Pincer vs Clamp - What's the difference?
pincer | clamp |
(Of an attack) See pincer attack
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
(intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp .
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
* Thackeray
To hold or grip tightly.
To modify a numeric value so it lies within a specific range.
(UK, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
As nouns the difference between pincer and clamp
is that pincer is any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers while clamp is a brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.As an adjective pincer
is (Of an attack) See pincer attack.As a verb clamp is
to fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.pincer
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Derived terms
* pincer attackAdjective
(-)Anagrams
* ----clamp
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* clover clamp * nipple clampVerb
(en verb)- As we burst into the room, the Count turned his face, and the hellish look that I had heard described seemed to leap into it. His eyes flamed red with devilish passion. The great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge, and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood dripping mouth, clamped together like those of a wild beast.
- The policeman with clamping feet.