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Toehold vs Handhold - What's the difference?

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Toehold is a related term of handhold.


As nouns the difference between toehold and handhold

is that toehold is (rock climbing) a foothold small enough to support just the toe while handhold is a projection that one may hold onto for support.

toehold

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rock climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.
  • (by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress.
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 151:
  • *:Were Herat to fall to the Persians, this would give the Russians a crucial and dangerous toe-hold in western Afghanistan.
  • *2009 , Alan Travis, The Guardian , 8 Dec 2009:
  • *:One in three "adult-kids" who have not left the parental nest say they are still living at home because they cannot afford to get a toehold on the property ladder by buying or renting.

    • handhold

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A projection that one may hold onto for support

    • Translations

    (projection to hold) * Catalan: * Spanish: (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)

    See also

    *foothold *handrail