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Inched vs Cinched - What's the difference?

inched | cinched |

As verbs the difference between inched and cinched

is that inched is past tense of inch while cinched is past tense of cinch.

As an adjective inched

is having the length of a certain number of inches.

inched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (inch)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Having the length of a certain number of inches.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    cinched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cinch)

    • cinch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
  • * He found Andy morosely replacing some broken strands in his cinch , and he went straight at the mooted question. — B. M. Bower, The Flying U's Last Stand
  • (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
    • No problem ... it's a cinch .
  • * "We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that." — Major Archibald Lee Fletcher, Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns
  • (informal) A firm hold.
  • * You've got the cinch on him. You could send him to quod, and I'd send him there as quick as lightning. I'd hang him, if I could, for what he done to Lil Sarnia. — Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale,

    • Synonyms

    * (something that is very easy to do) See also (an activity that is easy) * breeze * cakewalk * doddle * piece of cake * walk in the park * walkover

    Verb

  • To bring to certain conclusion.
  • To tighten down.

    • Quotations

    * 1911', ''"I intend to '''cinch that government business."'' — Margaret Burnham, ''The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise

    Derived terms

    * cincher