different between clanky vs clanny

English

Etymology

clank +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ?ki/
• Rhymes: -æ?ki

Adjective

clanky (comparative clankier, superlative clankiest)

1. Making a clanking metallic sound.

   My father's first car was a clanky old Volkswagen Beetle.

2. Providing audible indication of imminent mechanical failure. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

English

Etymology

clan +? -y

Adjective

clanny (comparative more clanny, superlative most clanny)

1. clannish; socially exclusive
   • 2004, Karin M. Ekström, Helene Brembeck, Elusive Consumption (page 63)

     Each time I use a personal pronoun, I hear a mafioso echo, a clanny, insular, hegemonic reverberation […]

Noun

clanny (plural clannies)

1. (video games, collectible card games, sometimes derogatory) A player who habitually plays the same clan or with the other players on the same team.
   • 2014, Alexis Capitini, "Five Apps You Should Be Playing", Living Out, January 2014, page 28:

     Join a clan to flaunt your victories and be a good sport by donating support troops to fellow clannies.

   • 2018, Rich Eddy, "Casting the Runes", MCV/Develop, October 2019, page 65:

     The festival has given me the chance to meet long term friends and clannies that I've known playing RuneScape.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:clanny.