Shacky vs Sharky - What's the difference?
shacky | sharky |
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. }} (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a shark.
* 2004 , Jay Verney, Percussion (page 137)
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 19, author=Lawrence Downes, title=Notes From the Immigration Battlefield, work=New York Times
, passage=They wanted to denounce the raids as a cruel misuse of crime-fighting resources — fishing for minnows instead of sharky predators. }}
As adjectives the difference between shacky and sharky
is that shacky is run-down, like a shack while sharky is resembling or characteristic of a shark.shacky
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sharky
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(en adjective)- He smiled a sharky smile.
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