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Overtook vs Clench - What's the difference?

overtook | clench |

As verbs the difference between overtook and clench

is that overtook is (overtake) while clench is to squeeze; to grip or hold tightly.

As a noun clench is

tight grip.

overtook

English

Verb

(head)
  • (overtake)

    • overtake

    English

    Verb

  • To pass a more slowly moving object.
  • To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc.
    • "I overtook' and passed the doctor between Woking and Send." '''1898 ,
  • (economics) To become greater than something else
  • To occur unexpectedly
    • "Our plans were overtaken by events."

    See also

    * Not to be confused with (take over).

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    clench

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • Tight grip.
  • (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
  • A local chapter of the (Church of the SubGenius) parody religion.
  • * 1989 , Ted Schultz, The Fringes of Reason (page 210)
    • And perhaps most innovative of all, Drummond and Stang pushed for a policy of clench autonomy
  • * 2003 , Peter Knight, Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia (page 170)
    • Every SubGenius clench is required to have a member who does not believe
  • * 2012 , George D. Chryssides, Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements (page 95)
    • Originality is encouraged, and some clenches have devised their own distinctive organizational names

    Verb

    (es)
  • To squeeze; to grip or hold tightly.
    • He clenched his fist in anger.
  • To move two parts of something against each other
    • Bruxism is clenching the jaws.

    Synonyms

    * clasp * clutch

    Antonyms

    * unclench

    Related terms

    * clinch