different between inky vs indy

English

Etymology

ink +? -y

Adjective

inky (comparative inkier, superlative inkiest)

1. Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
   • 1870, The Shamrock (volume 8, page 18)

     One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […]

   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6

     Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.

2. Spattered or stained with ink.
3. (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.

Synonyms

• (dark coloured): black, dark, murky
• (dark-skinned): black, dusky, sable, sooty, swarthy

Antonyms

• bright
• clear
• whitened

English

Etymology 1

From independent, by shortening, +? -y

Noun

indy (plural indies)

1. An independent entity.

Adjective

indy (not comparable)

1. Independent, unaffiliated (especially not affiliated with a major organization or company).

Usage notes

Usage of indie and indy depends on context. For popular culture, indie is preferred, but for wrestling on the independent circuit, indy is preferred.

Related terms

• indie

Etymology 2

From Indianapolis (“location of major car race”)

Noun

indy (plural indies)

1. cars designed to meet the rules on the Indianapolis 500 car race.

Anagrams

• Yidn, dyin'