related terms

    * nerdily * nerdiness

    See also

    * geeky

    dorky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like a dork, or having a dork's characteristics.
  • * 1962 , Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last year at Marienbad page 167:
    • I entitled the piece "Dorky ", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky.
  • * 1998 , Dana Redfield, Lucy Blue and the Daughters of Light ISBN 9781571741073
    • Anyway this dorky guy asks Sallyfrass to dance and she kind of likes him...