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Stink vs Skank - What's the difference?

stink | skank |

As verbs the difference between stink and skank

is that stink is to have a strong bad smell while skank is .

As nouns the difference between stink and skank

is that stink is a strong bad smell while skank is a gift, a donation.

stink

English

Verb

  • To have a strong bad smell.
  • (informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
  • That movie stinks . I didn't even stay for the end.
  • To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
  • Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
  • To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
  • Synonyms

    * (have a strong bad smell) pong, reek * (be greatly inferior) suck, blow * (give an impression of dishonesty or untruth) be fishy

    Derived terms

    * stink up * stink out

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong bad smell.
  • (informal) A complaint or objection.
  • If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.
  • chemistry (as a subject taught in school)
  • (slang, New Zealand) A failure or unfortunate event.
  • The concert was stink .

    Synonyms

    * (strong bad smell) fetor, odour/odor, pong, reek, smell, stench * *

    Derived terms

    * kick up a stink * stink badger * stinkbomb * stinker * stink eye * stink machine * stinky

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----

    skank

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
  • Etymology 2

    . Middle English, meaning frolicsome and often lascivious conduct.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang) A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
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  • Synonyms
    * See

    Etymology 3

    Jamaican origin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dance performed to ska.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the skank
  • Come on, skank along, it's the skanking song.

    Etymology 4

    Slang word used in Northern England (commonly used through the 1980s).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of cheating a person.
  • That's not a good deal; it's a skank .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cheat, especially a friend.
  • ''He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked .
    Derived terms
    * skanker * skanky Jamaican English ----