Beakish vs Peakish - What's the difference?
beakish | peakish |
Resembling a beak.
*1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber & Faber 2003, p. 90:
*:Apart from a slightly beakish nose he was decidedly handsome.
*2000 , (Fay Weldon), The Bulgari Connection :
*:But his friendly, short-sighted eyes and beakish nose were traditional enough, and his hair was sparse, as befitted a man of nearly seventy. (colloquial) Of or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.
(colloquial) Having peaks; peaked.
(colloquial) Having thin or sharp features, as from sickness; sickly; peaky.
(Webster 1913)
As adjectives the difference between beakish and peakish
is that beakish is resembling a beak while peakish is (colloquial) of or relating to a peak or peaks; belonging to a mountainous region.beakish
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(en adjective)peakish
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(en adjective)- Her peakish spring. — Drayton.
- His peakish dialect. — Bishop Hall.