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Rasp vs Clack - What's the difference?

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In intransitive terms the difference between rasp and clack

is that rasp is to make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps while clack is to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

In transitive terms the difference between rasp and clack

is that rasp is to work something with a rasp while clack is to cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

rasp

English

(wikipedia rasp)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
  • The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
    • the rasp of her perpetual cough
  • (obsolete) The raspberry.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Set sorrel amongst rasps , and the rasps will be smaller.
    Hypernyms
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    Verb

  • To use a rasp.
  • To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
  • To work something with a rasp.
    • to rasp''' wood to make it smooth; to '''rasp bones to powder
  • (figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
    • Some sounds rasp the ear.
    His insults rasped my temper.

    Anagrams

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    clack

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a clatter; in sound, midway between a click and a clunk
  • Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
  • chatter; prattle
  • * South
    • Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack .

    Derived terms

    * clack box * clack dish * clack door * clack valve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
  • * Thackeray
    • We heard Mr. Hodson's whip clacking on the shoulders of the poor little wretches.
  • To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
  • To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.
    • (Feltham)
  • (UK) To cut the sheep's mark off (wool), to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty.