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Wacky vs Whacky - What's the difference?

wacky | whacky |

As adjectives the difference between wacky and whacky

is that wacky is of a person or their behaviour, zany while whacky is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a noun wacky

is alternative form of lang=en.

wacky

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(er)
  • Of a person or their behaviour, zany.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 15 , author=Scott Tobias , title=Film: Reviews: The Dictator , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor. }}
    Synonyms
    * eccentric, zany
    Derived terms
    * wack * wacky baccy * wackyparse, wackyparsing

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    • whacky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)