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Pincers vs Barnacle - What's the difference?

pincers | barnacle |

As nouns the difference between pincers and barnacle

is that pincers is a gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws while barnacle is a marine crustacean of the subclass cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

As a verb barnacle is

to connect with or attach.

pincers

Noun

(-)
  • A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.
  • The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.
  • English plurals
  • Synonyms

    * forceps * chelae, claws, nippers * pinchers

    See also

    * tongs

    Anagrams

    * *

    barnacle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
  • The barnacle goose.
  • (engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
  • (computing, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
  • (obsolete) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
  • (archaic, British) A nickname for spectacles.
  • (slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
  • Verb

    (barnacl)
  • To connect with or attach.
  • * 2009 , , Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos , Stone Bridge Press (2009), ISBN 9781933330853, page 178:
  • Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.
  • To press close against something.
  • * 2002 , , All Families Are Psychotic , Vintage Canada (2002), ISBN 0679311831, page 16:
  • He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.

    See also

    * limpet

    References

    * * 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue , available from Project Gutenberg [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5402]

    Anagrams

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