Swarthy vs Inky - What's the difference?
swarthy | inky | Related terms |
tawny, dusky, dark
dark-skinned
* Addison
(nonstandard) evil, malicious
(nonstandard) weathered, rough
of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
spattered or stained with ink
Swarthy is a related term of inky.
As adjectives the difference between swarthy and inky
is that swarthy is tawny, dusky, dark while inky is of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.swarthy
English
Adjective
(er)- Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains.
inky
English
Adjective
(er)- Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.