Wontish vs Wonkish - What's the difference?
wontish | wonkish |
Of or suggestive of a wont; customary; usual; habitual.
*1999 , Gilbert Sorrentino, Crystal Vision :
Nerdy; bookish; having the qualities of a wonk
*{{quote-book, 1997, Edwin Diamond & Robert A. Silverman, White House to Your House
, passage=According to Greer, the voting classes were ready for someone very much like the wonkish Clinton, with his devotion to "the issues." }}
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
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Adjective
(en adjective)- 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
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