Clench vs Seize - What's the difference?
clench | seize |
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
to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
(obsolete) to fasten, fix
to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
to have a seizure
* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician
to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
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As verbs the difference between clench and seize
is that clench is to squeeze; to grip or hold tightly while seize is to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.As a noun clench
is tight grip.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.
Synonyms
* clasp * clutchAntonyms
* unclenchseize
English
Verb
(seiz)- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)
- Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.
- Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.