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Perch vs Clamber - What's the difference?

perch | clamber |

As a proper noun perch

is .

As a verb clamber is

to climb with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

As a noun clamber is

the act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.

perch

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) perca, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca .
  • Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae.
  • Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
    • Hyponyms
    * Balkhash perch, European perch, yellow perch * (fish in family Percidae) darter, pike-perch, zander * (fish in order Perciformes) bass
    Derived terms
    * (black perch) * (blue perch) * (grey perch) * (gray perch) * (red perch) * (red-bellied perch) * (perch pest) * (silver perch) * (stone perch) * (striped perch) * (white perch)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird
  • * Tennyson
    • Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of winged ambitions.
  • A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
  • a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated
  • (dated) a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure
  • a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet
  • (textiles) a frame used to examine cloth
    • Derived terms
    * knock someone off his perch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.
  • To stay in an elevated position.
  • To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.}}
  • (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a .

    • clamber

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To climb with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.
    • The children clambered over the jungle gym with reckless abandon.
  • * Tennyson
    • The narrow street that clambered toward the mill.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • Thus, sitting where I was, I lit my candle once more, and then clambered across that great coffin which, for two hours or more, had been a mid-wall of partition between me and danger. But to get out of the niche was harder than to get in; for now that I had a candle to light me, I saw that the coffin, though sound enough to outer view, was wormed through and through, and little better than a rotten shell. So it was that I had some ado to get over it, not daring either to kneel upon it or to bring much weight to bear with my hand, lest it should go through.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • He would clamber about the roof and windows for hours attempting to discover means of ingress, but to the door he paid little attention, for this was apparently as solid as the walls.
  • * 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 22. p. 220.
  • *:And in a trice he has clambered onto the kitchen dresser and is reaching for the top shelf.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.