Clink vs. Clank — What's the Difference?

To make or cause to make a light, sharp ringing sound

A metallic sound, sharp and hard but not resonant

A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal.

To make a sharp, hard, metallic sound.

A prison or a prison cell; a jail

A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

(intransitive) To make a clanking sound

(slang) A prison.

(transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.

Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; - usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.

(ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.

To rhyme.

To sound with a clank.

To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

A loud resonant repeating noise;

To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.

Make a clank;

To rhyme. [Humorous].

A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.

A prison cell; a lockup; - probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England.

A short light metallic sound

A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Make a high sound typical of glass;

Make or emit a high sound;