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Tinned vs Tinked - What's the difference?

tinned | tinked |

As verbs the difference between tinned and tinked

is that tinned is past tense of tin while tinked is past tense of tink.

As an adjective tinned

is coated, or plated with tin.

tinned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tin)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Coated, or plated with tin.
  • Packed in a tin can; canned.
  • Previously prepared; not fresh or new

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    tinked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tink)

    • tink

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a high-pitched noise.
    • Jimmy heard the bells tink .
    Synonyms
    * tinkle
    References
    [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tink]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

    • Etymology 2

    knit spelled backwards.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
  • * Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)
    • Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
  • * 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)
    • If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking ” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

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