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tick | tink |

As nouns the difference between tick and tink

is that tick is a tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder ixodida or tick can be a relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery or tick can be (uncountable) ticking or tick can be (uk|colloquial) credit, trust while tink is (dated) a sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

As verbs the difference between tick and tink

is that tick is to make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock or tick can be to go on trust, or credit while tink is to emit a high-pitched noise or tink can be (knitting|slang|transitive) to unknit.

tick

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from (etyl), compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
    • Derived terms
    * tick bean * tick trefoil

    See also

    * (wikipedia "tick") * (commonslite)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
    • The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.
  • A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
    • At midday, the long bond is up a tick .
  • (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
  • (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
    • I'll be back in a tick .
  • (Australian, NZ, British) a mark () made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement; checkmark
    • Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box
  • A lifer (bird seen by a birdwatcher for the first time) that is uninteresting and routine, thus merely a tick mark on a list.
  • The whinchat; so called from its note.
    • Derived terms
    * full as a tick * tick bite * ticker * ticking * tick off * tick over * tick-tack * tick-tock

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
  • To make a tick mark.
  • (informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
    • He took the computer apart to see how it ticked .
    I wonder what makes her tick .
  • To strike gently; to pat.
  • * Latimer
    • Stand not ticking and toying at the branches.
    Derived terms
    * tick all the boxes

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), probably from (etyl), from (etyl)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Ticking.
  • A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
    • Synonyms
    * ticking
    Derived terms
    * ticking

    Etymology 4

    From (m)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 190:
    • He paid his mother-in-law rent and, when the baker or the butcher or the grocer wouldn't let her have any more on tick , he paid the bills.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To go on trust, or credit.
  • To give tick; to trust.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    tink

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a high-pitched noise.
    • Jimmy heard the bells tink .
    Synonyms
    * tinkle
    References
    [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tink]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

    • Etymology 2

    knit spelled backwards.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
  • * Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)
    • Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
  • * 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)
    • If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking ” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

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