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Tainture vs Painture - What's the difference?

tainture | painture |

In obsolete terms the difference between tainture and painture

is that tainture is dirtiness; uncleanliness while painture is the art of painting.

tainture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) dirtiness; uncleanliness

    • painture

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The art of painting.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Dryden)
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