lint

As a verb lent

is past tense of lend.

As a proper noun Lent

is period of penitence for Christians before Easter.

As a noun lint is

a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and lint

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while lint is a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

As nouns the difference between lint and dust

is that lint is a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds while dust is fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.

As a verb dust is

to remove dust from.

As nouns the difference between lint and delinter

is that lint is a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds while delinter is a machine that removes lint.

As a noun lint

is a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

As a verb delint is

to remove lint from.

As a noun lint

is a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

As an adjective lintfree is

free of lint.