chink vs cleft

chink and cleft both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chink	Yes	No	Yes	No
cleft	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, cleft is a hypernym of chink; that is, cleft is a word with a broader meaning than chink:

Other hypernyms of chink include crack, crevice, fissure, scissure.

chink (noun)	cleft (noun)
a short light metallic sound	a long narrow cleft
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall	a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent

chink (adjective)	cleft (adjective)
	having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib
	split or divided

chink (verb)	cleft (verb)
make cracks or chinks in
fill the chinks of, as with caulking
make or emit a high sound