The difference between Porky and Tubby
When used as nouns, porky means a lie, whereas tubby means an overweight person.
When used as adjectives, porky means resembling or characteristic of pork, whereas tubby means stout, rotund.
check bellow for the other definitions of Porky and Tubby
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Porky as an adjective:
Resembling or characteristic of pork.
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Porky as an adjective (slang):
Rather fat; chubby.
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Porky as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang):
A lie.
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Porky as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang, in the plural):
An eye.
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Tubby as an adjective:
stout, rotund
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Tubby as an adjective:
Resembling a tub; sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
Examples:
"a tubby violin"
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Tubby as a noun (pejorative, slang, often used teasingly):
An overweight person.