Tinkerbell vs Periwinkle - What's the difference?
tinkerbell | periwinkle |
Anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers.
* 1988 , Caroline Arden, Getting the Donkey Out of the Ditch: The Democratic Party in Search of Itself , page 104
* 1994 , Alice Thomas Ellis, Cat Among the Pigeons: A Catholic Miscellany , page 57
* 2003 , William Lehr, Lorenzo M. Pupillo, Cyber policy and economics in an internet age , page 92
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
* 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 220:
A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
As nouns the difference between tinkerbell and periwinkle
is that tinkerbell is anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers while periwinkle is any of several evergreen plants of the genus vinca with blue or white flowers or periwinkle can be a mollusk of genus.As an adjective periwinkle is
of pale bluish purple colour.tinkerbell
English
Noun
(en noun)- I characterize it as the "Tinkerbell Approach" to policy development: It might work if all the children would just believe hard enough and clap their hands
- Sometimes I get the impression that the Tinkerbell theory is taking over: that the existence of God is dependent on our own existence and perceptions.
- The New.net venture underlined an important principle: ICANN's authority over the DNS root is fundamentally subject to the "Tinkerbell " principle.
External links
* (wikipedia "Tinkerbell")periwinkle
English
(wikipedia periwinkle)Etymology 1
Diminutive of (etyl) perwinke, from (etyl) perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin (vinca) pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca), of unknown origin.Noun
(en noun)- The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose is some of the leaves be chewed.
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