The difference between Hint and Hunch
When used as nouns, hint means a clue, whereas hunch means a hump.
When used as verbs, hint means to suggest tacitly without a direct statement, whereas hunch means to bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hint and Hunch
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Hint as a noun:
A clue.
Examples:
"I needed a hint to complete the crossword."
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Hint as a noun:
A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
Examples:
"He gave me a hint that my breath smelt."
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Hint as a noun:
A small, barely detectable amount of.
Examples:
"There was a hint of irony in his voice."
"I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine."
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Hint as a noun (computing):
Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
Examples:
"This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work."
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Hint as a noun (obsolete):
An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
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Hint as a verb (intransitive):
To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
Examples:
"She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes''."
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Hint as a verb (transitive):
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
Examples:
"to hint a suspicion"
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Hint as a verb (transitive):
To develop and add hints to a font.
Examples:
"The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens''."
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Hunch as a noun:
A hump; a protuberance.
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Hunch as a noun:
A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
Examples:
"The old man walked with a hunch."
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Hunch as a noun:
A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
Examples:
"I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem."
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Hunch as a noun:
A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
Examples:
"a hunch of bread"
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Hunch as a noun:
A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
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Hunch as a verb (intransitive):
To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
Examples:
"synonyms: slouch stoop lean"
"Don't hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems."
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Hunch as a verb (transitive):
To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
Examples:
"They stood outside the door hunching themselves against the rain and puffing on their cigarettes."
"He hunched up his shoulders and stared down at the ground."
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Hunch as a verb (intransitive):
To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
Examples:
"synonyms: slouch"
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Hunch as a verb (transitive):
To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
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Hunch as a verb (transitive):
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
Examples:
"synonyms: elbow nudge"
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Hunch as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):
To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.