different between tinged vs tinct

English

Etymology 1

See tinge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?nd?d/

Verb

tinged

1. simple past tense and past participle of tinge

Etymology 2

See ting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??d/

Verb

tinged

1. simple past tense and past participle of ting

Anagrams

• nidget

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tinctus, past participle of ting? (“to tinge”). Doublet of tint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??kt/
• Rhymes: -??kt

Noun

tinct (plural tincts)

1. (archaic) a tint or colour
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine

     all the devices blazoned on the shield, in their own tinct

   • 1889. Gissing, George. The Nether World, Volume 3 Chapter 1:

     The slightest tinct of uncertainty in the old man’s thought, and he, Kirkwood, became a plotter like the others, meeting mine with countermine.

Verb

tinct (third-person singular simple present tincts, present participle tincting, simple past and past participle tincted)

1. to tint, tinge or colour

Adjective

tinct (comparative more tinct, superlative most tinct)

1. tinged or lightly coloured

Noun

tinct

1. Abbreviation of tincture.