Tint vs Int - What's the difference?
tint | int |
A slight coloring.
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
(intransitive) To shade, to color.
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Int is a alternative form of tint.
As nouns the difference between tint and int
is that tint is a slight coloring while int is an integer.As contractions the difference between tint and int
is that tint is it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't while int is it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't.As a verb tint
is To shade, to color.As an abbreviation int is
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English
Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier tinct, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
Verb
citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}