What's the difference between clincher and final?

Clincher


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
  • (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The strange clincher by Croatia was merited because they had always been sprightlier.
  • (2) The clincher, though, was the mission statement, donor 150's parting shot so to speak.
  • (3) The line turned out to be a clincher, and it remains as good a description as any of a show that wins serial Emmy awards and is frequently described by fans as being the best drama on TV.
  • (4) The clincher for anyone who still has doubts about the singular seriousness of the Argentine approach to football.
  • (5) The clincher could be which country produces the better international football teams and, well, we know the answer to that.
  • (6) Despite success on the field – Orlando City are firmly on the trail of a second US Pro title in three seasons while they also beat two MLS teams in this year's US Open Cup – and growing attendance, with a league-record 10,697 for a regular-season game last Sunday (Chivas USA are averaging less than that in MLS), the effective clincher for a successful bid for top-flight entry has always been the stadium.
  • (7) But they pulled ahead early in the clincher by shooting 59 percent in the first half and holding the up-tempo Wizards without a fast-break point until the second half.
  • (8) Most of my peer group are pro-UK, with fears over the EU being the biggest point and the currency issue is a clincher.
  • (9) But they all disappeared when my husband, Ben, rolled out the clincher: “And when we’re not using it, we can rent it out on Airbnb !” Sold.
  • (10) Kevin de Bruyne had endured the longest barren run of his time at the Etihad Stadium, his previous four games yielding neither a goal nor an assist, but the he broke the deadlock and created Aleksandar Kolarov’s clincher.
  • (11) We may never find the clincher piece of evidence - though it may yet turn up".
  • (12) But the clincher was McIntyre himself, the first comic in a generation who kept the kids onside and didn't frighten the grannies.
  • (13) But the clincher came when Robertson asked Smith to explain what precisely Assange's new rustic home would look like.
  • (14) He was the 33rd best paid kicker , yet kicked the game-winning field goal against the Denver Broncos in the divisional playoff, and the game-clincher against the 49ers at the Superdome.
  • (15) 12.45am BST Mr Levity (@Levity63) @HunterFelt Messi is centre stage at the moment, Duncan, Parker et al will have to wait June 15, 2014 Yeah, it's not the best timing for a possible clincher I do realize.
  • (16) And while Hostal Persal’s simple rooms are comfortable, the clincher is its prime location at a killer price (including free Wi-Fi).
  • (17) He also proposes a graduate tax set at 2% for those earning between £10,000 and £25,000, adding the clincher that it would feel very much lower for students than current arrangements.
  • (18) Already as details of this month's cuts started to emerge, there were signs this may not be the electoral clincher Cameron so confidently expects.

Final


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.
  • (a.) Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.
  • (a.) Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Yet the Tory promise of fiscal rectitude prevailed in England Alexander had been in charge of Labour’s election strategy, but he could not strategise a victory over a 20-year-old Scottish nationalist who has not yet taken her finals.
  • (2) The oral nerve endings of the palate, the buccal mucosa and the periodontal ligament of the cat canine were characterized by the presence of a cellular envelope which is the final form of the Henle sheath.
  • (3) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
  • (4) The final number of fibers--140,000-165,000--is reached by the sixth week after birth.
  • (5) The rate of accumulation of degraded LDL products was lower in collagen gel cultures, but the final levels achieved were the same in the two substrata.
  • (6) Finally the advanced automation of the equipment allowed weekly the evaluation of catecholamines and the whole range of their known metabolites in 36 urine samples.
  • (7) Phenotypic relationships were examined between final score and 13 type appraisal traits and first lactation milk yield from 2935 Ayrshire, 3154 Brown Swiss, 13,110 Guernsey, 50,422 Jersey, and 924 Milking Shorthorn records.
  • (8) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
  • (9) The amino-terminal region of a 70 kDa mitochondrial outer membrane protein of yeast and the presequence of cytochrome c1, an inner membrane protein exposed to the intermembrane space, are thought to be responsible for localizing the proteins in their final destinations after synthesis in the cytosol.
  • (10) Certainly, Saunders did not land a single blow that threatened to stop his opponent, although he took quite a few himself that threatened his titles in the final few rounds.
  • (11) Finally, the automatized measurement system cuts the time spent by a factor of more than five.
  • (12) Finally, it could be observed that elevated osmotic pressures reduced the lysis of isolated secretory granules when bicarbonate ions were present in the incubation medium.
  • (13) Finally, 10 patients had an intra- and extrasellar tumour (group III).
  • (14) The automatic half of both the motor which advances the trepan as well as the second motor which rotates the trepan is triggered by the sudden change in electrical resistance between the trepan and the patient's internal body fluid, at the final stage of penetration.
  • (15) After immunoadsorbent purification, the final step in a purification procedure similar to that adopted for colon cancer CEA, two main molecular species were identified: 1) Material identical with colon cancer CEA with respect to molecular size, PCA solubility, ability to bind to Con A, and most important the ability to bind to specific monkey anti-CEA serum.
  • (16) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
  • (17) They insist this is the best way of ensuring the country does not descend into chaos before the final withdrawal of combat troops.
  • (18) GlaxoSmithKline was unusually critical of the decision by Nice, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and also the Scottish Medicines Consortium, to reject its drug belimumab (brand name Benlysta) in final draft guidance.
  • (19) Symptoms consistent with major affective disorder were present in one half and depressive spectrum diagnoses were made in one fourth of the cases prior to final diagnosis.
  • (20) Children are about to start their final term before exams.

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