What's the difference between pin and pink?

Pin


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To peen.
  • (v. t.) To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
  • (n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
  • (n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
  • (n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
  • (n.) That which resembles a pin in its form or use
  • (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
  • (n.) A linchpin.
  • (n.) A rolling-pin.
  • (n.) A clothespin.
  • (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
  • (n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
  • (n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
  • (n.) The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
  • (n.) Mood; humor.
  • (n.) Caligo. See Caligo.
  • (n.) An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
  • (n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
  • (n.) To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, while the precise nature of the city’s dietary problems is hard to pin down, the picture regarding physical activity is much clearer.
  • (2) In difficult fractures we feel that change from external to internal fixation should be performed earlier; it makes early removal of the fixator pins possible and prevents the problems associated with prolonged use of fixator frames.
  • (3) The changes in nuclear morphology (karyometry) and DNA content in prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) were analyzed on tissue sections.
  • (4) They had been pinning their hopes on Alan Johnson who has, in their eyes, the natural authority and ease of manner which Miliband has struggled to develop.
  • (5) During powder compaction on a Manesty Betapress, peak pressures, Pmax, are reached before the punches are vertically aligned with the centres of the upper and lower compression roll support pins.
  • (6) In the absence of boxes or grooves, pins markedly enhanced both retention and resistance.
  • (7) Small threaded pins do not cause femoral head rotation.
  • (8) A Charnley apparatus or turnbuckles placed between the pins on each side of the fracture provided the mechanical advantage for repositioning the fracture fragments and achieving rigid fixation during healing.
  • (9) Ankle arthrodesis treated by external fixation frequently results in complications from pin tract infections, loss of position, nonunion, and malunion.
  • (10) There were no cases of pin-track osteomyelitis, fractures through pintracks, or neurovascular damage from pin insertion.
  • (11) We discuss the indications for operative treatment and the technique of internal fixation with 3 resorbable pins.
  • (12) Major pin-tract infections are a potentially dangerous complication associated with the use of skeletal transfixation pins.
  • (13) The OECD pinned the blame for the disadvantage for girls in maths and science on low expectations among parents and teachers, as well as lack of self-confidence and what it called the ability to “think like a scientist” in answering problems.
  • (14) Retrograde intramedullary pinning was accomplished in all calves, using 2 (n = 4 calves) or 3 (n = 8 calves) pins.
  • (15) The defective pinF gene is suggested to hae the same origin as P-pin on e14 by the restriction map of the fragment cloned from a Pin+ transductant that was obtained in transduction from S. flexneri to E. coli delta pin.
  • (16) The document says that Sienna Miller suspected her mobile phone was not secure and changed it twice, but Mulcaire's handwritten notes show that he succeeded in obtaining the new number, account number, pin code and password for all three phones.
  • (17) The probe tip was a gold-plated pin, insulated from the saliva by soft wax.
  • (18) One hundred patients were treated with the Rydell four-flanged nail and 100 with the Gouffon pins.
  • (19) In AP and lateral radiographs of the hip, measurements are made of the cervicofemoral angles, the diameter of the femoral head and neck, and the distances from the central femoral neck axis to each pin.
  • (20) Subjective pain ratings of mucosal pin-prick decreased a surprisingly small degree after application of both solutions.

Pink


Definition:

  • (n.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
  • (v. i.) To wink; to blink.
  • (a.) Half-shut; winking.
  • (v. t.) To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
  • (v. t.) To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
  • (v. t.) To choose; to cull; to pick out.
  • (n.) A stab.
  • (v. t.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
  • (v. t.) A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower.
  • (v. t.) Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
  • (v. t.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
  • (a.) Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Vertical gratings are tinged with green and horizontal gratings with pink.
  • (2) Today, she wears an elegant salmon-pink blouse with white trousers and a long, pale pink coat.
  • (3) 7 male and 39 female undergraduates were alternately assigned to rooms painted red or Baker-Miller Pink.
  • (4) The first-floor lounge is decorated in plush deep pink, with a mix of contemporary and neoclassical decor, and an antique dining table and chandelier.
  • (5) The animals were exposed for 120 h to continuous pink noise at the intensities 80, 90 and 100 dB SPL.
  • (6) In this paper, previous literature on the subject is surveyed, and an experimental approach under standardized conditions to allow analysis of possible causes and biological mechanisms of the pink-teeth phenomenon in rats is described.
  • (7) Pink Monday said it was precisely the reaction it had hoped for.
  • (8) Positive specimens produce a faint pink deposit which is better visualised by silver enhancement which gives an intense black colour.
  • (9) The reason fashion magazines have been excited over the M&S coat is because various high-end designers all made pink coats this season.
  • (10) On other days, she dresses head to toe in bright pink.
  • (11) Other designs included short ruffle cocktail dresses with velvet parkas slung over the shoulder; blazers made of stringed pearly pink; and gold beading and a lace catsuit.
  • (12) Results obtained with a high pass filtered pink noise at a 106, 109 and 113 dB SPL on 37-40 week foetuses are given to illustrate this dependency.
  • (13) Approximately 30% of the C. neoformans strains produced large amounts of the pink (purple after 6 days) pigment in the absence of light whereas 70% of the Cryptococcus neoformans strains, as well as C. laurentii, C. albidus, C. diffluens, and C. albicans also produced the pink pigment with light being required for significant early production (2--6 days).
  • (14) Quality Street toffee penny yellow is the new pink Breaking news!
  • (15) The country’s supreme court ruled that Imelda Marcos illegally acquired the items, including diamond-studded tiaras and an extremely rare 25-carat pink diamond.
  • (16) On the opposite side there are obviously a few people who are full of a lot of hatred.” Jake Johnstone, who was was wearing the pink triangle of the 1980s Act Up movement, said: “Obviously we had the Paris attacks and everyone was shocked by it, but because Orlando was an attack on the LGBT community it feels very personal and a lot of people feel deeply affected by it.
  • (17) Now Alex Salmond, the SNP’s once and future king has been enjoying fish, chips and pink champagne with the editor of the New Statesman, Jason Cowley .
  • (18) They claim 13 Labour candidates received visits from Harriet Harman’s “pink bus” but did not declare this in their local returns, with the cost instead included in the national return; that the Lib Dems used an election battlebus to transport activists to constituencies which was not included in the candidates’ returns; and that the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, “used a helicopter to campaign for SNP candidates in 12 target constituencies – at a cost of £35,000”.
  • (19) Grace Coddington, Dame Helen Mirren, Laura Mvula, and Karen Elson, in the pink duster coat that proved so popular for M&S.
  • (20) A group of young men and women calling themselves the Salopards (Bastards) and wearing pink dungarees "to show you can be against gay marriage without being homophobic", was also there to "defend the family".

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