Difference between Stint and Scant

What is the difference between Stint and Scant?

Stint as a noun is a period of time spent doing or being something. a spell. while Scant as a noun is a block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

Stint

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stop (an action); cease, desist. To stop speaking or talking (of a subject). To be sparing or mean.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A period of time spent doing or being something. A spell. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling. (Medical) Misspelling of stent.

Scant

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.A sheet of stone.A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: very little, very few

We hope you now know whether to use Stint or Scant in your sentence.

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