What's the difference between chunky and porky?

Chunky


Definition:

  • (a.) Short and thick.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The invaginations were classified into four easily recognized types: regular, chunky, filigree, and ridge (present only in axon hillock regions).
  • (2) Rolls-Royce, which is owned by the German carmaker BMW , said demand had been strong for the Wraith, a chunky, gas-guzzling two-door car priced at more than £210,000.
  • (3) Capote clearly identified with this "chunky, misshapen child-man".
  • (4) The trick is that the service will run, not along thin telephone fibres, but chunky electricity cable, a centimetre thick.
  • (5) A Nestlé Kit Kat Chunky Collection Giant Egg was advertised at £7.49 for 10 days in January this year at Ocado, then sold on offer at £5 for 51 days.
  • (6) Some have voices so wispy that they are indistinguishable from the chunky backing tracks and others seem to have never been able to pick out a tune in their life.
  • (7) Both measures are now showing chunky rises, with the claimant count up by 37,100 between June and July, and the LFS measure rising by 38,000 in the three months to June.
  • (8) US Treasuries have also strengthened, driving down yields on America's 10-year bonds by a chunky 8 basis points to 2.812% , from 2.9% on Friday.
  • (9) Over the next year the sequence of events is likely to be growing recessionary pressure leading to weaker inflationary pressure, prompting chunky falls in interest rates.
  • (10) I had meetings with all sorts of people and I'm going up for roles that are so chunky so …" he pauses for a minute and apologises for getting too passionate.
  • (11) A chunky piece of ugly technology, the sobriety bracelet is used to detect even a smidgen of alcohol in the perspiration of its wearer, from whom readings are sent twice a day in order to monitor their abstinence.
  • (12) Perhaps it was because, despite being the first portable music player, it wasn't as easy to lug around as the MP3 player; its chunky dimensions compelled it to be worn clipped to a belt, creating the danger that it would unclip itself – which it did with obnoxious regularity – and crash to the ground, disgorging its batteries.
  • (13) Previous star performers such as Sports Direct and Associated British Foods are being hit hard... Retail was one of the best-performing sectors in the first quarter, but the result of this was that many names were trading at chunky valuations, making them vulnerable to any momentum-driven selloff.
  • (14) When I buy my copy of the Observer on a Sunday I realise what a wonderfully chunky product it is."
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Moto 360 beside the Samsung Gear Live Photograph: Samuel Gibbs for the Guardian On the wrist it looks much more like a traditional watch than a smartwatch, about the size of a chunky man’s watch though much lighter and smaller than the Gear Live.
  • (16) For anyone trying to work out the Venn diagram of iconic protest imagery, three tropes will immediately jump to the fore: the quiet dignity of said woman; the battle-hungry paraphernalia of male authority (your shields and batons and chunky uniforms); and the dramatic flip of power that clash presents.
  • (17) Pakistan boasted a supine and notably chunky Shoaib Akhtar.
  • (18) However, learning to play and master any of these games is a significant feat, despite their chunky aesthetics.
  • (19) While the effect had Anderson’s signature androgynous look, and a retro feel, bi-coloured sweaters, cropped shearling jackets and chunky scarves showed him moving gently towards more wearable pieces.
  • (20) The chunky boxers and smooth animation made for impressive fight scenes.

Porky


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He was the kind of bloke you’d book the morning cutting session with and have a pint with him at lunchtime – you wouldn’t book the afternoon one because that’d be after his pint!” Porky also encouraged bands to scratch in their own messages.
  • (2) With its brightly punchy tomato sauce, good mound of rocket, decent if sparingly distributed mozzarella and porky, spicy salsiccia sausage, my sampler largely backed up such hype.
  • (3) Some did (the Porky's franchise ran and ran) and some didn't (anyone remember Squeeze Play?)
  • (4) Well how come you've been telling me a big bleedin' porky for the last six months?
  • (5) Power companies that do not meet their legal renewables obligations are telling porkies if they suggest that when you sign up for their green tariff, they will deliver more green electricity.
  • (6) April 30, 2015 O’Shaughnessy said: “Despite the odd porky Clegg is doing quite well.” And then added, “For clarity: I respect Clegg voting for £9,000 fees cos it’s a good policy.
  • (7) Now imagine that your neighbour has quietly accumulated debts of £30,000 over the years, and told a few porkies along the way to get their credit card limit raised.
  • (8) The kind of bawdy, sexually explicit antics that began with Porky's and resurfaced in the teenage and twentysomething-targeted "grossout" movies of the late 90s were extending their hold in films for those a little older.
  • (9) The roasted aroma of these porky treats emanates from La Reina de la Roma, a simple fonda with a few tables spilling on to the street, in the old Colonia Roma neighborhood, near its interesting central market.
  • (10) We have sex whenever we can and when we can’t we masturbate, ’cos being in a band takes up a lot of our time [Hillel starts to play an imaginary violin].” You once said: “We want to make the world a better place with our music.” I presume that’s a major-league porky pie?
  • (11) The patients were subdivided into two groups: a complex of commonly used curative measures according to the intensive therapy for AHI was applied in Group A (67 patients); in Group B (59 patients), alongside with the above measures, temporary organ substitution by hemoperfusion through a suspension of active porky hepatocytes was also performed.
  • (12) It also added dozens of diversions, the most needless of which was the ability of your controlled character, a young man named CJ, to get fat from eating health-restoring pizza and burgers – fat that could be burned off only by hauling CJ's porky ass down to the gym to ride a stationary bike and lift weights.
  • (13) Later imitations such as the Porky's series took the bawdiness of Animal House to a new level of explicitness, but overlooked the genuinely innovative aspect of the movie: its sophisticated frankness about rebellion.
  • (14) 1970s: a humble record-cutter popularises the “run-off groove” message George “Porky” Peckham cut records for the Beatles, Genesis and Led Zeppelin before setting up his own business in London’s West End, attracting punk and indie bands with cash-price deals.
  • (15) There’s not only the discount the government has inflicted on itself by telling porkies and playing cynical games with the voters, Abbott also faces the difficulties of the current political communication environment.
  • (16) When he finished a job, he’d “sign” his nickname into the deadwax between the music and the label – either Pecko, Pecko Duck, Porky, or his most famous inscription, “A Porky Prime Cut” – and add dryly humorous phrases.
  • (17) Marrying the ultimate in comfort and cured meat, J&D’s Bacon Scented Underwear represents the gold standard of meat-scented luxury undergarments,” says the Seattle-based food company behind the porky pants.
  • (18) As anyone who has ever tried to keep a car on the potholed roads of Bihar, in northern India, will know, that description is a giant porky.
  • (19) Why are former footballers like Alan Hansen and the one who looks like a porky hairdresser paid more than Jeremy Paxman , the most authoritative broadcast journalist in Britain?
  • (20) Please, send me your autograph.” Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth said: “This is all rather embarrassing for Eric Pickles, who’s been caught telling porkie pies about his pulling prowess.