Flinched vs Finched - What's the difference?
flinched | finched |
(flinch)
A reflexive jerking away.
To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.
* John Locke
To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
(finch)
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
To hunt for finches, to go finching.
As verbs the difference between flinched and finched
is that flinched is past tense of flinch while finched is past tense of finch.flinched
English
Verb
(head)flinch
English
Noun
(es)- My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
Verb
- A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining.