Clasp vs Buckle - What's the difference?
clasp | buckle |
A fastener or , particularly one that clasps.
(in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit) :
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21:
To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
(figuratively) To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
* Samuel Pepys
(obsolete) To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
* Latimer
* Shakespeare
To buckle down; to apply oneself.
* Barrow
* J. D. Forbes
* Fuller
(countable) A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
(Canada, heraldry) The brisure of an eighth daughter.
(roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
* Washington Irving
* Addison
A contorted expression, as of the face.
* Churchill
To fasten using a buckle.
(Scotland) To unite in marriage.
In transitive terms the difference between clasp and buckle
is that clasp is to take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly while buckle is to fasten using a buckle.clasp
English
Noun
(en noun)- I always have a hard time working the clasp on this necklace!
- He took her hand in a firm clasp .
Verb
(en verb)- They clasped hands and parted as friends.
- And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
- The poor dear lady shivered, and I could see the tension of her nerves as she clasped her husband closer to her and bent her head lower and lower still on his breast.
Anagrams
*References
*buckle
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(wikipedia buckle)Etymology 1
From a frequentative form of .Verb
(buckl)- Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands buckled , preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property.
- It is amazing that he has never buckled after so many years of doing such urgent work.
- The Dutch, as high as they seem, do begin to buckle .
- The bishop was as able and ready to buckle with the Lord Protector as he was with him.
- In single combat thou shalt buckle with me.
- To make our sturdy humour buckle thereto.
- Before buckling to my winter's work.
- Cartwright buckled himself to the employment.
Etymology 2
* Noun: (etyl) bocle, from (etyl) . * Verb: bokelen "to arch the body," from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- (Knight)
- earlocks in tight buckles on each side of a lantern face
- lets his wig lie in buckle for a whole half year
- 'Gainst nature armed by gravity, / His features too in buckle see.
Verb
- (Sir Walter Scott)