What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Terms vs Chinkled - What's the difference?

terms | chinkled |

As a noun terms

is .

As a verb chinkled is

(chinkle).

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

    * ----

    chinkled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chinkle)

    • chinkle

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variation of (kinkle).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (chinkl)
  • (rare) To chink or jingle
  • To tinkle or cause to tinkle; produce a continued chinking sound
    • He chinkled the coins in his pocket.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A ringing sound of low volume
  • * 1937 , Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn
    • Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.

    References

    (chinkling of rails), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4pJhaDsDE-QC&pg=PA262&dq=%22chinkle%22&hl=en&ei=zbwpTIrqAsWclgfVqfTEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBTgK] (chinkle of reins), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B9FBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22chinkles%22&dq=%22chinkles%22&hl=en&ei=57wpTLesJ4WKlwftoMHBAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA (the fountain chinkles)