What's the difference between rink and tink?

Rink


Definition:

  • (n.) The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.
  • (n.) An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Putin rink side and asked him about the firing of former.
  • (2) Regular rink days are Thursday to Sunday, until 10:30pm.
  • (3) Many complexes have dedicated around half their space to restaurants, cinemas, skating rinks, bowling alleys, spas, playgrounds and even language schools.
  • (4) Even one outdoor ice rink in cold-accustomed South Dakota is shutting down.
  • (5) Alexandra Palace Ice Rink , London N22 ( sadlerswells.com ) , 28-31 October.
  • (6) There was still no football at Halifax, but the local club opened its ground as a public ice rink and hundreds skated on it."
  • (7) And yet Sprague remained in awe of her former boss ( despite an acrimonious departure which resulted in her suing the company ), recalling the times his obsessive attention to detail uncovered the misalignment of terraces during the construction of Trump Tower, or drove the renovation of Central Park’s ice rink in 1981.
  • (8) He missed the place: the cold, the skating rinks, the desperate need for mittens in winter.
  • (9) A group of men outside were spraying the street with water from a fire hose in order to create a frozen ice rink that would be too slippery for riot police to attack from.
  • (10) At the other end of the rink, Jonathan Quick can be inhumanly mesmerizing when called upon by the Kings to save the day.
  • (11) UVM is turning its ice rink into Sno Cones Photograph: University of Vermont Hat tip: AKenyon 6.45pm BST Apartment Therapy said that the Museum of Modern Art is launching a pregnancy tracker app that compares the size of your baby to the size of works in its collection.
  • (12) A prospective survey has been made of the injuries to members of the public attending a well established ice rink in a major city.
  • (13) Better rink discipline, instruction classes and safety publicity should be helpful in minimising accidents.
  • (14) His speech began with a ramble through Manhattan geography, followed by a tutorial on ice skating rinks: “You want rubber hose, and you want water, and in the water you want salt so it doesn’t freeze.” Then he described his idea of New York values: policemen and firefighters; transit workers who “keep those trains and buses going and everything else”; families in Central Park, “some together, some not”.
  • (15) The opening of an ice rink resulted in 469 attendances at the local Accident and Emergency department over the first year.
  • (16) The range of injuries sustained at an ice-rink and presented to an Accident Service department is described.
  • (17) A., Berg, C., Hendrick, J. P., LaBranche-Chabot, H., Metspalu, A., Rinke, J., and Yario, T. (1988) J.
  • (18) Three ways of minimizing leakage are as follows: (1) Use a less leaky indicator, such as BCECF (Rink et al., 1982); (2) lower the incubation temperature; (3) continuously remove external indicator by perfusion technique (Boron, 1982).
  • (19) They also suggest, although they do not prove, that the translocation of these cations occurs through an agonist-operated channel as proposed by Hallam and Rink (FEBS Lett.
  • (20) Dustin Brown grabs, lifts and skates the Cup around the rink - he is the first American born captain to win it twice, both with the Kings, who now have two titles in three seasons.

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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