Paint vs Plaint - What's the difference?
paint | plaint |
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)
(basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with ''the''.
(uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
(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
* 1998 , Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking
* 2001 , Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing
To apply paint to.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To create (an image) with paints.
To practise the art of painting pictures.
(computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
* 1991 , Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows
(figuratively) To depict or portray.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
(transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
(poetic, or, archaic) A lament or woeful cry.
* 1827 , Maria Elizabeth Budden,
A complaint.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
An accusation.
As nouns the difference between paint and plaint
is that paint is a paint horse while plaint is (poetic|or|archaic) a lament or woeful cry .paint
English
(wikipedia paint)Noun
- 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.
- The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint .
- I am running low on paint for my marker.
- It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.
- Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.
- 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 paintReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces
- not painted with the crimson spots of blood
- Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
- to paint a portrait or a landscape
- I've been painting since I was a young child.
- Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted .
- Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
- If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
- Let her paint an inch thick.
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 * repaintExternal links
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English
Noun
(en noun)Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 11:
- In the first paroxysm of his grief, Ingolfr exclaimed, (what sorrowing heart has not echoed his plaint ?) that he could never more taste of joy.
- she seemed to repeat, though with perceptible resignation, her plaint of a moment before. ‘Your father, darling, is a very odd person indeed.’
- Once the plaint had been made there was nothing that could be done to revoke it.