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Shacky vs Sharky - What's the difference?

shacky | sharky |

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

English

Adjective

(er)
  • run-down, like a shack
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 2, author=, title=Opening in September, work=New York Times citation
  • , 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. }}

    sharky

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a shark.
  • * 2004 , Jay Verney, Percussion (page 137)
  • He smiled a sharky smile.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 19, author=Lawrence Downes, title=Notes From the Immigration Battlefield, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=They wanted to denounce the raids as a cruel misuse of crime-fighting resources — fishing for minnows instead of sharky predators. }}