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Hooty vs Hooky - What's the difference?

hooty | hooky |

As adjectives the difference between hooty and hooky

is that hooty is characterised by a hooting sound while hooky is full of hooks.

As a noun hooky is

absence from school or work.

hooty

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterised by a hooting sound.
  • * 1988 , Peter Hugh Reed, American record guide: Volume 51
    • Kegel has a distant, underpowered chorus and a dull orchestra. Tempos are too rushed for effect, and the interpretation is downright delicate - totally inappropriate. A hooty , scratchy soprano and a stiff baritone don't help.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 18, author=Natalie Angier, title=In Most Species, Faithfulness Is a Fantasy, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Oh, there are plenty of animals in which males and females team up to raise young, as we do, that form “pair bonds” of impressive endurance and apparent mutual affection, spending hours reaffirming their partnership by snuggling together like prairie voles or singing hooty , doo-wop love songs like gibbons, or dancing goofily like blue-footed boobies. }}

    hooky

    English

    Etymology 1

    Attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje ("nook, corner; but also 'spot to hide' in hide-and-go-seek"). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-go-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje.

    Noun

  • Absence from school or work.
    • Let’s play hooky and leave school to go to the mall.
    Derived terms
    * play hooky

    Etymology 2

    From

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Full of hooks.
  • Shaped like a hook.