Wonky vs Shacky - What's the difference?
wonky | shacky |
Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
(chiefly, British, Australia, NZ) Feeble, shaky or rickety.
(computing, especially Usenet) Suffering from intermittent bugs; broken.
Generally incorrect.
run-down, like a shack
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 2, author=, title=Opening in September, work=New York Times
, passage=The décor will have “a shacky look,” Mr. Abrams said, and the menu will have seaside and raw bar specialties: 79 Macdougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 260-0100. }}
As adjectives the difference between wonky and shacky
is that wonky is lopsided, misaligned or off-centre while shacky is run-down, like a shack.wonky
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* awry, lonkie, skew-whiffDerived terms
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*shacky
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