What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Plip vs Plink - What's the difference?

plip | plink |

As nouns the difference between plip and plink

is that plip is a light sound or action like liquid hitting a surface while plink is a short, high-pitched sound.

As verbs the difference between plip and plink

is that plip is to make the sound of liquid hitting a hard surface or plip can be to lock or unlock using a remote control locking device while plink is (colloquial) to play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.

plip

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A locking system for motor vehicles that uses a small, hand-held remote control

    • References

    * OED 2006 online

    plink

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, high-pitched sound

    • Related terms

    * (go "plink") to make a short, high pitched sound, to break while making a "plink" sound, : ''The lightbulb went "plink".

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.
  • * 1971: Louis C. Reichman, Barry J. Wishart, American Politics and Its Interpreters
    • He can plink out Let Me Call You Sweetheart for reporters on a piano or rib himself on television talk shows....
  • * 1997: Kevin Osborn, Signe Larson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing Up Baby
    • Your child may also begin to plink out a few notes on a xylophone or toy piano before her first birthday.
  • * 2004: Angela Elwell Hunt, The Truth Teller
    • The female deputy sat down at the ramshackle piano and proceeded to plink out the opening notes of "Heart and Soul."
    English onomatopoeias