breach vs chink

breach

verb
  • To violate or break. 

  • To break into a ship or into a coastal defence. 

  • To make a breach in. 

  • To leap out of the water. 

  • To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc. 

noun
  • The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 

  • A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment 

  • A difference in opinions, social class etc. 

  • A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves 

  • A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out. 

  • A breaking out upon; an assault. 

  • A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence 

chink

verb
  • To crack; to open. 

  • To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 

  • To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. 

  • To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching. 

  • To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. 

noun
  • A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening. 

  • A chip or dent in something metallic. 

  • A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink. 

  • A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. 

  • A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system. 

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