What's the difference between wolfish and wolvish?
Wolfish
Definition:
(a.) Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.
Example Sentences:
(1) He paused and flashed that wolfish grin I'd seen before.
(2) In every role, her wide-set eyes and wolfish mouth seem to shift, and a brand new character appears on screen.
(3) When the terrifying, wolfish smile comes, the face looks as if has been forced open by a hammer and chisel.
(4) He has also been thrown to the wolfish public accounts committee – where MPs and those diehards tuning in saw the very public disintegration of his relationship with former director general Mark Thompson as they publicly disagreed (and traded glares) over who should shoulder responsibility for the extent of payoffs to departing BBC executives such as former deputy DG Mark Byford.
(5) Especially over the course of the last 10 years, the word "martyr" has been utterly degraded by the wolfish image of Mohammed Atta : a cold and loveless zombie – a suicide murderer – who took as many innocents with him as he could manage.
(6) "Oh," he chuckles softly, shooting a wolfishly mischievous glance.