Paint vs Taint - What's the difference?
paint | taint |
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.
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To apply paint to.
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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.
A (l), (l) or (l), especially in (l)
A mark of (l), especially on one's (l); blemish
(obsolete) tincture; hue; colour
(obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation
To (l) or (l) (something) with an external (l), either (l) or (l).
* Shakespeare
To (l) (food) by (l).
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
* Shakespeare
To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
A (l) with a (l), which fails of its intended (l).
An (l) done to a (l) in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a (l) or unscientific manner.
To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
* Massinger
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
* Ld. Berners
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
(slang) The (l).
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As nouns the difference between paint and taint
is that paint is a paint horse while taint is a (l), (l) or (l), especially in (l) or taint can be a (l) with a (l), which fails of its intended (l) or taint can be (slang) the (l).As a verb taint is
to (l) or (l) (something) with an external (l), either (l) or (l) or taint can be to damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.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
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tingere, tinctum via (etyl) teint (past participle of )Noun
(en noun)- He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint , which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. — Macaulay.
Verb
(en verb)- His unkindness may defeat my life, / But never taint my love.
- I cannot taint with fear.
- Meat soon taints in warm weather.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Compare with attaint.Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Do not fear; I have / A staff to taint , and bravely.
- They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
Etymology 3
Reportedly from the phrase “ your balls and 'tain't your ass”.Noun
(en noun)Re: Americas are overated", in talk.politics.guns, Usenet :
- Sorry you feel that way. But since your mother sucks cocks in hell if I go there I won't be rotting.....I'll be on line right behind you hoping to get another good head job from your Mom or Sister....if you can remember which is which.......(Moms the one with the beard on her taint )
Re: My Wife's Raw Comments", in rec.sport.pro-wrestling, Usenet :
- Even her taint
's raw?
Re: Huck Finn 2010-anyone going?", in rec.sport.disc, Usenet :
- Did you know that guy has absolutely no tan lines? He'll show his taint to prove it!
