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Skate vs Rink - What's the difference?

skate | rink |

As a verb skate

is .

As a noun rink is

a man, especially a warrior or hero or rink can be a ring; a circle.

skate

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
  • abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate
  • The act of skateboarding
    • There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
  • The act of roller skating or ice skating
    • The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.

    Verb

    (skat)
  • To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
  • To skateboard
    • Derived terms
    * get one's skates on * roller-skate * skateboard * skate on thin ice * skatepark * skater

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) skata.

    Noun

    (wikipedia skate) (en noun)
  • A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays]]) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding , and wide [[fin#Noun, fins attached to a flat body.

    • Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    rink

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rink, renk, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A man, especially a warrior or hero.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rink, rynk, variation of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ring; a circle.
  • A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.
    • We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.
  • A surface for roller skating.
  • A building housing an ice rink.
  • (curling) A team in a competition.
    • The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.