Kink vs Problem - What's the difference?
kink | problem |
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
* Frederic Swartwout Cozzens
(slang, countable, and, uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
* 2013 , Alison Tyler, H Is for Hardcore (page 13)
(Scotland, dialect) A fit of coughing or laughter.
(mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
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A puzzling circumstance.
Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
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As nouns the difference between kink and problem
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 problem is problem.As a verb kink
is to laugh loudly or kink can be to form a kink or twist.kink
English
(wikipedia kink)Etymology 1
From (etyl) kinken, kynken, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.
- They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks .
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
* kinked * kinky * kinkle * kinkster ----problem
English
(wikipedia problem)Alternative forms
* probleme (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)Nicole Vulser
Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies, passage=The perfume industry is facing a major problem : maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.}}