Stink vs Skank - What's the difference?
stink | skank |
To have a strong bad smell.
(informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
A strong bad smell.
(informal) A complaint or objection.
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(slang, New Zealand) A failure or unfortunate event.
(pejorative, slang) A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
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To cheat, especially a friend.
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
- That movie stinks . I didn't even stay for the end.
- Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
Synonyms
* (have a strong bad smell) pong, reek * (be greatly inferior) suck, blow * (give an impression of dishonesty or untruth) be fishyDerived terms
* stink up * stink outNoun
(en noun)- If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.
- 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 * stinkyAnagrams
* English irregular verbs ----skank
English
Etymology 1
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. Middle English, meaning frolicsome and often lascivious conduct.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
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Jamaican originEtymology 4
Slang word used in Northern England (commonly used through the 1980s).Verb
(en verb)- ''He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked .