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yank

Yank vs Seize - What's the difference?

yank | seize |


As a noun yank

is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england.

As a verb seize is

to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

Yank vs Crank - What's the difference?

yank | crank |


As nouns the difference between yank and crank

is that yank is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england while crank is a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

As an adjective crank is

(slang) strange, weird, odd.

As a verb crank is

to turn by means of a crank .

Yank vs False - What's the difference?

yank | false |


As a noun yank

is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

Yank vs Push - What's the difference?

yank | push |


As nouns the difference between yank and push

is that yank is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england while push is a short, directed application of force; an act of pushing or push can be (obsolete|uk|dialect) a pustule; a pimple.

As a verb push is

(intransitive) to apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

Jolt vs Yank - What's the difference?

jolt | yank |


In transitive terms the difference between jolt and yank

is that jolt is to shock emotionally while yank is to remove from circulation.

Yelp vs Yank - What's the difference?

yelp | yank |


As nouns the difference between yelp and yank

is that yelp is an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance while yank is a sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).

As verbs the difference between yelp and yank

is that yelp is to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise while yank is to pull something with a quick, strong action.

Yank vs Trail - What's the difference?

yank | trail |


As a noun yank

is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england.

As a proper noun trail is

a city in british columbia.

Yank vs Rob - What's the difference?

yank | rob |


In transitive terms the difference between yank and rob

is that yank is to remove from circulation while rob is to deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.

As a proper noun Rob is

a diminutive=Robert given name.

Yank vs Gringo - What's the difference?

yank | gringo |


As nouns the difference between yank and gringo

is that yank is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england while gringo is (slang|often|pejorative|in latin america) a white person from an english-speaking country.

Yield vs Yank - What's the difference?

yield | yank |


As nouns the difference between yield and yank

is that yield is (obsolete) payment; tribute while yank is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england.

As a verb yield

is (obsolete) to pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

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