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Clamp vs Handcuffs - What's the difference?

clamp | handcuffs |

As nouns the difference between clamp and handcuffs

is that clamp is a brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together while handcuffs is (plurale tantum) a fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

As verbs the difference between clamp and handcuffs

is that clamp is (intransitive) to fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp while handcuffs is (handcuff).

clamp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
  • A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
  • A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
  • A heavy footstep; a tramp.

    • Derived terms

    * clover clamp * nipple clamp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp .
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • As we burst into the room, the Count turned his face, and the hellish look that I had heard described seemed to leap into it. His eyes flamed red with devilish passion. The great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge, and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood dripping mouth, clamped together like those of a wild beast.
  • To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
  • * Thackeray
    • The policeman with clamping feet.
  • To hold or grip tightly.
  • To modify a numeric value so it lies within a specific range.
  • (UK, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.

    • Derived terms

    * clamp down

    See also

    * clasp * vise, vice

    handcuffs

    English

    (wikipedia handcuffs)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (plurale tantum) A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
  • * 2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
    • Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.
  • English plurals

    • Synonyms

    * manacles * shackles

    Related terms

    * handcuff

    Verb

    (head)
  • (handcuff)

    • References

    English pluralia tantum