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Tinkling vs Twinkling - What's the difference?

tinkling | twinkling |

As nouns the difference between tinkling and twinkling

is that tinkling is a tinkle; a tinkling sound while twinkling is a shining with fast intermittent light.

As adjectives the difference between tinkling and twinkling

is that tinkling is one that tinkles while twinkling is sparkling intermittently.

As verbs the difference between tinkling and twinkling

is that tinkling is present participle of lang=en while twinkling is present participle of lang=en.

tinkling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tinkle; a tinkling sound.
  • The grackle.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • One that tinkles.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • twinkling

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sparkling intermittently.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shining with fast intermittent light.
  • The time it takes to blink the eyes.

    • Derived terms

    * in the twinkling of an eye

    Verb

    (head)