Munt vs Mint - What's the difference?
munt | mint |
A black person, usually a man.
* 2006 , Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman , Zebra Press, page 63:
(intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
(transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
(intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
(provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
(informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
(figurative) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
* Shakespeare
To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
* Francis Bacon
Of condition, as new.
(numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
(philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
(UK, slang) Very good.
* 2014 , Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
Any of several plants of the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
A green colour, like that of mint.
A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
As nouns the difference between munt and mint
is that munt is a black person, usually a man while mint is (provincial|northern england|scotland) intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor or mint can be a building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence or mint can be any of several plants of the family lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.As verbs the difference between munt and mint
is that munt is (australia|slang) to vomit (usually while drunk) while mint is (intransitive|provincial|northern england|scotland) to try, attempt; take aim or mint can be to reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.As an adjective mint is
of condition, as new or mint can be of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.munt
English
Etymology 1
Derived from umntu , Ndebele for a human being.Noun
(en noun)- Munt'' was a derogatory term used by the [Rhodesian] security forces to refer to blacks. I suspect its origin was the word ''umntu , Ndebele for a person or human being
Etymology 2
mint
English
(wikibooks mint)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), .Noun
(en noun)- That house is worth a mint
- It must have cost a mint to produce!
- A mint of phrases in his brain.
Verb
(en verb)- titles of such natures as may be easily minted
Derived terms
* mintage * minted * mintmarkAdjective
(-)- in mint condition .
- And my God, what a house it was – it was mint ! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.