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Wonky vs Wonkish - What's the difference?

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Wonkish is a related term of wonky.



As adjectives the difference between wonky and wonkish

is that wonky is lopsided, misaligned or off-centre while wonkish is nerdy; bookish; having the qualities of a wonk.

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

    *

    wonkish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Nerdy; bookish; having the qualities of a wonk
  • *{{quote-book, 1997, Edwin Diamond & Robert A. Silverman, White House to Your House citation
  • , passage=According to Greer, the voting classes were ready for someone very much like the wonkish Clinton, with his devotion to "the issues." }}

    Synonyms

    *nerdy

    Derived terms

    *wonkishly