silken - silky

silken - silky
Silken and silky are both used to say that something is smooth and soft like silk. Silken is a literary word.

...silken hair.

...fine silky skin.

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'silk'
If you want to say that something is made out of silk, you use silk in front of a noun. You do not use `silken' or `silky'.

...a white silk scarf.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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