The difference between Note and Taint

When used as nouns, note means a mark or token by which a thing may be known, whereas taint means a , or , especially in.

When used as verbs, note means to notice with care, whereas taint means to or (something) with an external , either or .

check bellow for the other definitions of Note and Taint

  1. Note as a noun:

    A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

  2. Note as a noun:

    A written or printed communication or commitment. A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. A short informal letter; a billet. A diplomatic missive or written communication. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment A list of items or of charges; an account. A piece of paper money; a banknote. A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.

    Examples:

    "I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash."

    "a [[promissory note promissory note]]"

    "a note of hand"

    "a negotiable note"

    "I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note."

  3. Note as a noun (music):

    A sound. A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. A key of the piano or organ.

  4. Note as a noun (uncountable):

    Observation; notice; heed.

  5. Note as a noun (uncountable):

    Reputation; distinction.

    Examples:

    "a poet of note'"

  6. Note as a noun (obsolete):

    Notification; information; intelligence.

  7. Note as a noun (obsolete):

    Mark of disgrace.

  1. Note as a verb (transitive):

    To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

    Examples:

    "If you look to the left, you can note the old cathedral."

  2. Note as a verb (transitive):

    To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

    Examples:

    "We noted his speech."

  3. Note as a verb (transitive):

    To denote; to designate.

    Examples:

    "The modular multiplicative inverse of ''x'' may be noted ''x''<sup>-1</sup>."

  4. Note as a verb (transitive):

    To annotate.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek W. H. Dixon"

  5. Note as a verb (transitive):

    To set down in musical characters.

  6. Note as a verb (transitive):

    To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

  1. Note as a noun (uncountable, UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland):

    That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.

  2. Note as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland):

    The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.

  1. Taint as a noun:

    A , or , especially in

  2. Taint as a noun:

    A mark of , especially on one's ; blemish

  3. Taint as a noun (obsolete):

    tincture; hue; colour

  4. Taint as a noun (obsolete):

    infection; corruption; deprivation

  1. Taint as a verb (transitive):

    To or (something) with an external , either or .

  2. Taint as a verb (transitive):

    To (food) by .

  3. Taint as a verb (intransitive):

    To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.

  4. Taint as a verb (intransitive):

    To be affected with incipient putrefaction.

    Examples:

    "Meat soon taints in warm weather."

  5. Taint as a verb (transitive, computing, programming):

    To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.

  6. Taint as a verb (transitive, AU, finance):

    To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.

  1. Taint as a noun:

    A with a , which fails of its intended .

  2. Taint as a noun:

    An done to a in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a or unscientific manner.

  1. Taint as a verb (transitive):

    To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.

  2. Taint as a verb (transitive):

    To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.

  3. Taint as a verb (intransitive):

    To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

  1. Taint as a noun (slang):

    The .

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