Stretch vs Wrench - What's the difference?

Stretch is a related term of wrench.

As verbs the difference between stretch and wrench

is that stretch is (label) to lengthen by pulling while wrench is (obsolete) to violently move in a turn or writhe.

As nouns the difference between stretch and wrench

is that stretch is an act of stretching while wrench is (obsolete) a trick or artifice.

stretch

English

Verb

(label) To lengthen by pulling.

(label) To lengthen when pulled.

* Boyle

The inner membrane because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.

(label) To pull tight.

To get more use than expected from a limited resource.

To make inaccurate by exaggeration.

(label) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.

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To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles

(label) To extend to a limit point

(label) To increase.

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, title= Norwich 3-3 Blackburn , passage=Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.}}

To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.

a man apt to stretch in his report of facts

(label) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.

The ship stretched to the eastward.

Noun

(es)

An act of stretching.

I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.

To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.

The ability to lengthen when pulled.

That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.

A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.

It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.

A segment of a journey or route.

It was an easy trip except for the last stretch , which took forever.

(label) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.

(label) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.

A length of time.

He did a 7-year stretch in jail.

After the harvest there was a stretch of clear dry weather, and the animals toiled harder than ever

(label) A term of address for a tall person

* 2007 , Michael Farrell, Running with Buffalo

*:“Hey, Stretch ,” he shouted at a tall, spectacled co-worker, “turn the fucking station, will you? You know I can't stand Rush, and it's all they play on this one. If I hear those assholes whine 'Tom Sawyer' one more time, I may go on a fucking killing spree.

Derived terms

{{der3, at full stretch , by a long stretch , cat stretch , outstretch , overstretch , seventh inning stretch , stretchable , stretch limo , stretch of the imagination , stretch mark , stretch out , stretch pants , stretcher , stretchy}}

Anagrams

* English ergative verbs

wrench

English

(wikipedia wrench)

Alternative forms

* ** wrenche * ** wrinche * ** wringe

Noun

(wrenches)

(obsolete) A trick or artifice.

* c. 1210 , MS. Cotton Caligula A IX f.246

Mon mai longe liues wene; / Ac ofte him liedh the wrench .

(obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery.

A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.

* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21

With a wrench , which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us.

An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.

(obsolete) A turn at an acute angle.

(archaic) A winch or windlass.

(obsolete) A screw.

A distorting change from the original meaning.

(US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.

A violent emotional change caused by separation.

(physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.

(obsolete) means; contrivance

(Francis Bacon)

Synonyms

* (tool) spanner (UK, Australia)

Derived terms

* adjustable wrench * socket wrench * monkey-wrench, monkey wrench, monkeywrench * pipe wrench * screw wrench * torque wrench * torsion wrench * tube wrench * dog bone wrench

Verb

(es)

(obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe.

To pull or twist violently.

With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.

(obsolete) To turn aside or deflect.

(obsolete) To slander.

(obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch.

To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.

Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!

To distort from the original meaning.

(obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion.

(intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away.

To rack with pain.

To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.

To use the tool known as a wrench.

The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.

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