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Pocky vs Poky - What's the difference?

pocky | poky |

As adjectives the difference between pocky and poky

is that pocky is covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic while poky is slow or poky can be (of a room or other enclosed space) small and cramped.

As a noun poky is

a gambling device based on the card game poker or poky can be (slang) jail.

pocky

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.
  • *1602 , (William Shakespeare), , act V scene 1:
  • *:Faith, if 'a be not rotten before 'a die (as we have many pocky corpses that will scarce hold the laying in) 'a will last you some eight year [...]
  • *1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury , IV:
  • *:‘You Damn'd Confounded Pocky Whore, I am glad we are met, for now will I give you as many Stripes as I've taken Pills, Bolus's, and other Hellish Slip-slops on your Account.’

    • poky

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pokey

    Etymology 1

    By shortening from

    Noun

    (pokies)
  • A gambling device based on the card game poker

    • Etymology 2

    (en)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • slow

    • Etymology 3

    (en)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a room or other enclosed space) small and cramped

    • Noun

    (pokies)
  • (slang) jail