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Cranky vs Pranky - What's the difference?

cranky | pranky |

As adjectives the difference between cranky and pranky

is that cranky is weak, unwell while pranky is having the character of a prank.

cranky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (obsolete) Weak, unwell.
  • Not in good working condition; shaky.
  • * 1914 , '', ''The River of Doubt ,
  • We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky , and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.
  • Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.
  • He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky .
  • Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
  • * 1934 December, ,
  • Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.
  • (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
  • pranky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having the character of a prank
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 15, author=, title=Leigh Paatsch's reviews of latest movies at the cinema, work=Herald Sun citation
  • , passage=Each bride-to-be fires pranky missiles at the other’s marriage preparations. }}