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Oaky vs Hoaky - What's the difference?

oaky | hoaky |

As adjectives the difference between oaky and hoaky

is that oaky is describing the taste of wine that has been aged in oak and acquired tannins from the wood while hoaky is : phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived.

oaky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Describing the taste of wine that has been aged in oak and acquired tannins from the wood.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    hoaky

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hokey, hokie, hoky

    Adjective

    (er)
  • : phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived
  • : corny; ridiculously sentimental

    • Quotations

    * 1982 , Ben Bradlee, The Ambush Murders , page 425: *: "This has got to be the hoakiest thing I ever heard of," Tennant thought at the time.