Punchable vs Pinchable - What's the difference?
punchable | pinchable |
Suitable for being punched or perforated.
(colloquial) Deserving to be punched or struck.
Suitable for being pinched.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 15, author=Ben Sisario, title=Out of the Comfort Zone, Into the Wild Rock Yonder, work=New York Times
, passage=It’s a move that might suggest a status grab, but on a crisp May afternoon Mr. James strolled through the neighborhood in rumpled tan corduroys and work boots, with pinchable baby fat visible through his shirt. }}
As adjectives the difference between punchable and pinchable
is that punchable is suitable for being punched or perforated while pinchable is suitable for being pinched.punchable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a material that is punchable at low temperatures
pinchable
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