different between chinky vs crinky

English

Etymology

chink +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

chinky (comparative more chinky, superlative most chinky)

1. Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
   • 1826, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The Works of Vergil: Translated into English Prose

     […] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies.

   • 1884, The Australian Journal

     The door was knockerless and chinky, and creaked dismally as I inserted the key.

2. (derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.

Noun

chinky (plural chinkies)

1. (Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A Chinese takeaway restaurant.
2. (Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A meal of Chinese food.
3. (offensive) A Chinese person.
4. (India, offensive) A person from Northeast India.

Synonyms

• chink

English

Adjective

crinky (comparative more crinky, superlative most crinky)

1. (rare) crinkly
   • 1929, Silk Association of America. Broad Silk Division, Cost accounting for broad silk weavers: a manual (page 207)

     […] cotton, wool or silk fabric, of various weight, having a crinky surface, formed by using alternately right hand and left hand twist yarns, in the filling.