Hint vs. Tint — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hint and Tint
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Definitions
Hint➦
A slight or indirect indication or suggestion
He has given no hint of his views
Tint➦
A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
Hint➦
A small piece of practical information or advice
Handy hints on saving energy in your home
Tint➦
A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
Hint➦
Suggest or indicate something indirectly or covertly
He hinted that the sale might be delayed
The Minister hinted at a possible change of heart
Tint➦
A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
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Hint➦
A slight indication or intimation
Wanted to avoid any hint of scandal.
Tint➦
A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines.
Hint➦
A brief or indirect suggestion; a tip
Stock-trading hints.
Tint➦
(Printing) A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration.
Hint➦
A statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue
Give me a hint about the big news.
Tint➦
A dye for the hair.
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Hint➦
A barely perceptible amount
Just a hint of color.
Tint➦
To give a tint to or take on a tint.
Hint➦
(Archaic) An occasion; an opportunity.
Tint➦
A slight coloring.
Hint➦
To express or state indirectly
She hinted that she might prefer our company to theirs.
Tint➦
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
Hint➦
To indicate or make evident in an indirect manner
"The diversity of observations hinted that they had no common origin" (Carl Sagan).
Tint➦
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
Hint➦
To give a hint
Wouldn't hint at the true purpose of the meeting.
Tint➦
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Hint➦
A clue.
I needed a hint to complete the crossword.
Tint➦
A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
Hint➦
An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.
Tint➦
To shade, to color.
Hint➦
A small, barely detectable amount.
There was a hint of irony in his voice.
I could taste a hint of lemon in my iced water.
Tint➦
A slight coloring.
Hint➦
(computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
This font does not scale well to small sizes; the hints for the 10-point letter 'g' still need work.
Tint➦
A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
Hint➦
(databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
Tint➦
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
Hint➦
(obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
Tint➦
A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Hint➦
(intransitive) To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
Tint➦
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
Hint➦
(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
To hint a suspicion
Tint➦
A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;
After several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
Hint➦
(transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.
Tint➦
Dye with a color
Hint➦
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.
Hint➦
To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
We whisper, and hint, and chuckle.
Hint➦
A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
Our hint of woeIs common.
The hint malevolent, the look oblique.
Hint➦
An indirect suggestion;
Not a breath of scandal ever touched her
Hint➦
A slight indication
Hint➦
A slight but appreciable addition;
This dish could use a touch of garlic
Hint➦
A just detectable amount;
He speaks French with a trace of an accent
Hint➦
An indication of potential opportunity;
He got a tip on the stock market
A good lead for a job
Hint➦
Drop a hint; intimate by a hint
