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Beanpole vs Stalky - What's the difference?

beanpole | stalky |

As a noun beanpole

is a thin pole for supporting bean vines.

As an adjective stalky is

long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.

beanpole

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin pole for supporting bean vines.
  • (informal) A tall, thin person.

    • Derived terms

    * beanpole family

    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