Clasp vs Secure - What's the difference?
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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.
Free from attack or danger; protected.
Free from the danger of theft; safe.
Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
* Dryden
Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of .
* Milton
Overconfident; incautious; careless.
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
* Dryden
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against'' or ''from'', or formerly with ''of .
* T. Dick
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
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Clasp is a related term of secure.
As verbs the difference between clasp and secure
is that clasp is to take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly while secure is to make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.As a noun clasp
is a fastener or , particularly one that clasps.As an adjective secure is
free from attack or danger; protected.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
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Alternative forms
* secuer (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)- But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes.
- secure of a welcome
- Confidence then bore thee on, secure / Either to meet no danger, or to find / Matter of glorious trial.
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Antonyms
* insecureDerived terms
* securelyVerb
(secur)- I spread a cloud before the victor's sight, / Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight.
- to secure''' a creditor against loss; to '''secure a debt by a mortgage
- It secures its possessor of eternal happiness.
- to secure''' a prisoner; to '''secure a door, or the hatches of a ship
- to secure an estate
Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real", The Guardian , 26 August 2014:
- With the Argentinian secured United will step up their attempt to sign a midfielder and, possibly, a defender in the closing days of the transfer window. Juventus’s Arturo Vidal, Milan’s Nigel de Jong and Ajax’s Daley Blind, who is also a left-sided defensive player, are potential targets.
- "[Captain] was able to secure some good photographs of the fortress."
(Flight, 1911, p. 766)
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}