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Tinter vs Tenter - What's the difference?

tinter | tenter |

As nouns the difference between tinter and tenter

is that tinter is one who tints while tenter is a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.

As a verb tenter is

to stretch cloth on such a framework.

tinter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who tints.
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    tenter

    English

    (wikipedia tenter)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
  • One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
  • (engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stretch cloth on such a framework.
  • To admit extension; to be stretchable.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Woollen cloth will tenter , linen scarcely.

    Derived terms

    * tenterhook

    Anagrams

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