Corkiest vs Porkiest - What's the difference?
corkiest | porkiest |
(corky)
Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
* Shakespeare
(AU, slang) An injury caused by a blow ("corking").
(porky)
Resembling or characteristic of pork.
* 2010 , Victor J. Banis, The Blood of Love (page 113)
(slang) Rather fat.
(Cockney rhyming slang) A lie.
As adjectives the difference between corkiest and porkiest
is that corkiest is superlative of corky while porkiest is superlative of porky.corkiest
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* *corky
English
Adjective
(er)- This one smells a bit corky ; get me another bottle.
- Bind fast his corky arms.
Synonyms
* (like cork) suberose, suberous (in botany)Noun
(corkies)Anagrams
*porkiest
English
Adjective
(head)porky
English
Etymology 1
FromAdjective
(er)- It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats.