dent vs dint

dent

verb
  • To develop a dent or dents. 

  • To impact something, producing a dent. 

noun
  • A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel. 

  • A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action 

  • A slot or a wire in a reed 

  • A minor impact or effect made upon something. 

  • A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. 

  • A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. 

dint

verb
  • To dent. 

noun
  • Force, power; especially in by dint of. 

  • The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. 

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