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Tanning vs Tinning - What's the difference?

tanning | tinning |

As verbs the difference between tanning and tinning

is that tanning is while tinning is .

As nouns the difference between tanning and tinning

is that tanning is the acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially while tinning is a covering or lining of tin.

tanning

English

Verb

(head)
  • The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.

    • Noun

  • The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
  • (informal) A spanking.

    • See also

    * tan someone's hide

    tinning

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covering or lining of tin.
  • * 1852 , The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Volume 77 (page 175)
    • he admits that sometimes poisonings produced by utensils with worn tinnings are not caused by saturnine colic.
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