different between tanky vs thanky

English

Etymology

tank +? -y. The noun sense is from the fact that the assistant of the navigator of a ship was also in charge of the ship’s water tanks, and later its rations when refrigeration was introduced.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ta?ki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tæ?ki/
• Rhymes: -æ?ki
• Homophone: tankie

Adjective

tanky (comparative tankier, superlative tankiest)

1. (gaming) Able to withstand much damage, having a lot of hit points (that is, like a tank).

Noun

tanky (plural tankies)

1. (nautical, slang) A sailor who assists the navigator of the ship; a sailor in charge of the ship's hold, and thus responsible for the provision of rations and water.
2. Alternative form of tankie (“a soldier from a tank regiment; a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain”).
3. Alternative form of tank (“storage tank”) in Indian subcontinent variety of English; esp. "water tanky".

References

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ta?k?]

Noun

tanky

1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of tank

English

Interjection

thanky

1. Pronunciation spelling of thank you, representing African-American Vernacular English.
   • 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), page 143:

     “Thanky Ma’am. Ah hates dat woman lak poison. Keep her from round dis house. Her look lak uh white woman!

Anagrams

• Khanty, hankty