Barnacle vs Clam - What's the difference?
barnacle | clam |
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
The barnacle goose.
(engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
(computing, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
(obsolete) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
(archaic, British) A nickname for spectacles.
(slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
To connect with or attach.
* 2009 , , Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos , Stone Bridge Press (2009), ISBN 9781933330853,
To press close against something.
* 2002 , , All Families Are Psychotic , Vintage Canada (2002), ISBN 0679311831,
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (, a huge East Indian bivalve.
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, title= Strong pincers or forceps.
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
(US, slang) A dollar (usually used in the plural). Possibly originating from the term wampum.
(slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
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jesparolini, title=CO$ Celebrities: USEFUL IDIOTS To dig for clams.
To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
clamminess; moisture
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To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
* L'Estrange
As nouns the difference between barnacle and clam
is that barnacle is a marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships while clam is a bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (species: Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (species: Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the species: Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.As verbs the difference between barnacle and clam
is that barnacle is to connect with or attach while clam is to dig for clams.barnacle
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(barnacl)page 178:
- Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.
page 16:
- He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.
See also
* limpetReferences
* * 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue , available from Project Gutenberg [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5402]Anagrams
*clam
English
(wikipedia clam)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams' thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. ' Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}
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Verb
(clamm)Derived terms
* American jackknife clam * Atlantic jackknife clam * bamboo clam * clam chowder * clamshell * clam up * giant clam * piss clam * razor clamSee also
* clammyEtymology 2
Verb
(clamm)- (Nares)
Etymology 3
Noun
- The clam of death.
Verb
(clamm)- (Dryden)
- A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed themselves till there was no getting out again.
