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Skank vs Whore - What's the difference?

skank | whore |

As nouns the difference between skank and whore

is that skank is any substance that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant while whore is a prostitute.

As verbs the difference between skank and whore

is that skank is to dance the skank while whore is to prostitute oneself.

skank

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Any substance that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
  • Etymology 2

    . Middle English, meaning frolicsome and often lascivious conduct.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang) A lewdly unattractive and disreputable person, often female, especially one with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
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    Etymology 3

    Jamaican origin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dance performed to ska.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the skank
  • Come on, skank along, it's the skanking song.

    Etymology 4

    Slang word used in Northern England (commonly used through the 1980s).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of cheating a person.
  • That's not a good deal; it's a skank .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cheat, especially a friend.
  • ''He shortchanged a partner, leaving him feeling skanked .
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    * skanker * skanky Jamaican English ----

    whore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (vulgar) A prostitute.
  • (vulgar, pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
  • * 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 250
  • So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.
  • (vulgar) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
  • (vulgar) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
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  • (vulgar) A contemptible person.
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  • (obsolete) A mistress or wife.
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  • The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore .

    Derived terms

    * he-whore * whoredom * whorehouse * whoreish * whorelike * whorely * whoremonger

    Synonyms

    * (prostitute) See also * (promiscuous woman) See also

    Verb

    (whor)
  • (vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
  • (vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
  • (vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false gods.
  • (vulgar) To pursue false goals.
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  • See also

    * attention whore * concubine * cute hoor (Hiberno-English) * graphics whore * hooker * harlot * stat whore * whore out * whorey * whorish, whoreish * AIDS whore, crackwhore

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