silken vs silky

silken and silky both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
silken	No	Yes	No	No
silky	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, silken and silky are synonyms defined as:

silken and silky: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

Other synonyms of silken include satiny, silklike, sleek, slick.

silken (adjective)	silky (adjective)
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk	having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk