Tinder vs Tinter - What's the difference?
tinder | tinter |
small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
To set fire to; torch.
* Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
As nouns the difference between tinder and tinter
is that tinder is small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire while tinter is one who tints.As a verb tinder
is to set fire to; torch.tinder
English
Noun
(wikipedia tinder) (-)Usage notes
Tinder refers to the first stage of building a fire: sparks light tinder, which then lights kindling, which then lights the main fire.Derived terms
* tinder box, tinderboxCoordinate terms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?