What's the difference between pink and tink?

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".

Tink


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.
  • (n.) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tinke Place your thumb over the sensor and watch Tinke work its magic.
  • (2) RAC motoring strategist Adrian Tink said: "This is a dark day for motorists.
  • (3) But a group of ordinary parents without wealthy or well-connected backers is bound to struggle with the process unless far more support is built in, says group member Anna Tink.
  • (4) Sure, none of the four mixtapes that Tink has released thus far have quite sold in the same quantities as Destiny's Child and The Writing's On The Wall, but that's four mixtapes, people, and she wrote the lot, even if the extent of her involvement in the production is unclear - in which case, chalk one up to La Knowles, who did get a producer credit at least on the second DC album.
  • (5) The background : Rising Chicago star Trinity Home aka Tink is a triple threat: a songwriter who can sing and rap equally effectively.
  • (6) RAC motoring strategist Adrian Tink said: "Ordinary drivers and businesses are being crippled by the relentless rise in fuel costs.
  • (7) I actually really like the smoking ban!” she exclaims with a tinkly laugh.
  • (8) Tink said: "This is a key issue for Britain's 32 million motorists who are watching their bank accounts drained every time they fill up."
  • (9) For their forthcoming debut album, they worked from a dream list scribbled on an A4 sheet of paper and eventually roped in rising R&B star Kelela , Chicago rapper Tink , Jamaican dancehall artist Timberlee and London grime MCs including Roll Deep's Riko Dan and Ruff Sqwad's Prince Rapid.
  • (10) Tink's palpable sense of hurt is echoed by Draper and Ezekiel.
  • (11) The front bar is perfect for gazing out at the sea, while the red-painted back room is a pleasing jumble of mismatched sofas, tinkly chandeliers and board games, where you'll be tempted to linger with the papers and keep ordering coffee.
  • (12) "Look no further than Kidderminster Harriers," declares Mickey Tink.
  • (13) Tink believes that petrol prices – particularly fuel duty which makes up about half the cost – could now become a major issue in the general election.
  • (14) On the latter you get an effective overview of Tink's schizoid impulses, equal parts cute yearning and cutting dissing.
  • (15) The RAC motoring strategist Adrian Tink said the chancellor's decision would cost British drivers more than £1bn.

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