Cinch vs Sinch - What's the difference?
cinch | sinch |
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.
* "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,
To bring to certain conclusion.
To tighten down.
(simple saddle girth used in Mexico)
(transitive, US, Western US) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle).
As nouns the difference between sinch and cinch
is that sinch is alternative form of lang=en (simple saddle girth used in Mexico while cinch is a simple saddle girth used in Mexico.As verbs the difference between sinch and cinch
is that sinch is to gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle) while cinch is to bring to certain conclusion.cinch
English
Noun
(es)- No problem ... it's a cinch .
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 * walkoverVerb
Quotations
* 1911', ''"I intend to '''cinch that government business."'' — Margaret Burnham, ''The Girl Aviators' Sky CruiseDerived terms
* cinchersinch
English
Noun
(es)Verb
- to sinch up a saddle
