different between cankery vs wankery

cankery

English

Etymology

canker +? -y

Adjective

cankery (comparative more cankery, superlative most cankery)

  1. Like a canker.
  2. Full of canker.
  3. Surly; malignant; cantankerous.

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wankery

English

Etymology

wank +? -ery

Pronunciation

Noun

wankery (uncountable)

  1. (Britain, slang, vulgar) Unnecessary or pretentious noodling (messing around).
    • 2002, Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock
      The core band, meanwhile, had clearly honed their chops well on stage; Ashton's lead guitar work avoids both wankery and simplicity []
    • 2007, Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography
      Sub Pop was different, they were arty and more into darker, weirder stuff like Big Black. K was pretty much the opposite of that kind of macho wankery.

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