Hand vs Clap - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between hand and clap

is that hand is tail while clap is the act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together or clap can be gonorrhea.

As a verb clap is

to strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.

hand

English

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Noun

(en noun)

The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.

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*:Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.

(lb) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.

#A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.

#An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.

(lb) In linear measurement:

# Four inches, a hand's breadth.

#*:Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.

#(lb) Three inches.

A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.

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*:On this hand' and that ' hand , were hangings.

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*:I maintain, however, on the one hand', that there are few occasions upon which large bodies of men, such as politics is concerned with, can rise above selfishness, while, on the other ' hand , there are a very great many circumstances in which populations will fall below selfishness, if selfishness is interpreted as enlightened self-interest.

Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand , and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.

An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.

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An instance of helping.

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Handwriting; style of penmanship.

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A person's signature.

Personal possession; ownership.

Management, domain, control.

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*:Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us

(lb) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

# The set of cards held by a player.

#(lb) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

Applause.

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*:Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters.

(lb) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

A whole rhizome of ginger.

The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.

(lb) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

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*:Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand .

(lb) Agency in transmission from one person to another.

(lb) Rate; price.

Synonyms

* (part of the arm below the wrist) manus (obsolete), paw (of some animals)

Usage notes

Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as, : (a) Activity; operation; work; — in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. :: His hand will be against every man. — Genesis 16:12 : (b) Power; might; supremacy; — often in the Scriptures. :: With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you. — Ezekiel 20:33 . : (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand'; to give the right ' hand : (d) Contract; — commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand ; to pledge the hand.

Meronyms

* (part of the fore limb below the forearm) index finger, middle finger, palm, pinky, ring finger, thumb

Derived terms

* all hands * at hand * backhand, backhanded * back of one's hand * bite the hand that feeds one * by hand * change hands * China Hand * close at hand * * dead man's hand * deckhand * dishpan hands * Dutch hand * empty-handed * farmhand * fill one's hand * first hand * force somebody's hand * glad hand * handbag * hand ball or handball * hand basket * handbreadth * handful * hand gear * hand grenade * handgun * hand in glove * hand in hand * handicraft * handiwork * handjob * handle * handly * handmade * handmill * hand over fist * hand over hand * hand press * handrail * handsaw * hands off * hands down * hands on * hands up * hand to hand * hand to mouth, hand-to-mouth * handwork * handy * hat in hand * have a hand in * have blood on one's hands * have one's hands full * heavy-handed * hired hand * hour hand * idle hands are the devil's workshop * in good hands * in hand * laying on of hands * left-handed * lend a hand * live from hand to mouth * minute hand * off-hand * old hand * on hand * on the one hand * on the other hand * out of hand * out of someone's hands * overhand * play into someone's hands * play the hand one is dealt * put one's hands together * putty in someone's hands * ranchhand * red-handed * right-handed * second hand, second-hand * shake hands * show of hands * stablehand * stagehand * take in hand * the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world * tie someone's hands * tip one's hand * try one's hand at * underhand * underhanded * wash one's hands of

Verb

(en verb)

To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.

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To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.

(obsolete) To manage.

(obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.

(Shakespeare)

(rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.

(transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.

(Totten)

(obsolete) To cooperate.

Derived terms

* hand down * hand in * hand off * hand out * hand over

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clap

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.

He summoned the waiter with a clap .

The explosive sound of thunder.

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The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.

Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.

* Jonathan Swift

Give the door such a clap , as you go out, as will shake the whole room.

A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.

His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.

A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.

* Shakespeare

What, fifty of my followers at a clap !

(falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.

(Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) Edward Peacock, A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire , p 188

* 1890 , John Nicholson, Folk Lore of East Yorkshire , page 139

“Oh! get some coo clap (cow dung), mix it wi’ fish oil (whale oil), put it on, and let it stop on all neet.”

Synonyms

* (sound of thunder) thunderclap * See also

Derived terms

* thunderclap

Verb

(Clapping)

To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.

The children began to clap in time with the music.

To applaud.

The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.

It isn’t the singers they are clapping ; it's the composer.

To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.

He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.

To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.

He clapped the empty glass down on the table.

She clapped the book shut.

''He clapped across the floor in his boots.

* Marvell

Then like a bird it sits and sings, / And whets and claps its silver wings.

To come together suddenly with noise.

* Dryden

The doors around me clapped .

To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up'' or ''together ).

We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.

''The rival factions clapped up a truce.

To set or put, usually in haste.

The sheriff clapped him in jail.

She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.

* John Locke

He had just time to get in and clap to the door.

* Lamb

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.

(slang, AAVE) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.

Derived terms

* clapper * claptrap * clapperboard

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

(en noun)

Gonorrhea.

1997 MASH

* “What in hell makes you think he's got the clap ?” Hawkeye asked. “Even a clap doctor can't diagnose it through a parka

1998 Dan Savage

* When I explained that I thought he had given me the clap , he said I must be mistaken, it had to be someone I'd “tricked” with at ... He'd never had an STD in his life, he told me, and slammed down the phone.

1998 Changing Bodies

* He thought I had given him the clap [gonorrhea], but I knew I didn't.

2006 The STDs Update

* Gonorrhea, sometimes called the clap , is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

I'm gonna kill that bitch for giving me the clap !

If your dick has "the drip" you probably have the clap and need to go to the sex clinic.

He wasn't careful; he caught both syphilis and the clap .

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