different between fastener vs clinch

English

Etymology

fasten +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fæs?n?/, /?fæsn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
• Hyphenation: fast?en?er, faste?ner

Noun

fastener (plural fasteners)

1. Something or someone that fastens.
2. Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

   Synonym: clasp

Derived terms

• pop fastener
• snap fastener
• zip fastener

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (fasun?)

Translations

Further reading

• fastener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Feenstra, fenestra, refasten

English

Etymology

16th-century alteration of clench.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

clinch (third-person singular simple present clinches, present participle clinching, simple past and past participle clinched)

1. To clasp; to interlock. [from 1560s]
2. To make certain; to finalize. [from 1716]
3. To fasten securely or permanently.
4. To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed. [17th century]
5. To embrace passionately.
6. To hold firmly; to clench.
7. To set closely together; to close tightly.
   • 1731, Jonathan Swift, The Duty of Servants at Inns

     try if the heads of the nails be fast, and whether they be well clinched

Synonyms

• (fasten securely): attach, join, put together; see also Thesaurus:join
• (hold firmly): clasp, grasp, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp

Translations

Noun

clinch (plural clinches)

1. Any of several fastenings.
2. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.

3. (obsolete) A pun.
4. (nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
5. A passionate embrace.
   • 2015, Judith Arnold, Moondance

     More likely, he was letting her know that his visit this morning was not going to end in a clinch—or something steamier. It was going to be about sitting at a table, drinking coffee and talking.

6. In combat sports, the act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.

Translations

See also

• clinch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• clench
• clincher
• clinch nut