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Whimsical vs Wacky - What's the difference?

whimsical | wacky |

As adjectives the difference between whimsical and wacky

is that whimsical is given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing while wacky is of a person or their behaviour, zany.

As a noun wacky is

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whimsical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * whimsical sex

    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