different between inflate vs clincher

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nfl?tus, from the verb ?nfl?.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: ?n-fl?t', IPA^(key): /?n?fle?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)

1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
   • 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting

     When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.

2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

3. (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien

     Inflate themselves with some insane delight.

4. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

Antonyms

• deflate

Derived terms

• inflated
• inflatingly

Related terms

• inflation

Translations

Latin

Participle

?nfl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nfl?tus

Adverb

?nfl?t? (comparative ?nfl?tius, superlative ?nfl?tissim?)

1. haughtily, proudly, pompously

References

• inflate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inflate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inflate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• inflate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From clinch +? -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

clincher (plural clinchers)

1. That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm.

   The clincher was that we couldn't wait any longer to leave, or it would get dark.
2. (cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.