What's the difference between bagatelle and cinch?

Bagatelle


Definition:

  • (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance.
  • (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After a weekend of playing bagatelle, dining and watching films of Tsarist Russia, Butler found a moment alone with him.
  • (2) She celebrated her 21st birthday at the 400 Club, and was such a regular at the Bagatelle, a French restaurant with a dance floor, that the band used to play a spec ial tune the moment she arrived.
  • (3) While there are nearly no differences between physicians concerning the judgement of disablement in cases of grave ophthalmological clinical pictures, there exist greater differences in the judgement of so-called "bagatelle"-injuries and -diseases, which demand a temporary unilateral eye-dressing.
  • (4) Mark Moorhead Tropical architectural guru Facebook Twitter Pinterest Geoffrey Bawa’s house on Bagatelle Road, Colombo.
  • (5) A splendid way to learn about the man, his work and his art collection is to visit his house just off Bagatelle Road in Colombo.
  • (6) But that is mere bagatelle compared with the defiance of the energy privateers.

Cinch


Definition:

  • (n.) A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.
  • (n.) A tight grip.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She's a Barbie but without the bullet boobs and cinched waist.
  • (2) There was little cinching of the waist, and almost no flashing of leg; sex appeal came through the element of surprise, as the designer put it backstage, with unexpected slivers of skin shown at the back of a dress.
  • (3) Among addition silicones, Cinch produced more than twice as much vertical change (-0.16%) than the other three products (-0.06%).
  • (4) Atlanta's Freddie Freeman is currently in place to reach the All-Star Game in Queens on Tuesday, beating out the Dodgers' Yasiel Puig, who many thought would be a cinch to win.
  • (5) The deal was cinched following Kerry's meeting today with Lavrov.
  • (6) Review of 17 cases in which the cinch was used as part of the surgical treatment showed the technique to be adjustable by reducing the overcorrection in 6 cases.
  • (7) And now Kris Jenkins will the Jim Valvano or Rollie Massimino of his time – the face of elation as the great victory is cinched, played on endless repeat for Final Fours to come.
  • (8) For the big night, Lybke turned out in pink pinstripes with red braces and cinching buckles.
  • (9) The type of soft tissue manipulation employed, in particular the use of the alar base cinch suture and V-Y closure techniques, were important factors in determining the response of the upper lip to the surgery.
  • (10) For increased understanding of its shortening and adjustment characteristics, a standard cinch was performed in animals and patients with strabismus.
  • (11) I pull on a T-shirt, sweatshirt and oversized jacket, and cinch the trousers – four sizes too big and stained – using a belt from one of the bags.
  • (12) In some far distant future, where interstellar travel is a cinch, he intervenes, often violently, to prevent even worse violence.
  • (13) His debut collection was quickly christened the “new look” , with a calf-length full skirt, cinched waist and fuller bust.
  • (14) The abdominal muscles not only constitute a multidirectional cinch that holds the abdominal contents in place, but they also determine the flexion and rotational movements of the trunk.
  • (15) Trump cinched his right to appear in the debates by hitting a campaign finance filing deadline on Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.
  • (16) Ten to 20 prism dioptres of reduction in the deviation was obtained with adjustment of the cinch on the first postoperative day.
  • (17) Carpentier-Edwards annuloplasty rings (20-24 mm) were inserted using a special buttressing suture technique that permitted alternate cinching of the ring down onto the annulus and subsequent removal away from the annulus.
  • (18) The modified O'Connor cinch operation is a useful, but little used, adjustable resection operation.
  • (19) Animal studies showed that, as each strand of the cinch was removed, a small, relatively equal release of the cinch effect occurred.
  • (20) Many spent entire days in bed, eyes cinched against the blinding pain caused by their illness.