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Winking vs Inking - What's the difference?

winking | inking |

As verbs the difference between winking and inking

is that winking is while inking is .

As nouns the difference between winking and inking

is that winking is the act of one who winks while inking is an application of ink.

winking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who winks.
  • * 1828 , The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828 (page 153)
    • I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple

    inking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An application of ink.
  • * 1900 , Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (page 175)
    • In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design