What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Linker vs Kinker - What's the difference?

linker | kinker |

As nouns the difference between linker and kinker

is that linker is that which links while kinker is a performer in a circus.

As a verb linker

is to ligate a DNA segment using a linker.

linker

English

Noun

(wikipedia linker) (en noun)
  • That which links.
  • (computer science) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
  • (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
  • (grammar) A word that serves to link other elements.
  • (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

    • Synonyms

    * link editor

    Derived terms

    * linker DNA

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a .
  • * 1994 , Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:
    • 38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).
    ----

    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