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Kink vs Chinkle - What's the difference?

kink | chinkle |

In lang=en terms the difference between kink and chinkle

is that kink is to be formed into a kink or twist while chinkle is to tinkle or cause to tinkle; produce a continued chinking sound.

As verbs the difference between kink and chinkle

is that kink is to laugh loudly or kink can be to form a kink or twist while chinkle is (rare|intransitive) to chink or jingle.

As nouns the difference between kink and chinkle

is that kink is a convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying or kink can be a tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc while chinkle is (nautical) a turn or kink in a rope or chinkle can be (rare) a ringing sound of low volume.

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 ----

    chinkle

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variation of (kinkle).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (chinkl)
  • (rare) To chink or jingle
  • To tinkle or cause to tinkle; produce a continued chinking sound
    • He chinkled the coins in his pocket.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A ringing sound of low volume
  • * 1937 , Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn
    • Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.

    References

    (chinkling of rails), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4pJhaDsDE-QC&pg=PA262&dq=%22chinkle%22&hl=en&ei=zbwpTIrqAsWclgfVqfTEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBTgK] (chinkle of reins), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B9FBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22chinkles%22&dq=%22chinkles%22&hl=en&ei=57wpTLesJ4WKlwftoMHBAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA (the fountain chinkles)