different between linker vs pinker

English

Etymology

link +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)

Noun

linker (plural linkers)

1. That which links.
2. (software compilation) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
3. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
4. (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
5. (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

Synonyms

• link editor

Derived terms

• linker DNA

Translations

Verb

linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered)

1. (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
   • 1994, Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:

     38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).

Anagrams

• Kerlin, klerin, relink

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?r

Adjective

linker (not comparable)

1. left

   Er zit een vlek op je linker broekspijp.

   There’s a spot on your left trouserleg.

Inflection

Synonyms

• links

Antonyms

• rechter

Adjective

linker

1. Comparative form of link

German

Etymology

From Middle High German linc, lenc also: linkisch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??k?/
• Hyphenation: lin?ker

Adjective

linker (not comparable)

1. left

Declension

Derived terms

• halblinks, links, linksdrehend, Linkshänder

Related terms

• Linke
• links

See also

• rechter

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Adjective

pinker

1. comparative form of pink: more pink

Noun

pinker (plural pinkers)

1. One who pinks (in various senses).
   • 2000, Leigh David Benin, The New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry (page 92)

     The job paid $65 a week. However, when she arrived for work, the employer informed her that she would also be required to do some pinking, and that she would be paid at the rate for pinkers, which was only $50 a week.

See also

• pinkers (pinking shears)

Anagrams

• Perkin, Pernik, perkin

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

pinker

1. comparative degree of pink

Adjective

pinker

1. inflection of pink:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural