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Swarthy vs Inky - What's the difference?

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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)
  • tawny, dusky, dark
  • dark-skinned
  • * Addison
  • Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains.
  • (nonstandard) evil, malicious
  • (nonstandard) weathered, rough
  • inky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
  • 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.
  • spattered or stained with ink
  • Synonyms

    * black * dark * murky

    Antonyms

    * bright * clear * whitened