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Ink vs Kink - What's the difference?

ink | kink |

In transitive terms the difference between ink and kink

is that ink is to apply a tattoo to (someone) while kink is to form a kink or twist.

ink

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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.
    • The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.
  • (slang, uncountable) Tattoo work.
  • * 1998 , Richard Dooling, Brain storm
    • "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.
  • * 1998 , The Offspring, (song)
    • Now he's getting a tattoo. / Yeah, he's getting ink done. / He asked for a 13, / But they drew a 31.
  • (slang) Cheap red wine.

    • Synonyms

    * ballyhoo, flak, hype, hoopla, plug, spotlight * paint

    Derived terms

    * India ink, Indian ink * inky * ink jet * inkstand * inkwell * octopus ink * you don't dip your pen in company ink

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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).

    • Synonyms

    * (sign) endorse, initial, inscribe, subscribe

    Anagrams

    * kin

    See also

    * dye * (wikipedia "ink")

    kink

    English

    (wikipedia kink)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) kinken, kynken, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To laugh loudly.
  • To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) or (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
    • We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.
  • A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
    • They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks .
  • An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
  • * Frederic Swartwout Cozzens
    • Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account.
  • (slang, countable, and, uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
  • * 2013 , Alison Tyler, H Is for Hardcore (page 13)
    • To top it all off, Lynn is into kink . Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over.
  • (Scotland, dialect) A fit of coughing or laughter.
  • (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a kink or twist.
  • To be formed into a kink or twist.

    • Derived terms

    * kinked * kinky * kinkle * kinkster ----