Tind vs Tint - What's the difference?
tind | tint |
(obsolete) To ignite, kindle.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:
*:Her harty wondes so deepe into the mynd / Of the yong Damzell sunke, that great desire / Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd [...].
A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.
A slight coloring.
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
(intransitive) To shade, to color.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
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As verbs the difference between tind and tint
is that tind is (obsolete) to ignite, kindle while tint is .As a noun tind
is a prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.tind
English
Etymology 1
From earlier tend, from (etyl) tenden, teenden, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) tind, tynd, from (etyl) , English tooth.Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)References
*Anagrams
* * ----tint
English
Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier tinct, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
Verb
citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}