different between pinker vs pincer

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

English

Alternative forms

• pincher (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ns??/
• Rhymes: -?ns?(r)

Noun

pincer (plural pincers)

1. Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.

Derived terms

• pincer attack

Verb

pincer (third-person singular simple present pincers, present participle pincering, simple past and past participle pincered)

1. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To surround with a pincer attack.
   • 1984, Robert Lamb, Competitive Strategic Management (page 115)

     After considering all frontal counteroffensive alternatives, Heublein rejected them as detrimental to its profits and came up with a brilliant pincering maneuver. It raised the price of Smirnoff by one dollar, effectively preventing segment diffusion, […]

Anagrams

• Prince, prince

French

Etymology

From Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.se/

Verb

pincer

1. to pinch (skin)
2. (informal) to pinch (to arrest)
3. (music) To pluck (a stringed instrument)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Further reading

• “pincer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• prince

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinci?re (“to puncture, pinch”).

Verb

pincer

1. to pinch

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: pincier, pincer
  • French: pincer
    • ? Bavarian: pfitzen
    • ? Dutch: pinsen, pitsen
• Norman: pînchi
• ? Middle English: pinchen
  • English: pinch

Further reading

• “pincer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).