Ink vs Tinta - What's the difference?
ink | tinta |
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).
(archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.
As nouns the difference between ink and tinta
is that ink is a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc while tinta is (archaic) a kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from galicia or malaga in spain.As a verb ink
is to apply to; to cover or smear with ink.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.