Tighten vs Tension - What's the difference?
tighten | tension |
To make tighter.
* Fawkes
To become tighter.
(economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
(economics) To raise short-term interest rates.
Condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other
Psychological state of being tense.
(physics, engineering) State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
(physics, engineering) Force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with prepositions on'', ''in'', or ''of , e.g., "The tension in the cable is 1000 N", to convey that the same magnitude of force applies to objects attached to both ends).
(physics, engineering) Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension, and the abbreviations LT, HT, and EHT are used. They are not precisely defined; LT is normally a few volts, HT a few hundreds of volts, and EHT thousands of volts.
To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.
As a verb tighten
is to make tighter.As a noun tension is
tension.tighten
English
Verb
(en verb)- Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
- Just where I please, with tightened rein / I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
- That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
- If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
- The Fed is expected to tighten by a quarter-point.
Antonyms
* (make tighter) loosenDerived terms
* retighten * tighten one's belt * tighten the purse strings * tightenerDistinguish from
* titan, Titantension
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
- We tensioned the cable until it snapped.