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Cassette vs Trinket - What's the difference?

cassette | trinket |

As nouns the difference between cassette and trinket

is that cassette is a small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material while trinket is a small showy ornament or piece of jewelry.

As a verb trinket is

to give trinkets; to court favour.

cassette

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
  • Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner
  • (photography) A lightproof container for photographic film.
  • (genetics) A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
  • A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
  • Image:CassetteTypes1.jpg, audio cassettes Image:Famicom ROM cassette.jpg, ROM cassette Image:Tessina Film.jpg, film cassette Image:Ritzelpaket_01_KMJ.jpg, bicycle cassette

    Synonyms

    * tape

    Derived terms

    * audiocassette, audio cassette * cassette air conditioner * cassette deck * cassette tape * data cassette * videocassette, video cassette * diskette

    See also

    * cartridge * eight track, * reel-to-reel

    Anagrams

    * ----

    trinket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry
  • That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.
  • A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
  • It's only a little trinket , but it reminds her of him.
  • (nautical) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
  • * Hakluyt
  • Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in our hands.
  • (obsolete) A knife; a cutting tool.
  • (Tusser)

    Synonyms

    * (small ornament) See also: * (item of little value) See also:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give trinkets; to court favour.
  • (South)

    Anagrams

    * ----