The difference between Attach and Clinch

When used as verbs, attach means to fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively), whereas clinch means to clasp.

Clinch is also noun with the meaning: any of several fastenings.

check bellow for the other definitions of Attach and Clinch

  1. Attach as a verb (transitive):

    To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

    Examples:

    "synonyms: connect annex affix unite Thesaurus:join"

    "ant detach unfastdisengage separate Thesaurus:disconnect"

    "An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship."

    "You need to attach the carabiner to your harness."

  2. Attach as a verb (intransitive):

    To adhere; to be attached.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: cling stick Thesaurus:adhere"

  3. Attach as a verb:

    To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

    Examples:

    "Dower will attach."

    "rfquotek Cooley"

  4. Attach as a verb:

    To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.

    Examples:

    "attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery"

  5. Attach as a verb:

    To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.

    Examples:

    "to attach great importance to a particular circumstance"

  6. Attach as a verb (obsolete):

    To take, seize, or lay hold of.

  7. Attach as a verb (obsolete, legal):

    To arrest, seize.

  1. Clinch as a verb:

    To clasp; to interlock.

  2. Clinch as a verb:

    To make certain; to finalize.

    Examples:

    "I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me."

  3. Clinch as a verb:

    To fasten securely or permanently.

  4. Clinch as a verb:

    To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.

  5. Clinch as a verb:

    To embrace passionately.

  6. Clinch as a verb:

    To hold firmly; to clench.

  7. Clinch as a verb:

    To set closely together; to close tightly.

    Examples:

    "to clinch the teeth or the fist"

    "rfquotek Jonathan Swift"

  1. Clinch as a noun:

    Any of several fastenings.

  2. Clinch as a noun:

    The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.

    Examples:

    "to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon"

    "to secure anything by a clinch"

  3. Clinch as a noun (obsolete):

    A pun.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Alexander Pope"

  4. Clinch as a noun (nautical):

    A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.

  5. Clinch as a noun:

    A passionate embrace.

  6. Clinch as a noun:

    In combat sports, the act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.

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