different between husky vs hefty

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?h?s.ki/
• Rhymes: -?ski

Etymology 1

From husk +? -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

Adjective

husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

1. (of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding.
2. (US) Burly, stout.
   • 1910, Hamlin Garland, Other Main-Travelled Roads

     You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]

   • 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22

     Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]

3. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

   • Some swains have sown before: but most have found
     A husky harvest from the grudging ground.

Derived terms

• huskily
• huskiness

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo.

Noun

husky (plural huskies)

1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

Alternative forms

• huskie

Synonyms

• polar dog

Related terms

• Husky (“an Eskimo person; an Eskimo language”) (dated)
• Eskimo

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See also

• husky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• husky on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Czech

Etymology 1

Noun

husky

1. husky (breed of dog)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

husky

1. (informal) Diminutive of husy

Declension

See huska

Synonyms

• husy
• husi?ky

Related terms

• husa
• huska
• husi?ka

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyer, definite plural huskyene)

1. a husky (breed of dog)

References

• “husky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyar, definite plural huskyane)

1. a husky (breed of dog)

Spanish

Noun

husky m (plural huskys)

1. husky (dogs)

English

Etymology

19th century. From heft (“weight”) +? -y.

The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?fti/

Adjective

hefty (comparative heftier, superlative heftiest)

1. Heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive.

   He can throw a hefty punch.

   • 1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Kidnapped from the Air

     The Remove dormitory echoed to the old, familiar sound of Bunter's hefty snore.

2. Strong; bulky.

   They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.

3. (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.

   He was a tall, hefty man.

4. Heavy, weighing a lot.

   She carries a hefty backpack full of books.

5. (colloquial, of a number or amount) Large.

   That's going to cost you a hefty sum.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "hefty" is often applied: price tag, premium, profit, price, penalty, fine, portion, salary, gain, increase, amount, sum, check, fee.

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