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Kinker vs Winker - What's the difference?

kinker | winker |

As nouns the difference between kinker and winker

is that kinker is a performer in a circus while winker is a horse's blinder; a blinker.

kinker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A performer in a circus.
  • * 2006 , Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants , Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, pages 36-37:
    • "So, what's the vernacular then?" I say finally. ¶ "They're called kinkers," says Camel..."don't you go calling them 'kinkers' to their faces, neither." ¶ "What do I call them?" ¶ "Performers...There's them and there's us, and you're us," says Camel.

    Synonyms

    * performer

    winker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horse's blinder; a blinker.
  • somebody who winks