Fastener vs Latch - What's the difference?
fastener | latch | Related terms |
something or someone that fastens
mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, bolts and the like
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 4
A flip-flop electronic circuit
(obsolete) A latching.
(obsolete) A crossbow.
(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
To close or lock as if with a latch
To catch; lay hold of
:* Where hearing should not latch them. — Shakespeare, MacBeth ,
(obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
As nouns the difference between fastener and latch
is that fastener is something or someone that fastens while latch is a fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.As a verb latch is
to close or lock as if with a latch.fastener
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* pop fastener * snap fastener * zip fastenerAnagrams
* * English agent nounslatch
English
(wikipedia latch)Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(es)- The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.
Derived terms
* on the latchVerb
(es)Act IV
Derived terms
* latch on * latch on to * latch ontoEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) .Verb
(es)- (Shakespeare)