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Brawn vs Sinew - What's the difference?

brawn | sinew |

As nouns the difference between brawn and sinew

is that brawn is strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb while sinew is a cord or tendon of the body.

As verbs the difference between brawn and sinew

is that brawn is make fat, especially of a boar while sinew is to knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

brawn

English

Noun

(-)
  • Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
  • Physical strength; muscularity.
  • * 2000 , Stephanie Laurens, A Secret Love , Avon Books (2000), ISBN 0380805707, page 349:
    • The man was a bruiser, the sort who'd learned his science in tavern brawls. Given his size and lack of agility, he relied on his brawn to win. In any wrestling match, Crowley would triumph easily.
  • * 2008 , Michael Mandaville, Stealing Thunder , Dog Ear Publishing (2008), ISBN 9781598585353, page 562:
    • The two men were husky, picked for their brawn by the little man who sauntered into the room.
  • * 2010 , Martin Pasko & Robert Greenberger, The Essential Superman Encyclopedia , Del Ray (2010), ISBN 9780345501080, page 218:
    • The youth agreed to the scheme and used his brawn to begin moving pieces into place, starting by moving the planet Rann into the Thanagarian star system
  • (chiefly, British) head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.

    • See also

    * aspic

    Derived terms

    * brawny

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Make fat, especially of a boar.
  • Become fat, especially of a boar.

    • Derived terms

    * brawner

    sinew

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
  • (obsolete) A nerve.
  • (figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
  • A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
  • (figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength (often plural).
  • * Shakespeare
    • The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.

    Derived terms

    * sinewy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Goldsmith
    • Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.

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