Tindered vs Tinkered - What's the difference?
tindered | tinkered |
(tinder)
small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
To set fire to; torch.
* Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
(tinker)
an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin
(dated, chiefly, British, and, Irish, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
Someone who repairs, or attempts repair on anything mechanical (tinkers) or invents.
The act of repair or invention.
(military, obsolete) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
A bird, the razor-billed auk.
(Webster 1913)
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Robert M. Pringle
, title=How to Be Manipulative
, volume=100, issue=1, page=31
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To work as a tinker.
As verbs the difference between tindered and tinkered
is that tindered is (tinder) while tinkered is (tinker).tindered
English
Verb
(head)tinder
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Noun
(wikipedia tinder) (-)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, tinderboxCoordinate terms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?
References
tinkered
English
Verb
(head)tinker
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mischievous person) rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel * (member of the travelling community) travellerVerb
(en verb)citation, passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}
