Sullen vs Cranky - What's the difference?

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between sullen and cranky

is that sullen is (obsolete) one who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit while cranky is (obsolete) weak, unwell.

As adjectives the difference between sullen and cranky

is that sullen is having a brooding ill temper; sulky while cranky is (obsolete) weak, unwell.

As a noun sullen

is (obsolete) one who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.

sullen

English

Adjective

(er)

Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

* Prior

And sullen I forsook the imperfect feast.

Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.

* 1593 , , IV. v. 88:

Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change;

(Milton)

Sluggish; slow.

* Sir Walter Scott

The larger stream was placid, and even sullen , in its course.

(obsolete) Lonely; solitary; desolate.

(obsolete) Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.

* Dryden

Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.

(obsolete) Obstinate; intractable.

* Tillotson

Things are as sullen as we are.

Synonyms

* sulky, morose

Antonyms

* cheerful * content * lighthearted * pleased

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.

(Piers Plowman)

Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.

to have the sullens

* 1593 , , II. i. 139:

And let them die that age and sullens have;

English adjectives ending in -en

cranky

English

Adjective

(er)

(obsolete) Weak, unwell.

Not in good working condition; shaky.

* 1914 , '', ''The River of Doubt ,

We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky , and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.

Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.

He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky .

Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

* 1934 December, ,

Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.

(archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.