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Tinted vs Ointed - What's the difference?

tinted | ointed |

As verbs the difference between tinted and ointed

is that tinted is past tense of tint while ointed is past tense of oint.

As an adjective tinted

is slightly colored, having tint.

tinted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Slightly colored, having tint.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}

    See also

    * (of glasses) colored, polarized, darkened

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tint)

    • ointed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oint)

    • oint

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To anoint.
  • *Dryden
  • *:They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.
  • *, II.25:
  • *:to make his excuse more likely, he caused his legges to be ointed and swathed, and lively counterfeted the behaviour and countenance of a goutie man.
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