Cling vs Cohere - What's the difference?
cling | cohere |
Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
* 1908 , , Hostages to Momus :
adherence; attachment; devotion
* Milton
(senseid)To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
* Mrs. Hemans
To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
* Jonathan Swift
To cause to dry up or wither.
* Shakespeare
(figurative, with preposition to) to be fond of, to feel strongly about
To stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose.
To be consistent as part of a group.
As verbs the difference between cling and cohere
is that cling is (senseid)to hold very tightly, as to not fall off while cohere is to stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose.As a noun cling
is fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.cling
English
Noun
(en noun)- Antelope steaks and fried liver to begin on, and venison cutlets with chili con carne and pineapple fritters, and then some sardines and mixed pickles; and top it off with a can of yellow clings and a bottle of beer.
- A more tenacious cling to worldly respects.
Verb
- Seaweed clung to the anchor.
- And what hath life for thee / That thou shouldst cling to it thus?
- I clung legs as close to his side as I could.
- If thou speak'st false, / Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, / Till famine cling thee.
Derived terms
* cling film / clingfilmcohere
English
Alternative forms
*Verb
- Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force .
- Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.