Funny vs. Funky — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Funny and Funky
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Funny
Causing laughter or amusement; humorous
The play is hilariously funny
A funny story
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Funky
Frightened; panicky.
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Funny
Difficult to explain or understand; strange or odd
I had a funny feeling you'd be around
The funny thing is I can't remember much about it
I do get some funny looks
It's a funny old world
That's funny!—that vase of flowers has been moved
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Funky
Having a moldy or musty smell
Funky cheese.
Funky cellars.
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Funny
Comic strips in newspapers
I read the sports page, funnies, and editorial
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Funky
Having a strong, unpleasant odor, especially the odor of the unwashed human body
A funky locker room.
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Funny
A joke or witty remark
He regaled his hosts with a few funnies
I was trying to make a funny, but failed miserably
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Funky
Having a style reminiscent of simple blues; bluesy.
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Funny
Causing laughter or amusement
A funny cartoon.
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Funky
Of or relating to funk music.
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Funny
Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms
A colleague who is very funny.
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Funky
Hearty and simple
"At the opposite end of Dallas's culinary spectrum is funky regional fare" (Jacqueline Friedrich).
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Funny
Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something
There is nothing funny about getting the flu.
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Funky
Having an unsophisticated or old-fashioned charm; quaint or unpretentious
A funky beach town.
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Funny
Difficult to account for; unusual or odd
I had a funny feeling that she would call.
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Funky
Unconventional or eccentric; offbeat or odd
"a bizarre, funky [hotel] dressed up as a ship, with mock portholes and mirrored ceilings over the beds" (Ann Louise Bardach).
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Funny
Suspiciously odd
It's funny how I seem to lose something every time he comes around.
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Funky
Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.
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Funny
Counterfeit or fraudulent
Tried to pass off funny money as legitimate.
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Funky
Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context.
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Funny
(Informal) Somewhat ill, painful, or abnormal
I felt funny after eating those clams. "a mole on his arm that has started to go funny" (Ann Cummins).
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Funky
Cool; great; excellent.
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Funny
Offensively forward or disrespectful
She told him off after he started to get funny.
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Funky
Having a foul or unpleasant smell.
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Funny
Contrary to one's demands or expectations
Don't let the prisoners do anything funny.
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Funky
(music) Relating to or reminiscent of various genres of African American music, especially funk.
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Funny
A joke; a witticism
"He laughed because he did not know I was not making a funny" (Jonathan Safran Foer).
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Funky
Relating to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.
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Funny
Comic strips.
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Funky
Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking; having great fear.
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Funny
The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.
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Funky
Having an earthy, unsophisticated style or feeling;
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Funny
Amusing; humorous; comical.
When I went to the circus, I only found the clowns funny.
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Funky
Offensively malodorous;
A putrid smell
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Funny
Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.
The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.
I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
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Funky
(of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
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Funny
Showing unexpected resentment.
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Funky
In a state of cowardly fright
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Funny
Homosexual; gay
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Funny
(informal) A joke.
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Funny
(informal) A comic strip.
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Funny
(rowing) A rowboat with both ends pointed and out of the water.
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Funny
(British) A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling.
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Funny
(nonstandard) In an unusual manner; strangely.
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Funny
In a manner seen as being typical of a homosexual, or indicating homosexuality
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Funny
Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.
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Funny
A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.
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Funny
Arousing or provoking laughter;
An amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
An amusing fellow
A comic hat
A comical look of surprise
Funny stories that made everybody laugh
A very funny writer
It would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
A mirthful experience
Risible courtroom antics
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Funny
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
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Funny
Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior
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Funny
Experiencing odd bodily sensations;
Told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest
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Funny
In a strange manner;
A queerly inscribed sheet of paper
He acted kind of funny
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Funny
In a comical manner;
She acted comically
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