What's the difference between claw and clutch?

Claw


Definition:

  • (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
  • (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
  • (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
  • (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
  • (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
  • (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
  • (n.) To rail at; to scold.
  • (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The present study includes six patients, (involving ten feet), who developed hallux varus and great toe clawing after McBride procedures were performed by various orthopedic surgeons.
  • (2) The euro clawed back some losses after the European Central Bank said it would absorb €16.5bn from the money markets to compensate for bond purchases up to 14 May, and Greece said it would receive the first tranche of emergency loans tomorrow.
  • (3) The carbohydrate compounds of the mucus of flask cells in the kidney of claw-frogs (Xenopus laevis) were studied by gold marked lectins (WGA, RCA, L, LCA, HPA, PNA).
  • (4) Westwood came within an inch of clawing back a shot with a firm, brave putt, but went to the 16th having to birdie his way to the clubhouse to pull off a minor miracle.
  • (5) The object of this study was to examine the effects of exogenous and endogenous prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on the sexual behavior of female South African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis.
  • (6) I used to love jumping into the mosh pit, then climbing back on stage with red claw marks all over my body."
  • (7) Other robots in the Boston Dynamics stable include Petman, a robot that tests humanoid chemical protective clothing; the wheeled SandFlea robot that can leap small buildings; a small six-legged robot capable of traversing rough terrain called RHex; and the RiSE robot capable of climbing vertical walls, trees and fences using feet with micro-claws.
  • (8) Stable claws develop in animals housed on floors with soft surfaces or under restricted movement.
  • (9) A novel and important observation made is that the different caffeine treatments affected the staining by alizarin of both claws and bones in a qualitatively and quantitatively similar manner.
  • (10) Quantitative and morphological data were obtained on developing olfactory axons in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, during late premetamorphosis (stages 48-54), prometamorphosis (stages 55-57), and halfway through metamorphic climax (stages 58-62).
  • (11) A wooden block is glued to the sound claw and parenteral antibiotics are administered for four to six days.
  • (12) The field was taped off while a mechanical digger clawed at the ground, making parallel trenches in the sandy earth.
  • (13) Treatment utilized partial proximal phalangeal resection, with and without silicone single-stem implants, extensor hallucis longus tendon transfer to the great toe metatarsal, and interphalangeal joint arthrodesis, or tenodesis of the great toe to correct clawing.
  • (14) Tadpoles at stage 50 could regenerate toes and claws without defect, but in the later the regenerative capacity gradually declined by reducing the number of toes and claws and accompanied by malformation of skeleton as the stage proceeded.
  • (15) I am expert in navigating the systems, on clawing my way to some work and juggling the admin to stay in that work.
  • (16) Apart from plantar and palmar insensitivity which accounted for 17.91% and 17.24% of all deformities, the most frequent deformities were mobile claw hand 12.94%, plantar ulcers 10.78% and palmar ulcers 5.97% respectively.
  • (17) Then, just as the world starts to claw its way back to some kind of normality, they start kicking the props away.
  • (18) In medico cubital paralysis one must also cure the "cubital claw of the thumb".
  • (19) Bill Shorten has used the ALP conference to claw back some authority I Lenore Taylor Read more While the notion of a federal Icac has won support in the past from independents such Tony Windsor and senator Nick Xenophon, the major parties have shown a distinct lack of appetite for such a body.
  • (20) A claw amputation was performed because of the advanced destructive nature of the lesion.

Clutch


Definition:

  • (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
  • (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.
  • (n.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.
  • (n.) Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
  • (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.
  • (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
  • (n.) To close tightly; to clinch.
  • (v. i.) To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Damn that Beltran, what a clutch postseason performer.
  • (2) When Guillem was approached by French Vogue to be photographed seven years ago she was presented with a clutch of the world's best fashion photographers to choose from.
  • (3) "I have just seen a piece of straw flying over, which the hon lady is attempting to clutch at!"
  • (4) An average of 241,273 viewers gathered round the television (hospital bed) clutching the remote (bag of grapes) staring at the small screen (out of the window).
  • (5) Expecting defeat, but somehow clutching on to hope … Well, Frank [Skinner] and David [Baddiel] wrote that part of the lyrics, but the reason I got them in after the FA asked me to write a song was that I thought it was only worth making if it reflected how it feels to be a football fan.
  • (6) On arriving in Cyprus, Mike was the only person present to celebrate leaving the clutches of Egypt’s national airline.
  • (7) I’ve known them for over 10 years,” said Eugene Ward, 43, clutching a bag of water bottles and beer cans.
  • (8) Aston Villa goalkeeper intercepts and clutches the ball to his chest.
  • (9) Despite the absence of a comprehensive deal, a clutch of local agreements have been reached, the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) said in a report last June.
  • (10) We have rescued 26 children from the clutches of human traffickers in the past 20 days and sent them to rehabilitation centres,” said Sanjeev Kumar, a senior labour official in Bihar’s East Champaran district.
  • (11) When I flew to Salisbury shortly afterwards, the man in the next seat was clutching a thick polythene bag full of small metal objects.
  • (12) Wearing a white dress, black jacket and patent leather sandals, and clutching her mobile phone and keys, she could be on her way to an office in one of the capital's new skyscrapers, instead of walking past a patchwork of bean and sweet potato fields en route to the village's tin-roofed administration offices.
  • (13) Pilgrims from all over the world, many weeping and clutching precious mementos or photographs of loved ones, jostle beneath its soaring domes every day.
  • (14) With Ward-Prowse and Jay Rodriguez still missing, Koeman is reliant on a small clutch of attackers including Dusan Tadic, Sadio Mané, Shane Long, Steven Davis and Graziano Pellè.
  • (15) On return to their nests, the birds immediately resumed incubation and laid a second clutch of eggs after 5 days at which time the first clutch was removed.
  • (16) In his attempt to justify the unjustifiable, Mr Grieve has clutched at a fragile constitutional doctrine and adopted a deeply dubious legal course.
  • (17) A practical preventive measure would be to encourage manufacturers to equip machines with remotely located spring-opening clutches.
  • (18) But I am trying to claw the innocent joy of Halloween out of the cold, deadened clutches of the Zombie of Forced Sexiness.
  • (19) To describe this course of action as "clutching at straws" is to flatter it.
  • (20) Shara Proctor, who might have had hopes of gold while Okagbare busied herself with the 200m, managed only two steps of a run-up before clutching at her left thigh and leaving the arena with her hoodie pulled sorrowfully around her face.