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Chink vs Chinkle - What's the difference?

chink | chinkle |

As nouns the difference between chink and chinkle

is that chink is (slang|offensive|ethnic slur) refers to a chinese or a person of chinese ethnicity while chinkle is (nautical) a turn or kink in a rope or chinkle can be (rare) a ringing sound of low volume.

As a verb chinkle is

(rare|intransitive) to chink or jingle.

chink

English

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin; but apparently an extension (with formative (m)) of (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
  • *1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
  • *:Yet I did not give way, but settled to wait for the dawn, which must, I knew, be now at hand; for then I thought enough light would come through the chinks of the tomb above to show me how to set to work.
  • * Macaulay
    • Through one cloudless chink , in a black, stormy sky, / Shines out the dewy morning star.
  • A chip or dent (in something metallic).
  • A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system, idiomatically derived from the phrase "chink in armor".
  • * The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.
  • * The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 30 , author=Kevin Darlng , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The first chink in Arsenal's relaxed afternoon occurred when key midfielder Samir Nasri pulled up with a hamstring injury and was replaced. }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
    • to chink a wall
  • To crack; to open.
  • To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

    • Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other.
  • Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
  • *1834 , David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of , Nebraska 1987, pp. 47-8:
  • *:I thought that if all the hills about there were pure chink , and all belonged to me, I would give them if I could just talk to her when I wanted to
  • * Somerville
    • to leave his chink to better hands

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
    • The coins were chinking in his pocket.
  • To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
    • (Alexander Pope)

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • chinkle

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variation of (kinkle).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (chinkl)
  • (rare) To chink or jingle
  • To tinkle or cause to tinkle; produce a continued chinking sound
    • He chinkled the coins in his pocket.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A ringing sound of low volume
  • * 1937 , Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn
    • Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.

    References

    (chinkling of rails), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4pJhaDsDE-QC&pg=PA262&dq=%22chinkle%22&hl=en&ei=zbwpTIrqAsWclgfVqfTEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBTgK] (chinkle of reins), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B9FBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22chinkles%22&dq=%22chinkles%22&hl=en&ei=57wpTLesJ4WKlwftoMHBAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA (the fountain chinkles)