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Linked vs Plinked - What's the difference?

linked | plinked |

As verbs the difference between linked and plinked

is that linked is past tense of link while plinked is past tense of plink.

As an adjective linked

is connected, either with links, or as if with links.

linked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (link)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • connected, either with links, or as if with links
  • (computing) having links (between modules, records etc)

    • Derived terms

    * linked list

    Anagrams

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    plinked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (plink)

    • plink

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, high-pitched sound

    • Related terms

    * (go "plink") to make a short, high pitched sound, to break while making a "plink" sound, : ''The lightbulb went "plink".

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.
  • * 1971: Louis C. Reichman, Barry J. Wishart, American Politics and Its Interpreters
    • He can plink out Let Me Call You Sweetheart for reporters on a piano or rib himself on television talk shows....
  • * 1997: Kevin Osborn, Signe Larson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing Up Baby
    • Your child may also begin to plink out a few notes on a xylophone or toy piano before her first birthday.
  • * 2004: Angela Elwell Hunt, The Truth Teller
    • The female deputy sat down at the ramshackle piano and proceeded to plink out the opening notes of "Heart and Soul."
    English onomatopoeias