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Wonky vs Crooked - What's the difference?

wonky | crooked |

As adjectives the difference between wonky and crooked

is that wonky is lopsided, misaligned or off-centre while crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

As a verb crooked is

(crook).

wonky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
  • (chiefly, British, Australia, NZ) Feeble, shaky or rickety.
  • (computing, especially Usenet) Suffering from intermittent bugs; broken.
  • Generally incorrect.

    • Synonyms

    * awry, lonkie, skew-whiff

    Derived terms

    * wonky hole

    Anagrams

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    crooked

    English

    Etymology 1

    From crook, equivalent to .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crook)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
    • We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
  • Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
    • That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
  • (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
    • He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.