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Thinking vs Chinking - What's the difference?

thinking | chinking |

As nouns the difference between thinking and chinking

is that thinking is gerund of think while chinking is the material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.

As verbs the difference between thinking and chinking

is that thinking is present participle of lang=en while chinking is present participle of lang=en.

thinking

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Gerund of think.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage= But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking —and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.}}

    Derived terms

    * critical thinking * thinking man * wishful thinking

    Verb

    (head)
  • *, chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking ; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

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    chinking

    English

    Noun

  • The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
  • The sound of something that chinks.
  • * 1887 , May Hodgson, A day of life (page 187)
    • All the sounds mingle with the chinkings of the gold and silver coin

    Verb

    (head)