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In transitive terms the difference between paint and pant

is that paint is to create (an image) with paints while pant is to long for (something); to be eager for (something).

In intransitive terms the difference between paint and pant

is that paint is to color one's face by way of beautifying it while pant is to sigh; to flutter; to languish.

paint

English

(wikipedia paint)

Noun

  • A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
  • (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
  • * 2007 , Jesse Guthrie, Catherine's Addiction (page 116)
    • René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.
  • (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with ''the''.
    • The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint .
  • (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
    • I am running low on paint for my marker.
  • (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
  • (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
  • * 1993 , Emil Ihrig, CorelDRAW! 4 made easy
    • It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.
  • * 1998 , Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking
    • Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.
  • * 2001 , Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing
    • If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.

    Derived terms

    * face paint * finger paint * like watching paint dry * Paint / Paint Horse * paintbrush * paint job * war paint

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply paint to.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces
  • To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
  • To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
    • not painted with the crimson spots of blood
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
    • Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
  • To create (an image) with paints.
    • to paint a portrait or a landscape
  • To practise the art of painting pictures.
    • I've been painting since I was a young child.
  • (computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
  • * 1991 , Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows
    • Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted .
  • (figuratively) To depict or portray.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
    • Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
    • If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
  • To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
    • Let her paint an inch thick.
  • (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.

    • Derived terms

    * painted lady * painted trillium * painted vulture * painter * painting * paint oneself into a corner * paint out * paint the town red * paint with a broad brush * repaint

    Related terms

    * picture

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    pant

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), whence also English dialectal (m). Possibly from (etyl) (m), a byform or of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
  • (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
    • (Shakespeare)
    References
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    Verb

  • (ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
  • * Dryden
    • Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
  • * Shelley
    • There is a cavern where my spirit / Was panted forth in anguish.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , Charles had just slipp'd the bolt of the door, and running, caught me in his arms, and lifting me from the ground, with his lips glew'd to mine, bore me, trembling, panting , dying, with soft fears and tender wishes, to the bed}}
  • To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
  • * Herbert
    • Then shall our hearts pant thee.
  • To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
  • * Bible, Psalms xlii. 1
    • As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Who pants for glory finds but short repose.
  • Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
    • (Spenser)
  • To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The whispering breeze / Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
    Synonyms
    * (breathe quickly or in a labored manner) gasp * (long for) crave, desire, long for, pine for * (long eagerly) crave, desire, long, pine * palpitate, pound, throb

    Etymology 2

    From pants

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
  • (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
    • Pant leg
    Derived terms
    * pant cuff * pant leg * pantsuit, pant suit * panty, panties

    Etymology 3

    Unknown

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a public drinking fountain in Scotland and North-East England

    • References

    * PMSA page with several examples * OED 2nd edition

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