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Stalker vs Stalky - What's the difference?

stalker | stalky |

As a noun stalker

is a person who engages in stalking. Originally meant a tracker and hunter or guide of game.

As an adjective stalky is

long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.

stalker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who engages in stalking. Originally meant a tracker and hunter or guide of game.
  • A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
  • Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
  • A kind of fishing net.

    • Synonyms

    * (a person who stalks game) tracker * (a person who secretly follows someone) prowler

    Anagrams

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    stalky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 8, author=Mike Albo, title=Backstage All-Access Passwear, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=An adorably gangly salesman with stalky black hair and a cough (“I’m giving up smoking, and it’s all coming up”) set up a dressing room for me, and I tried on a black tux shirt with a subtly embroidered bib ($185), a soft ivory-colored jersey ($135) and an olive-green button-front shirt ($165). }}
  • Of a plant, having stalks.
  • Resembling or characteristic of a stalker.
    • a stalky ex-boyfriend

    Derived terms

    *stalkily *stalkiness