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Oikish vs Orkish - What's the difference?

oikish | orkish |

As adjectives the difference between oikish and orkish

is that oikish is like an oik; yobbish while orkish is of, pertaining to, or sharing similarities with an orc.

oikish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like an oik; yobbish.
  • * 2006 , John Mullan, How novels work
    • His business partners are Terry Linex and Keith Carburton: matey yet threatening; oikish yet upwardly mobile.

    orkish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or sharing similarities with an orc.
  • :He grimaced in an orkish manner.

    • See also

    * trollish