Thinky vs. Think — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Thinky and Think
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Definitions
Thinky
Tending to think, or inspire thinking.
Think
To have or formulate in the mind
Think the happiest thought you can think.
Think
To reason about or reflect on; ponder
Think how complex language is. Think the matter through.
Think
To decide by reasoning, reflection, or pondering
Thinking what to do.
Think
To judge or regard; look upon
I think it only fair.
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Think
To believe; suppose
Always thought he was right.
Think
To expect; hope
They thought she'd arrive early.
Think
To intend
She thinks to defeat the incumbent in the election.
Think
To call to mind; remember
I can't think what her name was.
Think
To visualize; imagine
Think what a scene it will be at the reunion.
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Think
To devise or evolve; invent
Thought up a plan to get rich quick.
Think
To bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
He thought himself into a panic over the impending examination.
Think
To concentrate one's thoughts on; keep as a point of focus
Think victory.
Think
To exercise the power of reason, as by conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and using judgment
My cold made it difficult to think.
Think
To consider or weigh an idea
They are thinking about moving.
Think
To bring a thought to mind by using the imagination
No one before had thought of bifocal glasses.
Think
To recall a thought or an image to mind
She thought of her childhood when she saw the movie.
Think
To have a belief, supposition, or opinion
He thinks of himself as a wit. It's later than you think.
Think
To have care or consideration
Think first of the ones you love.
Think
To use the mind in a certain way
He thinks just like you do—always worrying.
Think
Requiring much thought to create or assimilate
A think book.
Think
The act or an instance of deliberate or extended thinking; a meditation.
Think
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.
Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
Think
(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
Think
(intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
Think
(transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.
I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.
I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.
Boxing is thought to be a dangerous sport.
Think
(transitive) To guess; to reckon.
I think she’ll pass the examination.
Think
To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
Think
To presume; to venture.
Think
To seem, to appear.
Think
An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
I'll have a think about that and let you know.
Think
To seem or appear; - used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
Think
To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
For that I amI know, because I think.
Think
To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
Well thought upon; I have it here.
Think
To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
And when he thought thereon, he wept.
He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Think
To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
Let them marry to whom they think best.
Think
To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
I thought to promote thee unto great honor.
Thou thought'st to help me.
Think
To presume; to venture.
Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.
Think
To conceive; to imagine.
Charity . . . thinketh no evil.
Think
To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
So little womanhoodAnd natural goodness, as to think the deathOf her own son.
Think
To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Nor think superfluous other's aid.
Think
Act of thinking; a thought.
Think
An instance of deliberate thinking;
I need to give it a good think
Think
Judge or regard; look upon; judge;
I think he is very smart
I believe her to be very smart
I think that he is her boyfriend
The racist conceives such people to be inferior
Think
Expect, believe, or suppose;
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
I thought to find her in a bad state
He didn't think to find her in the kitchen
I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
Think
Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments;
I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
Think
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;
I can't remember saying any such thing
I can't think what her last name was
Can you remember her phone number?
Do you remember that he once loved you?
Call up memories
Think
Imagine or visualize;
Just think--you could be rich one day!
Think what a scene it must have been!
Think
Focus one's attention on a certain state;
Think big
Think thin
Think
Have in mind as a purpose;
I mean no harm
I only meant to help you
She didn't think to harm me
We thought to return early that night
Think
Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting;
Can you think what to do next?
Think
Ponder; reflect on, or reason about;
Think the matter through
Think how hard life in Russia must be these days
Think
Dispose the mind in a certain way;
Do you really think so?
Think
Have or formulate in the mind;
Think good thoughts
Think
Be capable of conscious thought;
Man is the only creature that thinks
Think
Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation;
She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam