Slinkier vs Stinkier - What's the difference?
slinkier | stinkier |
(slinky)
furtive, stealthy or catlike
(UK, dialect, dated) thin; lank
(mathematics) A three-dimensional curve — a spiral wound around a helix.
(stinky)
(slang) Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
(slang) Bad, undesirable.
* 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=e-NgFsYD8vEC] Bantam Books, ISBN 055344123X, page 37,
* 2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=KsSG2j82PJAC] HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-052272-0, page 151,
* 2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=8BzMlduE8R8C] AuthorHouse, ISBN 1-4259-7805-3, page 172,
As adjectives the difference between slinkier and stinkier
is that slinkier is comparative of slinky while stinkier is comparative of stinky.slinkier
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Adjective
(head)slinky
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Adjective
(er)Noun
(slinkies)stinkier
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Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*stinky
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(er)- […] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down.
- “Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”
- “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”
- “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.
- The binky drifted up and far away,
- To the man in the moon, I heard them say;
- A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.