Hasp vs Clamp - What's the difference?
hasp | clamp | Related terms |
A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
(intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp .
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
* Thackeray
To hold or grip tightly.
To modify a numeric value so it lies within a specific range.
(UK, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
Hasp is a related term of clamp.
As nouns the difference between hasp and clamp
is that hasp is a clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door while clamp is a brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.As verbs the difference between hasp and clamp
is that hasp is to shut or fasten with a hasp while clamp is (intransitive) to fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp .hasp
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(en noun)Anagrams
* * ----clamp
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(en noun)Derived terms
* clover clamp * nipple clampVerb
(en verb)- As we burst into the room, the Count turned his face, and the hellish look that I had heard described seemed to leap into it. His eyes flamed red with devilish passion. The great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge, and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood dripping mouth, clamped together like those of a wild beast.
- The policeman with clamping feet.
