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Slinky vs Slink - What's the difference?

slinky | slink |

As adjectives the difference between slinky and slink

is that slinky is furtive, stealthy or catlike while slink is thin; lean.

As nouns the difference between slinky and slink

is that slinky is a three-dimensional curve — a spiral wound around a helix while slink is the young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.

As a verb slink is

to sneak about furtively.

slinky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • furtive, stealthy or catlike
  • (UK, dialect, dated) thin; lank

    • Noun

    (slinkies)
  • (mathematics) A three-dimensional curve — a spiral wound around a helix.

    • slink

    English

    Verb

  • To sneak about furtively.
  • * Milton
    • Back to the thicket slunk the guilty serpent.
  • * Landor
    • There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed.
  • * '>citation
  • To give birth to an animal prematurely.
    • a cow that slinks her calf

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland) thin; lean

    • Anagrams

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