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Pinky vs. Pink — What's the Difference?

Pinky vs. Pink — What's the Difference?

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Pinky

Partly pink or with a pink tinge
Right now, the cliffs are bathed in pinky-orange light

Pink

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.

Pinky

Variant spelling of pinkie (sense 1)

Pink

Of a colour intermediate between red and white, as of coral or salmon
Her face was pink with embarrassment
Bright pink lipstick

Pinky

The little finger.
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Pink

Having or showing left-wing tendencies
Pink politicians

Pinky

Variant of pinkie1.

Pink

Of or associated with homosexuals
A boom in the pink economy
The pink pound

Pinky

Variant of pink3.

Pink

Pink colour, pigment, or material
Soft pastel shades of pink and blue

Pinky

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

Pink

The best condition or degree
The economy is not in the pink of health

Pinky

Pinkish.

Pink

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

Pinky

Winking

Pink

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

Pinky

Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.

Pink

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

Pinky

A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.

Pink

Become pink
Cheryl's cheeks pinked with sudden excitement

Pinky

A white person.

Pink

Shear (a sheep) so closely that the colour of the skin is visible
McFowler pinked every sheep and never drew blood

Pinky

The Australasian snapper or pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus).

Pink

Cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on
I pinked the edge of the fabric

Pinky

(historical) A kind of fishing schooner of New England.

Pink

Decorate
April pinked the earth with flowers

Pinky

The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.

Pink

(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
The car was inclined to pink slightly in accelerating from a low engine speed

Pinky

See 1st Pink.

Pink

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

Pinky

The finger farthest from the thumb

Pink

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.

Pink

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

Pink

A flower of any of these plants.

Pink

The highest or best degree
In the pink of health.

Pink

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

Pink

The scarlet coat worn by fox hunters.

Pink

(Slang)A pinko.

Pink

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

Pink

Of the color pink.

Pink

(Slang)Having moderately leftist political opinions.

Pink

To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.

Pink

To decorate with a perforated pattern.

Pink

To cut with pinking shears.

Pink

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.

Pink

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

Pink

A narrow boat.

Pink

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

Pink

(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.

Pink

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

Pink

Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

Pink

(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

Pink

(color) The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

Pink

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

Pink

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.

Pink

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

Pink

(slang) The vagina or vulva.

Pink

(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.

Pink

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

Pink

To prick with a sword.

Pink

To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

Pink

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

Pink

(transitive) To turn (something) pink.

Pink

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

Pink

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).

Pink

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

Pink

(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

Pink

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

Pink

Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.

Pink

Having conjunctivitis.

Pink

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

Pink

(informal) Relating to women or girls.
Pink job

Pink

(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
The pink economy
Pink pound
Pink dollar
Pink triangle

Pink

(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

Pink

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

Pink

A stab.

Pink

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.

Pink

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.

Pink

Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.

Pink

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

Pink

To wink; to blink.

Pink

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

Pink

To stab; to pierce as with a sword.

Pink

To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Pink

Half-shut; winking.

Pink

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

Pink

A light shade of red

Pink

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

Pink

Make light, repeated taps on a surface;
He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently

Pink

Sound like a car engine that is firing too early;
The car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded

Pink

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

Pink

Of a light shade of red

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