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Daint vs Daunt - What's the difference?

daint | daunt |

As an adjective daint

is dainty.

As an adverb daint

is do not, don't.

As a verb daunt is

to discourage, intimidate.

daint

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Dainty.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene , I.x:
    • to cherish him with diets daint , / She cast to bring him, where he chearen might [...].

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (Geordie) do not, don't
  • (West Midlands) didn't
    • ----

    daunt

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discourage, intimidate
  • to overwhelm

    • Derived terms

    * daunted * daunter * daunting * dauntingly * dauntless * undaunted