A kink is something you like. A fetish is something you need to get off. While they're often used interchangeably, they really are two different concepts altogether.

A kink is what you get in a cable when you’re not careful pulling it. They’re also called assholes because the shape of the kink can look like a puckered asshole.

A fetish is a figure carved from wood, stone, or fossils, often used ceremonially.

A kink is adding some spice to your food.

A fetish is pouring pickle juice on your breakfast cereal. Nobody else gets it, but you love it.

Terry Pratchett put it best.

Kink is adding some horseraddish to your beef sandwich. Fetish is adding so much you don't even notice the beef has fallen out.

A fetish is something you NEED in order to get off or enjoy sex. So a guy who can't get it up unless the lady is wearing lingerie (or unless he is) that's a lingerie fetish.

If you enjoy sex more with lingerie but can still enjoy without it, that's a lingerie kink.

kink to me implies something you like but you don't necessarily have to be doing it the majority of the time and don't necessarily spend money on it and such. fetish implies your closer to a lifestyle thing where its the way you want to do things and you will put resources toward it.

A kink is just something you like. A fetish is something you obsess over (to an unhealthy degree). The first thing the word fetish makes me think of is chasers, who fetishize certain people and view them as sexual objects (which is obvs very bad).

I use them interchangeably when talking about sex. Very rarely do I use "fetish" for the other usage (an object of spiritual significance).

Don't know about kink, but Fetish is a South African rock band.

A Kink is one of those English guys who sang "You Really Got Me."

"Fetish" is a 2020 song by Selena Gomez featuring Gucci Mane.

a kink is like a coffeine, but ritual instead of chemical. something that gives you a kick.

a fetish is, idk, maybe sth to do with fashion?