Intertwine vs Clinch - What's the difference?
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To twine something together.
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To become twined together.
To clasp; to interlock.
To make certain; to finalize.
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To fasten securely or permanently.
To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
To embrace passionately.
To hold firmly; to clench.
* Dryden
To set closely together; to close tightly.
Any of several fastenings.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.
(obsolete) A pun.
(nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
A passionate embrace.
Intertwine is a related term of clinch.
As verbs the difference between intertwine and clinch
is that intertwine is to twine something together while clinch is to clasp; to interlock.As a noun clinch is
any of several fastenings.intertwine
English
Verb
(intertwin)- You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining , our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.
Synonyms
* (twine around each other) (l)clinch
English
Verb
(es)- I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.
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- Clinch the pointed spear.
- to clinch the teeth or the fist
- (Jonathan Swift)
Noun
(es)- to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon
- to secure anything by a clinch
- (Alexander Pope)