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Tinder vs Tinner - What's the difference?

tinder | tinner |

As nouns the difference between tinder and tinner

is that tinder is small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire while tinner is tinsmith.

As a verb tinder

is to set fire to; torch.

tinder

English

Noun

(wikipedia tinder) (-)
  • small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.

    • Usage notes

    Tinder refers to the first stage of building a fire: sparks light tinder, which then lights kindling, which then lights the main fire.

    Derived terms

    * tinder box, tinderbox

    Related terms

    * teend

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set fire to; torch.
  • * Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?

    References

    tinner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • tinsmith
  • a worker in a tin mine
  • * Blackstone
    • The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record.

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