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Porky vs Bacony - What's the difference?

porky | bacony | see also |

Porky is a see also of bacony.


As adjectives the difference between porky and bacony

is that porky is resembling or characteristic of pork while bacony is resembling bacon, especially in flavor.

As a noun porky

is (cockney rhyming slang) a lie.

porky

English

Etymology 1

From

Adjective

(er)
  • Resembling or characteristic of pork.
  • * 2010 , Victor J. Banis, The Blood of Love (page 113)
    • It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats.
  • (slang) Rather fat.
    • Synonyms
    * (rather fat) chubby, chunky, tubby

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from (pork pie)

    Noun

    (porkies)
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) A lie.

    • bacony

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling bacon, especially in flavor
  • * {{quote-news, 1992, February 24, , Hog Heaven at Snack Expo, Sacramento Bee citation
    • , passage=Pork Cracklins a clever pork-rind spin-off are made from pig skin and pig fat, for a denser, more bacony flavor, Rudolph told us.}}

    See also

    * hamlike * porky