different between inkling vs enlightenment

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /???kl??/
• Hyphenation: inkl?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English ningkiling, nyngkiling (“hint, slight indication; mention, whisper”), and then either:

• possibly a variant of nikking, nyckyng (“hint, slight indication; mention, whisper”), possibly from nikken (“to mark (a text) for correction (?)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerunds from verbs); or
• from inklen (“to mention (in a low voice); to tell (the truth)”) [and other forms] + -ing, -inge; inklen may be derived from inca, inke (“dread, fear; doubt; danger, risk (?)”), from Old English inca (“doubt, uncertainty; suspicion; fear; cause for complaint, grievance, grudge, ill-will, offence; quarrel; occasion, opportunity”), from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache; grief; regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eng-, *yen?- (“illness”). The English word would then be analysable as inkle +? -ing.

Sense 3 (“desire, inclination”) may have been influenced by incline (“to tend to believe or do something”) or French enclin (“inclined, prone”).

Noun

inkling (plural inklings)

1. Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given.

   Synonym: intimation
2. Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
3. (Britain, dialectal) A desire, an inclination.

Translations

Etymology 2

From inkle +? -ing.

Verb

inkling

1. present participle of inkle

References

Anagrams

• kilning, klining, linking

English

Alternative forms

• enlightment (rare)

Etymology

From enlighten +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?la?t?nm?nt/, /?n?la?t?nm?nt/, /-la?tm?nt/

Noun

enlightenment (usually uncountable, plural enlightenments)

1. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
2. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

Synonyms

• epiphany
• peace that passeth understanding
• satori

Translations

References

• enlightenment at OneLook Dictionary Search
• enlightenment in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• enlightenment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.