different between stinks vs stinky

English

Pronunciation

Noun

stinks

1. plural of stink

Noun

stinks (uncountable)

1. (slang) chemistry (as a subject taught in school)
   • The Boy's Own Annual (volume 35, page 214)

     Very few boys could resist the attractions of mixing up chemicals, manufacturing unsavoury smells, and producing loud explosions. Bowney was an exception to the general rule, however; he never had studied "Stinks," […]

Verb

stinks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stink

English

Etymology

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink +? -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

stinky (comparative stinkier or more stinky, superlative stinkiest or most stinky)

1. Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
2. (informal) Bad, undesirable.
   • 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan,^[1] Bantam Books, ?ISBN, page 37,

     […] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down.

     “Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”

   • 2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove,^[2] HarperCollins, ?ISBN, page 151,

     “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”

     “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.

   • 2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known,^[3] AuthorHouse, ?ISBN, page 172,

     The binky drifted up and far away,

     To the man in the moon, I heard them say;

     A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.

Derived terms

• stinkily
• stinkiness

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