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Skinked vs Skinned - What's the difference?

skinked | skinned |

As verbs the difference between skinked and skinned

is that skinked is (skink) while skinned is (skin).

As an adjective skinned is

having skin.

skinked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (skink)

    • skink

    English

    (wikipedia skink)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) scinc, from (etyl) scincus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lizard of the Scincidae family, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) scencan or (etyl) skenkja.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) to serve (a drink)
  • * Shirley
    • Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) drink
  • (obsolete) pottage
    • (Francis Bacon)
    Derived terms
    * Cullen skink (Webster 1913)

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    skinned

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having skin.
  • Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin.
  • Having skin (or similar outer layer) totally or partially removed.
    • My skinned knuckles hurt until the scrape healed.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (skin)