Pawl vs Who - What's the difference?
pawl | who |
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
* 1994 , Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing :
* 1910 , Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and his Motorcycle
(interrogative pronoun) What person or people; which person or people (used in a direct or indirect question).
(relative pronoun) The person or people that.
A person under discussion; a question of which person.
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As a noun pawl
is a pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (eg on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.As a verb pawl
is to stop with a pawl.As an acronym who is
the world health organization.pawl
English
Noun
(en noun)- The nails in the rim of the wheel went ratcheting over the leather pawl and the wheel slowed and came to a stop and the woman turned to the crowd and smiled.
- A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into a ratchet wheel and pushes it around, or it may be used as a catch to prevent the backward motion of a windlass or the wheel on a derrick.
Derived terms
* pawl bitt * pawl rimDerived terms
* pawl the capstanwho
English
Pronoun
- Who is that? (direct question)
- I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
- It was a nice man who helped us.
Usage notes
When "who" (or the other relative pronouns "that" and "which") is used as the subject of a relative clause, the verb agrees with the antecedent of the pronoun. Thus "I who am...", "He who is...", "You who are...", etc.Noun
(en noun)citation