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Masked vs Hinted - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between masked and hinted

is that masked is past tense of mask while hinted is past tense of hint.

As an adjective masked

is wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.

masked

English

Alternative forms

* masqued (archaic)

Verb

(head)
  • (mask)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.
  • (botany) personate
  • (zoology) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.

    • Derived terms

    * masked ball * masked battery * masked crab * masked pig

    hinted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hint)

    • hint

    English

    (wikipedia hint)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clue.
  • A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
  • A small, barely detectable amount of.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,
  • Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting .
  • (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
  • * 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
    • I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't.

    Synonyms

    * (small amount) see also .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
    • She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted , to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”}}
  • To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
    • to hint a suspicion
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.
  • To develop and add hints to a font.
    • The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens .

    Synonyms

    * allude * imply * insinuate * suggest

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