Chink vs Jingle - What's the difference?
chink | jingle | Synonyms |
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
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.
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To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
To crack; to open.
To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
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 make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
A short tune or verse, especially one used to advertise something.
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A carriage drawn by horses.
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To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
(dated) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
* Macaulay
Chink is a synonym of jingle.
As nouns the difference between chink and jingle
is that chink is (slang|offensive|ethnic slur) refers to a chinese or a person of chinese ethnicity while jingle is the sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.As a verb jingle is
to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.chink
English
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin; but apparently an extension (with formative (m)) of (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Through one cloudless chink , in a black, stormy sky, / Shines out the dewy morning star.
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Verb
(en verb)- to chink a wall
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.Noun
(en noun)- to leave his chink to better hands
Verb
(en verb)- The coins were chinking in his pocket.
- (Alexander Pope)
Etymology 3
jingle
English
Noun
(en noun)- He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen.
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Verb
- The beads jingled as she walked.
- She jingled the beads as she walked.
- Jingling street ballads.
