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Jink vs Zink - What's the difference?

jink | zink |

As nouns the difference between jink and zink

is that jink is a quick evasive turn while zink is .

As a verb jink

is to make a quick evasive turn.

jink

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quick evasive turn.

    • Derived terms

    * high jinks * jinky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a quick evasive turn.
  • * 1786 , Robert Burns, "Address to the Devil", Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect volume I:
    • But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin , / An' cheat you yet.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 5 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=As the Gunners attacked in unrelenting waves of red the opportunities started to fall their way, as the outstanding Wilshere fired at Hart and then Van Persie jinked into space only to see his arrow-like 18-yard left-foot rocket shot cannon back off the base of Hart's right-hand post. }}
  • To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.

    • zink

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • * 1765 , Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The complete dictionary of arts and sciences: Volume 2
    • It is prepared, according to Dr. Shaw, as follows: take six ounces of copper, melting it in a wind furnace; add to it one ounce of zink : then stirring the whole well together, pour out the metal immediately.
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