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Wontish vs Wonkish - What's the difference?

wontish | wonkish |

As adjectives the difference between wontish and wonkish

is that wontish is of or suggestive of a wont; customary; usual; habitual while wonkish is nerdy; bookish; having the qualities of a wonk.

wontish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or suggestive of a wont; customary; usual; habitual.
  • *1999 , Gilbert Sorrentino, Crystal Vision :
  • He garbs himself in raiments and costumes that make him appear to the naked eyes to be somebody else. The press, in its wontish way, goes wild.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    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