different between linter vs hinter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

linter (countable and uncountable, plural linters)

1. The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.
2. (countable) A machine for removing these fibres.

   Synonym: delinter

3. A person or device that collects lint for use in making hats &c

See also

• lint doctor
• lint roller

Etymology 2

lint +? -er

Noun

linter (plural linters)

1. (computing) A program or algorithm that performs linting.

Latin

Etymology

From older form lunter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”); more at pluit (“it rains”). Cf. also Ancient Greek ??????? (plunt?r).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lin.ter/, [?l?n?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lin.ter/, [?lin?t??r]

Noun

linter f or m (genitive lintris); third declension

1. tub, trough
2. small light boat, skiff, canoe

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• The genitive plural is sometimes found as lintrum.

Descendants

• Albanian: ljundrë
• Aromanian: luntri, lãndurã
• Dalmatian: lundro
• Romanian: luntre

References

• linter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• linter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• linter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• linter in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

hint +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?nt?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?nt?/, [?h????]

Noun

hinter (plural hinters)

1. Agent noun of hint; someone who hints.

Anagrams

• nither, their'n, theirn

German

Etymology

From Old High German hintar, from Proto-Germanic *hinder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?nt?/

Preposition

hinter (with accusative or dative)

1. behind, after
2. after (in pursuit of)
3. beyond (further away than)

Usage notes

The preposition hinter is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location.

Derived terms

• hinters
• hinterm
• hinter sich bringen (“to get it over with”)

Adverb

hinter

1. (colloquial, regional, parts of southern and eastern Germany) over; to some place fairly nearby

   Synonyms: hin, rüber