Latch vs Snib - What's the difference?
latch | snib |
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 4
A flip-flop electronic circuit
(obsolete) A latching.
(obsolete) A crossbow.
(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
To close or lock as if with a latch
To catch; lay hold of
:* Where hearing should not latch them. — Shakespeare, MacBeth ,
(obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
(Scotland) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
*2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 99:
*:He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.
(obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.
(Scotland) To latch (a door, window etc.).
*1890 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Sign of the Four , VI:
*:‘Window is snibbed on the inner side. Frame-work is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.’
In obsolete terms the difference between latch and snib
is that latch is to smear; to anoint while snib is a reprimand; a snub.As nouns the difference between latch and snib
is that latch is a fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side while snib is a latch or fastening for a door, window etc.As verbs the difference between latch and snib
is that latch is to close or lock as if with a latch while snib is to latch (a door, window etc.).latch
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(wikipedia latch)Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(es)- The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.
Derived terms
* on the latchVerb
(es)Act IV
Derived terms
* latch on * latch on to * latch ontoEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) .Verb
(es)- (Shakespeare)
snib
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Noun
(en noun)- (Marston)