different between pinner vs pinker

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n?(?)/

Etymology 1

From Middle English pynner, pynnere, pinnere, equivalent to pin +? -er.

Noun

pinner (plural pinners)

1. Agent noun of pin; one who pins.
   • 2009, Harold Bergsma, The Opium Eaters, page 181:

     This wrestler or pahlwan was a devotee of the old type of wrestling, in which the opponent is thrown down and pinned, unable to get out from under the pinner.

2. A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
3. A cloth band for a gown.

Etymology 2

Variant of pinder, from Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, equivalent to pend (“to pen”) +? -er.

Noun

pinner (plural pinners)

1. (obsolete) One who pins or impounds cattle; a pinder.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pinner m

1. indefinite plural of pinne

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