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Sarkier vs Narkier - What's the difference?

sarkier | narkier |

As adjectives the difference between sarkier and narkier

is that sarkier is (sarky) while narkier is (narky).

sarkier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (sarky)
  • * 1959 , Philip Auld, Honour a Physician
    • 'Is wife takes all the calls — I never spoke to a sarkier bitch.
  • * 1985 , Alan Sillitoe, Life Goes On
    • He got out the map, and was even sarkier . "As the crow flies, it's forty miles."

    narkier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (narky)

    • narky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (UK, Australia, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
  • * 1995 , , The Cast Iron Shore , Granta, 1998, page 61,
    • The war had made Stan narkier than ever.
  • * 2003 , Justine Larbalestier, A Buffy Confession'', Glenn Yeffeth (editor), ''Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show , BenBella Books, US, page 83,
    • I?m now one of those people I used to defend the show against. There is no one more bitter than an ex-true believer. Color me narky and picky.
  • * 2005 , Maxim Jakubowski (editor), The Best British Mysteries 2005 , page 191,
    • It was a special request and Mrs. Fleming had to do it all on the spot, so that?s made her even more narky than usual.
  • * 2005 , , page 141,
    • Foolishly, I went to the National Right dinner last night. What a narky , miserable bunch of sods.
  • * 2008 , , Champagne Kisses , page 46,
    • I had to endure the narkiest taxi driver complaining about ‘Foreign lads takin? taxi plates’, who then managed to test my patience even more by leaving me a good walk from Parker?s apartment block.
  • * 2008 , Claudia Carroll, Do You Want to Know a Secret? , Random House, UK, unnumbered page,
    • Age is definitely making me narkier . The only difference between me and my moany Auntie Maisie is a plaid shopping trolley and a tracheotomy.