Tink vs. Wink

Tinkverb

To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.

Tinkverb

To unknit.

Tinknoun

(dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

Tinknoun

A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.

Tinkverb

To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.

Tinknoun

A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

Tinkverb

make or emit a high sound;

Tinkverb

undo a row of knitting one stitch at a time, in order to correct a mistake

Winkverb

To close one's eyes in sleep.

Winkverb

(intransitive) To close one's eyes.

Winkverb

(intransitive) To turn a blind eye; to connive. Usually with at.

Winkverb

(intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.

Winkverb

To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

Winkverb

(intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

Winknoun

An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.

Winknoun

A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.

Winknoun

A brief time; an instant.

Winknoun

The smallest possible amount.

Winknoun

A subtle allusion.

Winknoun

(Chiefly British) Periwinkle.

Winkverb

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

Winkverb

To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.

Winkverb

To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.

Winkverb

To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.

Winkverb

To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; - generally with at.

Winkverb

To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.

Winkverb

To cause (the eyes) to wink.

Winknoun

The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.

Winknoun

A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.

Winknoun

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);

Winknoun

closing one eye quickly as a signal

Winknoun

a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly

Winkverb

signal by winking;

Winkverb

gleam or glow intermittently;

Winkverb

briefly shut the eyes;

Winkverb

force to go away by blinking;

Winkverb

close and open one eye quickly, typically to indicate that something is a joke or a secret or as a signal of affection or greeting

Winkverb

pretend not to notice (something bad or illegal)

Winkverb

(of a bright object or a light) shine or flash intermittently

Winknoun

an act of winking

Wink

A wink is a facial expression made by briefly closing one eye. A wink is an informal mode of non-verbal communication usually signaling shared hidden knowledge or intent.