Arm vs Claw - What's the difference?

As a noun arm

is sleeve; a part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm.

As a proper noun claw is

arm

English

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Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm , since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

(anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

the arms of an octopus

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

A branch of an organization.

(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.

the arm of the law

the secular arm

* Bible, Isa. lii. 1

To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

(baseball, slang) A pitcher

The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

Derived terms

(derived terms) * armband * armchair * -armed * armful * armhole * arm in arm * armless * armlet * armlock * armpit * armrest * arm's reach * at arm's length * babe in arms * chance one's arm * cost an arm and a leg * forearm * in arm's reach * in the arms of Morpheus * the long arm of the law * lower arm * on one's arm * right arm * take in one's arms * take someone's arm * upper arm * with open arms * within arm's reach

Verb

(en verb)

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

* Shakespeare

And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.

* Two N. Kins

Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him.

To supply with arms or limbs.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)

Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

(etyl), from (etyl) (m), from Latin , hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.

Noun

(en noun)

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

(in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

(derived terms) * armed * arms factory * arms race * army * bear arms * brothers in arms * coat of arms * firearm * in arms * lay down one's arms * present arms! * sidearm * shot in the arm * take up arms against * to arms! * unarmed * under arms * up in arms

Verb

(en verb)

To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.

Remember to arm an alarm system.

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

to arm''' the hit of a sword; to '''arm a hook in angling

(figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

* Bible, 1 Peter iv. 1

Arm yourselves with the same mind.

To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Derived terms

* arm to the teeth

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claw

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) clawe, from (etyl) clawu, from (etyl) . Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish klo.

Noun

(en noun)

A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

A foot equipped with such.

The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.

A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

(botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.

(Gray)

(juggling, uncountable) The act of catching a ball overhand.

Derived terms

* claw hammer * get one's claws into

External links

* (wikipedia "claw")

Etymology 2

From (etyl) clawian, from clawu.

Verb

(en verb)

To scratch or to tear at.

* '>citation

Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.

To use the claws to seize, to grip.

To use the claws to climb.

(juggling) To perform a catch.

To move with one's fingertips.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=De Gea was United's hero again within seconds of Hernandez's equaliser, diving to his left to claw away Dirk Kuyt's shot as he got on the end of a superb cross from Stewart Downing.}}

(obsolete) To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.

* 1599 ,

I cannot hide what I am: I must be sad when I have cause, and smile at no man's jests; eat when I have stomach, and wait for no man's leisure; sleep when I am drowsy, and tend on no man's business; laugh when I am merry, and claw no man in his humour.

* Holland

Rich men they claw , soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise.

(obsolete) To rail at; to scold.

* T. Fuller

In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth' the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion, thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed; though he ' claweth them soon after in another acceptation.