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Pushover vs Cinch - What's the difference?

pushover | cinch |

As nouns the difference between pushover and cinch

is that pushover is someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply while cinch is a simple saddle girth used in mexico.

As a verb cinch is

to bring to certain conclusion.

pushover

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply.
    • I'm a pushover when it comes to buying new kitchen gadgets.
  • Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself.

    • See also

    * cave * cave in * give in * pullover *

    References

    cinch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
  • * He found Andy morosely replacing some broken strands in his cinch , and he went straight at the mooted question. — B. M. Bower, The Flying U's Last Stand
  • (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
    • No problem ... it's a cinch .
  • * "We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that." — Major Archibald Lee Fletcher, Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns
  • (informal) A firm hold.
  • * You've got the cinch on him. You could send him to quod, and I'd send him there as quick as lightning. I'd hang him, if I could, for what he done to Lil Sarnia. — Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale,

    • Synonyms

    * (something that is very easy to do) See also (an activity that is easy) * breeze * cakewalk * doddle * piece of cake * walk in the park * walkover

    Verb

  • To bring to certain conclusion.
  • To tighten down.

    • Quotations

    * 1911', ''"I intend to '''cinch that government business."'' — Margaret Burnham, ''The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise

    Derived terms

    * cincher