Difference between Tint and Tincture

What is the difference between Tint and Tincture?

Tint as a noun is a slight coloring. while Tincture as a noun is a pigment or other substance that colours or dyes

Tint

Part of speech: noun

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

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shade, to color.

Example sentence: Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges, and brownish tints known romantically as 'champagne.'

Tincture

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a pigment or other substance that colours or dyesa tint, or an added coloura colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicinea small alcoholic drinkan essential characteristic

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to stain or impregnate (something) with colour

We hope you now know whether to use Tint or Tincture in your sentence.

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