As nouns the difference between parse and lint
is that
parse is (linguistics|computing) a successful act of while
lint is a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
As a verb parse
is (linguistics) to resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out]] the several [[part of speech|parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.