Blink vs. Pink — What's the Difference?

To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.

Pink is a color that is a pale tint of red and is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century.

To look in astonishment or disbelief, typically with the eyes blinking

Of a colour intermediate between red and white, as of coral or salmon

To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint

Having or showing left-wing tendencies

To give off light with intermittent gleams; flash on and off

Of or associated with homosexuals

To pretend to be ignorant of; disregard or condone

Pink colour, pigment, or material

To waver or back down, as in a contest of wills

The best condition or degree

To cause to blink

A herbaceous Eurasian plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and slender, typically grey-green leaves.

To hold back or remove from the eyes by blinking

A small square-rigged sailing ship, typically with a narrow, overhanging stern.

To refuse to recognize or face

A yellowish lake pigment made by combining vegetable colouring matter with a white base.

To transmit (a message) with a flashing light.

Become pink

The act or an instance of rapidly closing and opening the eyes or an eye.

Shear (a sheep) so closely that the colour of the skin is visible

An instant

Cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on

(Scots) A quick look or glimpse; a glance.

Decorate

A flash of light; a twinkle.

(of a vehicle engine) make a series of rattling sounds as a result of over-rapid combustion of the fuel–air mixture in the cylinders

See iceblink.

Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus, such as sweet William, often cultivated for their showy, fragrant, usually pink, red, or white flowers. Also called dianthus.

(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

Any of several other plants in the pink family, such as the wild pink.

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

A flower of any of these plants.

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

The highest or best degree

To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

Light-colored trousers formerly worn as part of the winter semidress uniform by US Army officers.

To glance.

The scarlet coat worn by fox hunters.

To flash on and off at regular intervals.

(Slang)A pinko.

To flash headlights on a car at.

A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.

To send a signal with a lighting device.

Of the color pink.

(hyperbole) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.

(Slang)Having moderately leftist political opinions.

(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.

To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.

To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.

To decorate with a perforated pattern.

To teleport, mostly for short distances.

To cut with pinking shears.

The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.

(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.

A narrow boat.

A glimpse or glance.

(obsolete) A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.

Gleam; glimmer; sparkle

(obsolete) A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab.

(nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink

(obsolete) A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop.

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.

Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.

(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances

(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

(color) The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.

To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.

To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.

To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

(slang) The vagina or vulva.

To trick; to deceive.

(historical) Any of various lake#Etymology 4 pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.

A glimpse or glance.

To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.

Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.

To prick with a sword.

The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.

(intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.

A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

(transitive) To turn (something) pink.

Briefly shut the eyes;

(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.

Force to go away by blinking;

Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).

Gleam or glow intermittently;

Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.

(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.

Having conjunctivitis.

(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.

(informal) Relating to women or girls.

(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.

(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

A vessel with a very narrow stern; - called also pinky.

A stab.

A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.

A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; - so called from the common color of the flower.

Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.

The European minnow; - so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.

To wink; to blink.

To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.

To stab; to pierce as with a sword.

To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Half-shut; winking.

Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.

A light shade of red

Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

Make light, repeated taps on a surface;

Sound like a car engine that is firing too early;

Cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

Of a light shade of red