Ink vs Fink - What's the difference?
ink | fink |
A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
(countable) A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
(slang, uncountable) Publicity.
(slang, uncountable) Tattoo work.
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(slang) Cheap red wine.
To apply to; to cover or smear with ink.
To sign (a document) (with or as if with ink).
To apply a tattoo to (someone).
As nouns the difference between ink and fink
is that ink is a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc while fink is someone who betrays a trust.As verbs the difference between ink and fink
is that ink is to apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink while fink is to betray a trust.ink
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.
- "I saw it hanging on the wall of a tattoo hut where I went to get some ink done ten years ago," he stuttered, flushing in splotches and squirming in his chair.
- Now he's getting a tattoo. / Yeah, he's getting ink done. / He asked for a 13, / But they drew a 31.
Synonyms
* ballyhoo, flak, hype, hoopla, plug, spotlight * paintDerived terms
* India ink, Indian ink * inky * ink jet * inkstand * inkwell * octopus ink * you don't dip your pen in company inkVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (sign) endorse, initial, inscribe, subscribeAnagrams
* kinSee also
* dye * (wikipedia "ink")fink
English
Synonyms
* (Someone who betrays a trust) betrayer, traitorDerived terms
* fink outReferences
* * * "fink" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) ----