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Trinket vs Finnimbrun - What's the difference?

trinket | finnimbrun |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between trinket and finnimbrun

is that trinket is (obsolete) a knife; a cutting tool while finnimbrun is (obsolete) a trifle, trinket or knick-knack.

As nouns the difference between trinket and finnimbrun

is that trinket is a small showy ornament or piece of jewelry while finnimbrun is (obsolete) a trifle, trinket or knick-knack.

As a verb trinket

is to give trinkets; to court favour.

trinket

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry
    • That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.
  • A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
    • It's only a little trinket , but it reminds her of him.
  • (nautical) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
  • * Hakluyt
    • Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in our hands.
  • (obsolete) A knife; a cutting tool.
    • (Tusser)

    Synonyms

    * (small ornament) See also: * (item of little value) See also:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give trinkets; to court favour.
    • (South)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    finnimbrun

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A trifle, trinket or knick-knack
  • * 1676 , (Project Gutenberg, 1996), part I, chapter XXI:
    • Let me tell you, Scholar, that Diogenes walked on a day, with his friend, to see a country fair; where he saw ribbons, and looking-glasses, and nutcrackers, and fiddles, and hobby-horses, and many other gimcracks; and, having observed them, and all the other finnimbrun s that make a complete country-fair, he said to his friend, "Lord, how many things are there in this world of which Diogenes hath no need!"