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Cinched vs Pinched - What's the difference?

cinched | pinched |

As verbs the difference between cinched and pinched

is that cinched is (cinch) while pinched is (pinch).

As an adjective pinched is

very thin.

cinched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cinch)

    • cinch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
  • * He found Andy morosely replacing some broken strands in his cinch , and he went straight at the mooted question. — B. M. Bower, The Flying U's Last Stand
  • (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
    • No problem ... it's a cinch .
  • * "We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that." — Major Archibald Lee Fletcher, Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns
  • (informal) A firm hold.
  • * You've got the cinch on him. You could send him to quod, and I'd send him there as quick as lightning. I'd hang him, if I could, for what he done to Lil Sarnia. — Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale,

    • Synonyms

    * (something that is very easy to do) See also (an activity that is easy) * breeze * cakewalk * doddle * piece of cake * walk in the park * walkover

    Verb

  • To bring to certain conclusion.
  • To tighten down.

    • Quotations

    * 1911', ''"I intend to '''cinch that government business."'' — Margaret Burnham, ''The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise

    Derived terms

    * cincher

    pinched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pinch)

    • Derived terms

    * pinched look

    Adjective

    (head)
  • very thin
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