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Wack vs Whack - What's the difference?

wack | whack |

In lang=en terms the difference between wack and whack

is that wack is crazy, mad, insane while whack is to kill, bump off.

As nouns the difference between wack and whack

is that wack is an eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo while whack is a blow, impact or slap.

As an adjective wack

is egregious.

As a verb whack is

to hit, slap or strike.

wack

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Egregious
  • (From hip-hop slang) bad (as in not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, inauthentic, lame, or strange.
    • Every record they ever made was straight-up wack .
  • (slang) crazy, mad, insane

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo.

    • Synonyms

    * wackjob * wacko

    whack

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A blow, impact or slap.
  • A share or portion.
  • * 1951 , , Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922 ,
    • For one thing I had a splendid supper when I got on board—a whack of cold, lean beef and pighells, bread, butter ad lib. , tea, and plenty of good bread.
  • An attempt.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit, slap or strike.
  • * G. W. Cable
    • Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.
  • (slang) To kill, bump off.
  • To share or parcel out.
  • (label) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
  • * 2012 , Ryan Pyette, Majors, Panthers play mind games, The London Free Press:
    • The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series.
  • To surpass; to better.
  • * 2012 , Steve Cullen, Total Flyfisher:
    • Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * out of whack * whack off * whack the illy * whacky English onomatopoeias