Holdfast vs Fastness - What's the difference?
holdfast | fastness |
Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
(zoology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
(archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.
A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress
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*:When she came to know writers it was like adventuring upon a stage which till then she had known only from the other side of the footlights. She saw them dramatically, and really seemed herself to live a larger life because she entertained them and visited them in their fastnesses .
The state of being fast.
# firmness, security
# rapidity, swiftness
The ability of a dye to withstand fading
As nouns the difference between holdfast and fastness
is that holdfast is something to or by which an object can be securely fastened while fastness is a secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress.holdfast
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