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Flinched vs Clinched - What's the difference?

flinched | clinched |

As verbs the difference between flinched and clinched

is that flinched is (flinch) while clinched is (clinch).

flinched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (flinch)

  • flinch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A reflexive jerking away.
  • My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.

    Verb

  • To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.
  • * John Locke
  • A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining.
  • To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
  • To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
  • References

    clinched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clinch)

  • clinch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To clasp; to interlock.
  • To make certain; to finalize.
  • I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Vincent Kompany was sent off after conceding a penalty that was converted by Stephen Hunt to give Wolves hope. But Adam Johnson's curling shot in stoppage time clinched the points.}}
  • To fasten securely or permanently.
  • To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
  • To embrace passionately.
  • To hold firmly; to clench.
  • * Dryden
  • Clinch the pointed spear.
  • To set closely together; to close tightly.
  • to clinch the teeth or the fist
    (Jonathan Swift)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any of several fastenings.
  • The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.
  • to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
    to secure anything by a clinch
  • (obsolete) A pun.
  • (Alexander Pope)
  • (nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
  • A passionate embrace.
  • See also

    * (wikipedia "clinch") * clench * clincher * clinch nut