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Tincture vs Ointment - What's the difference?

tincture | ointment |

As nouns the difference between tincture and ointment

is that tincture is a pigment or other substance that colours or dyes while ointment is (medicine) a viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.

As a verb tincture

is to stain or impregnate (something) with colour.

tincture

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
  • A tint, or an added colour.
  • (heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
  • An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
  • (humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
  • An essential characteristic.
  • * 1924 , ARISTOTLE. . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 6.
  • for the earlier thinkers had no tincture of dialectic
  • The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
  • A slight taste superadded to any substance.
  • a tincture of orange peel
  • A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • All manners take a tincture from our own.
  • * Macaulay
  • Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.

    Verb

    (tinctur)
  • to stain or impregnate (something) with colour
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    ointment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
  • Synonyms

    * salve * unguent

    Derived terms

    * fly in the ointment

    See also

    * cream * inunction * liniment * unction * unctuous * unguent