Tine vs. Tint — What's the Difference?

A branch of a deer's antlers.

A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.

A prong on an implement such as a fork or pitchfork.

A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.

A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.

A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.

A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.

A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines.

(dialect) A wild vetch or tare.

(Printing) A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration.

(obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.

A dye for the hair.

Small, diminutive

To give a tint to or take on a tint.

To kindle; to set on fire.

A slight coloring.

(obsolete) To rage; to smart.

A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

To shut in, or enclose.

A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

Trouble; distress; teen.

A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.

A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.

To kindle; to set on fire.

  To shade, to color.

To kindle; to rage; to smart.

A slight coloring.

To shut in, or inclose.

A pale or faint tinge of any color.

Prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

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.

A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;

Dye with a color