different between flaw vs taint

flaw

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English flawe, flay (a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter), probably from Old Norse flaga (a flag or slab of stone, flake), from Proto-Germanic *flag? (a layer of soil), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?k- (broad, flat). Cognate with Icelandic flaga (flake), Swedish flaga (flake, scale), Danish flage (flake), Middle Low German vlage (a layer of soil), Old English fl?h (a frament, piece).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?fl??/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?fl?/
  • (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /?fl?/
  • Rhymes: -??
  • Homophone: floor (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Noun

flaw (plural flaws)

  1. (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
  2. (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
  3. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
  4. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
    • Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
    1. (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
    2. (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:defect
Derived terms
  • flawful
  • flawless
  • flawsome
  • tragic flaw
Translations

Verb

flaw (third-person singular simple present flaws, present participle flawing, simple past and past participle flawed)

  1. (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
  2. (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably Middle Dutch vl?ghe or Middle Low German vl?ge. Or, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish flaga (gust of wind), from Old Norse flaga; all from Proto-Germanic *flag?n-. See modern Dutch vlaag (gust of wind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fl??/
  • Rhymes: -??

Noun

flaw (plural flaws)

  1. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
    • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint
      Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn.
  2. A storm of short duration.
  3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder
    Synonyms: tumult, uproar, quarrel
Translations

References

Anagrams

  • AFLW, WAFL

Sranan Tongo

Verb

flaw

  1. To faint.

flaw From the web:

  • what flaws mean
  • what flaw did the telescope have
  • what flawless mean
  • what flaws does odysseus have
  • what flaws do i have
  • what flaws are there in the electoral college
  • what flaws does the nymph find
  • what flaws to take outer worlds


taint

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te?nt/
  • Rhymes: -e?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle French teint, from Old French teint (past participle of teindre (to dye, to tinge)), from Latin tinctum (past participle of tingere).

Noun

taint (plural taints)

  1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
  2. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
  3. (obsolete) tincture; hue; colour
  4. (obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation
    • He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove.
  5. (programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
    • 2006, Jim Chow, Stanford University. Computer Science Dept, Understanding data lifetime (page 33)
      Using Apache version 1.3.29 and Perl version 5.8.2, we tracked the following sequence of taints []
Translations

Verb

taint (third-person singular simple present taints, present participle tainting, simple past and past participle tainted)

  1. (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
  2. (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
  3. (intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
  4. (intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
    Meat soon taints in warm weather.
  5. (transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
  6. (transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
Translations
Related terms
  • tainture

Etymology 2

From Middle English taynt, aphetic form of attaynt, atteynt, from Old French atteinte (a blow, stroke). Compare with attaint.

Noun

taint (plural taints)

  1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
  2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
Translations

Verb

taint (third-person singular simple present taints, present participle tainting, simple past and past participle tainted)

  1. (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
    • 1624, Philip Massinger, The Parliament of Love
      Do not fear; I have / A staff to taint, and bravely.
  2. (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Etymology 3

Reportedly from the phrase “'tain't your balls and 'tain't your ass”. Ascribed to E.E. Landy's Underground Dict. (1972) is the following explanation: ‘'taint their ass and 'taint their pussy.’

Noun

taint (plural taints)

  1. (US, slang) The perineum.
    • 2000 June 17, "Marc Newman" (username), "Re: Americas are overated", in talk.politics.guns, Usenet:
      Sorry you feel that way. But since your mother sucks cocks in hell if I go there I won't be rotting.....I'll be on line right behind you hoping to get another good head job from your Mom or Sister....if you can remember which is which.......(Moms the one with the beard on her taint)
    • 2005 July 14, "Noodles Jefferson" (username), "Re: My Wife's Raw Comments", in rec.sport.pro-wrestling, Usenet:
      Even her taint's raw?
    • 2010 February 22, "Duchamanos" (username), "Re: Huck Finn 2010-anyone going?", in rec.sport.disc, Usenet:
      Did you know that guy has absolutely no tan lines? He'll show his taint to prove it!
    • 2017, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, HBO:
      Thats right, Alex Jones is trying to sell you sloppy wet rags for your tait [sic]. And-- and when you are done wiping down the area between your genitals and anus with a glorified wet nap...
      And look-- look, this tactical taint wipe has demonstrated incredible results, hasn't it, Doctor?
Translations

Etymology 4

Contraction of it ain't.

Contraction

taint

  1. Alternative spelling of 'taint

References

  • taint in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • taint at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Nitta, Tanit, Titan, nitta, tinta, titan

taint From the web:

  • what tainted means
  • what's tainted love mean
  • what's tainted love about
  • what's tainted alcohol
  • what tainted food
  • what's taint hair
  • what tainted means in tagalog
  • dainty meaning
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like