Clench vs Clunch - What's the difference?
clench | clunch |
Tight grip.
(engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
A local chapter of the (Church of the SubGenius) parody religion.
* 1989 , Ted Schultz, The Fringes of Reason (page 210)
* 2003 , Peter Knight, Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia (page 170)
* 2012 , George D. Chryssides, Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements (page 95)
To squeeze; to grip or hold tightly.
To move two parts of something against each other
(UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
*1736 , Charles Parkin, History of Norfolk ,
*:The manor-house stands near the church, and is a large convenient old house built of clunch , stone, &c. with good gardens and walks adjoining to the river side.
As nouns the difference between clench and clunch
is that clench is tight grip while clunch is a traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.As a verb clench
is to squeeze; to grip or hold tightly.clench
English
Noun
(es)- And perhaps most innovative of all, Drummond and Stang pushed for a policy of clench autonomy
- Every SubGenius clench is required to have a member who does not believe
- Originality is encouraged, and some clenches have devised their own distinctive organizational names
Verb
(es)- He clenched his fist in anger.
- Bruxism is clenching the jaws.