Cookie vs. Cooky: What's the Difference?
Cookie is the modern, common spelling for a sweet baked treat, while cooky is an archaic or less common variant of the same word.
Cookie and Cooky Definitions
Cookie
(Computers) A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.
Cooky
Variant of cookie.
Cookie
A small, usually flat and crisp cake made from sweetened dough.
Cooky
A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.
Cookie
(Slang) A person, usually of a specified kind
A lawyer who was a tough cookie.
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Cooky
The cook on a ranch or at a camp
Cookie
(North America) A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
Cooky
Any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
Cookie
A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.
Cookie
(Scotland) A bun.
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Cookie
An HTTP cookie.
Cookie
(computing) A magic cookie.
Cookie
An attractive young woman.
Cookie
The female genitalia.
Cookie
A piece of crack cocaine, larger than a rock, and often in the shape of a cookie.
Cookie
One's eaten food (e.g. lunch, etc.), especially one's stomach contents.
I lost my cookies after that roller coaster ride.
I feel sick, like I'm about to toss my cookies.
Cookie
(informal) fortune cookie
Cookie
Affectionate name for a cook.
Cookie
(slang) A cucoloris.
Cookie
To send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.).
Cookie
Any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
Cookie
The cook on a ranch or at a camp
Cookie
A short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site
