Hank vs Clutter - What's the difference?

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between hank and clutter

is that hank is (obsolete) hold; influence while clutter is (obsolete) clatter; confused noise.

As nouns the difference between hank and clutter

is that hank is a coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope while clutter is a confused disordered jumble of things.

As verbs the difference between hank and clutter

is that hank is to form into hanks while clutter is to fill something with.

hank

English

Proper noun

(s)

(archaic) A diminutive of the given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).

Anagrams

* * English diminutives of male given names

clutter

English

Noun

(-)

A confused disordered jumble of things.

* L'Estrange

He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits.

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(obsolete) Clatter; confused noise.

(Jonathan Swift)

Background echos, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.

(countable) A group of cats;

* 2008 , John Robert Colombo, The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories , Introduction

Organizing ghost stories is like herding a clutter of cats: the phenomenon resists organization and classification.

Derived terms

* surface clutter * volume clutter

Verb

(en verb)

To fill something with .

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(obsolete) To clot or coagulate, like blood.

(Holland)

To make a confused noise; to bustle.

* Tennyson

It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there.

(Webster 1913)