Ting vs Tine - What's the difference?
ting | tine |
ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.
(Webster 1913)
English onomatopoeias
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A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb
A small branch, especially on an antler or horn
(obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
* Spenser
To kindle; to set on fire.
* Dryden
* Spenser
(obsolete) To rage; to smart.
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between ting and tine
is that ting is the sound of a small metallic bell while tine is a spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.As verbs the difference between ting and tine
is that ting is to make a ting sound while tine is to kindle; to set on fire.ting
English
Etymology 1
onomatopoeiaSee also
* ding * ding dong * tintinnabulationEtymology 2
Chinese: ?, pinyin: d?ng. (en)Alternative forms
* dingNoun
(en noun)tine
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tind''. Cognate with German ''Zinne .Noun
(en noun)See also
* prong * tooth * toolEtymology 2
See .Noun
- Cruel winter's tine .
Etymology 3
See tind.Verb
(tin)- to tine the cloven wood
- coals of contention and hot vengeance tin'd
- Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine / That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine .