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Winking vs Rinking - What's the difference?

winking | rinking |

As nouns the difference between winking and rinking

is that winking is the act of one who winks while rinking is (colloquial|dated) skating in a rink.

As a verb winking

is .

winking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who winks.
  • * 1828 , The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828 (page 153)
    • I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple

    rinking

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (colloquial, dated) skating in a rink
    • (Webster 1913)