Opined vs Pined - What's the difference?
opined | pined |
(opine)
To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
To give one's formal opinion (on'' or ''upon something).
(biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours
As verbs the difference between opined and pined
is that opined is past tense of opine while pined is past tense of pine.opined
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(head)Anagrams
*opine
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) opiner, from (etyl) ; see optate and opt.Verb
(opin)- I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
- ''"Your decisions," she opined , "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
- I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.