Cling vs Fasten - What's the difference?
cling | fasten |
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
English irregular verbs
To attach or connect in a secure manner.
* Jonathan Swift
To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between cling and fasten
is that cling is fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit while fasten is .As a verb cling
is (senseid)to hold very tightly, as to not fall off.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 / clingfilmReferences
* * * Notes:fasten
English
Verb
(en verb)- The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
- Fasten your seatbelts!
- Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
- The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.
- to fasten a blow
- if I can fasten but one cup upon him
