different between latch vs clinch
latch
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?ch, IPA(key): /læt?/
- Rhymes: -æt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), from Old English læ??an (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjan?, *lakwijan?, *lakkijan? (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh?g-, *(s)leh?g?- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”).
Verb
latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched)
- To close or lock as if with a latch.
- (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
Derived terms
- latch on
- latch on to
- latch onto
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English latche, lacche (“a latch; a trap”), from lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”), from Old English læ??an (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”). See above for more.
Noun
latch (plural latches)
- A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
- The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
- A flip-flop electronic circuit
- (obsolete) A latching.
- (obsolete) A crossbow.
- (obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of The Romaunt of the Rose to this entry?)
- A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
- (databases) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
Derived terms
- on the latch
Translations
Alternative forms
- lech, letch
Etymology 3
Compare French lécher (“to lick”).
Verb
latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched)
- (obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
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clinch
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)
- To clasp; to interlock. [from 1560s]
- To make certain; to finalize. [from 1716]
- To fasten securely or permanently.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed. [17th century]
- To embrace passionately.
- To hold firmly; to clench.
- 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
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, The Duty of Servants at Inns
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)
- Any of several fastenings.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.
- (obsolete) A pun.
- (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.
- 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.
- 2015, Judith Arnold, Moondance
- 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
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