Ink vs Inn - What's the difference?
ink | inn |
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.
* 1998 , Richard Dooling, Brain storm
* 1998 , The Offspring, (song)
(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).
Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
* Washington Irving
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn , after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
A tavern.
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
(UK, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
(obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To house; to lodge.
(obsolete) To take lodging; to lodge.
As a noun ink
is a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.As a verb ink
is to apply to; to cover or smear with ink.As an initialism inn is
international nonproprietary name - the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as designated by the world health organization (who).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")inn
English
Noun
(wikipedia inn) (en noun)- the miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn
- the Inns''' of Court; the '''Inns''' of Chancery; Serjeants' '''Inns
- Leicester Inn
- (Chaucer)
- Therefore with me ye may take up your inn / For this same night.
Synonyms
* See alsoSee also
* bed and breakfast * guesthouse * hostel * hotel * motelVerb
(en verb)- (Chaucer)
- (Addison)
