different between tineman vs tinman

English

Probably akin to tine (“to shut or enclose”).

tineman (plural tinemen)

(obsolete, Britain, law) An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.

tin +? -man

tinman (plural tinmen)

In allusion to the character Tin Man from the Land of Oz, who lacked a heart.

tinman (uncountable)

An uncaring or heartless man; a man lacking, or seeming to lack, feelings, emotions, or concern for others.
(genetics) A master gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, whose absence causes the fly to develop without a heart.

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