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Shackle vs Bracket - What's the difference?

shackle | bracket |

As nouns the difference between shackle and bracket

is that shackle is a restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain; a hobble while bracket is (item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf)A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

As verbs the difference between shackle and bracket

is that shackle is to restrain using shackles; to place in shackles while bracket is to bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.

shackle

English

(wikipedia shackle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain; a hobble.
  • A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.
  • (figuratively, usually in plural) A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.
  • * South
    • His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles .
  • A fetter-like band worn as an ornament.
  • * Dampier
    • Most of the men and women had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms.
  • A link for connecting railroad cars; a drawlink or draglink.
  • stubble
    • (Pegge)

    Hyponyms

    * handcuff / handcuffs * manacle / manacles * fetter

    Derived terms

    * harp shackle

    Verb

    (shackl)
  • To restrain using ; to place in shackles.
  • By extension, to render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of someone or something.
    • This law would effectively shackle its opposition.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 12 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Man Utd 2 - 1 Man City , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Rooney, superbly shackled by City defender Vincent Kompany for so long as Ferguson surprisingly left Dimitar Berbatov on the bench, had previously cut a forlorn and frustrated figure but his natural instincts continue to serve him and United so well.}}

    Antonyms

    *(to restraint using shackles) unshackle, untie *(to inhibit the abilities of) free, liberate, unshackle

    Anagrams

    * ----

    bracket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
  • (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
  • (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
  • (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
  • Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and, in the area of computer languages, "<" and ">".
  • "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
  • (technical) "[" and "]" specifically - opposed to the other forms of which have their own technical names.
  • (sports) Printed diagram of games in a tournament.
  • (sports) Prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
  • One of several ranges of numbers.
    • tax bracket''''', ''age '''bracket
  • (military) In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.

    • Synonyms

    * parentheses, parens

    Derived terms

    * angle bracket * bracketology * bulge bracket * curly bracket * gas bracket * income bracket/income tax bracket/tax bracket * price bracket * round bracket * shelf bracket * square bracket

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    See also

    (punctuation)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.
    • I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed.
  • To place in the same category.
    • Because the didn't have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year olds with the eight-year olds.
  • To mark distinctly for special treatment.
  • *
  • To set aside, discount, ignore.
  • * 2009 , Michael Erard, “ Holy Grammar, Inc.”, in Search Magazine , July–August 2009:
    • SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists bracketed the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools.
  • (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
  • (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.