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Wonky vs Wonk - What's the difference?

wonky | wonk |

As an adjective wonky

is lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.

As a noun wonk is

(derogatory) an overly studious person, particularly student; a nerd.

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

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    wonk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (derogatory) An overly studious person, particularly student; a nerd.
  • (by extension) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert.

    • Derived terms

    * policy wonk * wonkfest

    References

    * * World Wide Words * A.Word.A.Day--wonk

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