The difference between Anchor and Hold

When used as nouns, anchor means a tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement, whereas hold means a grasp or grip.

When used as verbs, anchor means to connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point, whereas hold means to grasp or grip.

Hold is also adjective with the meaning: gracious.

check bellow for the other definitions of Anchor and Hold

  1. Anchor as a noun (nautical):

    A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

  2. Anchor as a noun (nautical):

    An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).

  3. Anchor as a noun (nautical):

    The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

  4. Anchor as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.

  5. Anchor as a noun:

    Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.

  6. Anchor as a noun (Internet):

    A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.

  7. Anchor as a noun (television):

    An anchorman or anchorwoman.

  8. Anchor as a noun (athletics):

    The final runner in a relay race.

  9. Anchor as a noun (archery):

    A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.

  10. Anchor as a noun (economics):

    A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.

  11. Anchor as a noun (figurative):

    That which gives stability or security.

  12. Anchor as a noun (architecture):

    A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

  13. Anchor as a noun (architecture):

    Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

  14. Anchor as a noun:

    One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.

  15. Anchor as a noun:

    One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

  16. Anchor as a noun (cartomancy):

    The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.

  17. Anchor as a noun (obsolete):

    An anchorite or anchoress.

    Examples:

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  1. Anchor as a verb:

    To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

  2. Anchor as a verb:

    To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

    Examples:

    "Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."

  3. Anchor as a verb:

    To stop; to fix or rest.

  4. Anchor as a verb:

    To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

  5. Anchor as a verb:

    To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.

  6. Anchor as a verb:

    To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

  1. Hold as a verb (transitive):

    To grasp or grip.

    Examples:

    "'Hold the pencil like this."

  2. Hold as a verb (transitive):

    To contain or store.

    Examples:

    "This package holds six bottles."

  3. Hold as a verb:

    To maintain or keep to a position or state. To have and keep possession of something. To reserve. To cause to wait or delay. To detain. To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person). To keep oneself in a particular state. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. To bear, carry, or manage. Not to move; to halt; to stop. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.

    Examples:

    "'Hold my coat for me.  nowrap The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs."

    "'Hold a table for us at 7:00."

    "'Hold the elevator."

    "'Hold the suspect in this cell."

    "to hold true;  The proposition holds."

    "to hold firm;  to hold opinions"

    "He holds himself proudly erect.  Hold your head high."

    "to hold one's bladder;  to hold one's breath"

  4. Hold as a verb:

    To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions. To maintain, to consider, to opine. To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.

    Examples:

    "He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.  nowrap I'll hold him to that promise."

  5. Hold as a verb (tennis, ambitransitive):

    To win one's own service game.

  6. Hold as a verb:

    To take place, to occur.

  7. Hold as a verb:

    To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).

    Examples:

    "Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month."

  8. Hold as a verb (archaic):

    To derive right or title.

  1. Hold as a noun:

    A grasp or grip.

    Examples:

    "Keep a firm hold on the handlebars."

  2. Hold as a noun:

    A place where animals are held for safety

  3. Hold as a noun:

    An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.

    Examples:

    "Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book."

  4. Hold as a noun:

    Something reserved or kept.

    Examples:

    "We have a hold here for you."

  5. Hold as a noun:

    Power over someone or something.

  6. Hold as a noun:

    The ability to persist.

  7. Hold as a noun:

    The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.

  8. Hold as a noun (wrestling):

    A position or grip used to control the opponent.

    Examples:

    "He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat."

  9. Hold as a noun (exercise):

    An exercise involving holding a position for a set time

  10. Hold as a noun ([[gambling]]):

    The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.

    Examples:

    "The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume."

  11. Hold as a noun ([[gambling]]):

    The wager amount, the total hold.

    Examples:

    "As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015"

  12. Hold as a noun (tennis):

    An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.

  13. Hold as a noun:

    The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.

  14. Hold as a noun:

    A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.

  15. Hold as a noun (video games, dated):

    A pause facility.

  16. Hold as a noun:

    The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.

  17. Hold as a noun (baseball):

    A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.

  1. Hold as an adjective (obsolete):

    Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.

  1. Hold as a noun (nautical, aviation):

    The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

    Examples:

    "Put that in the hold."

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