The difference between Clasp and Closure

When used as nouns, clasp means a fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps, whereas closure means an event or occurrence that signifies an ending.


Clasp is also verb with the meaning: to take hold of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Clasp and Closure

  1. Clasp as a noun:

    A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.

    Examples:

    "I always have a hard time working the clasp on this necklace!"

  2. Clasp as a noun (in the singular):

    An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.

    Examples:

    "He took her hand in a firm clasp."

  1. Clasp as a verb (transitive):

    To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.

    Examples:

    "They clasped hands and parted as friends."

  2. Clasp as a verb:

    To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.

  1. Closure as a noun:

    An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

  2. Closure as a noun:

    A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.

  3. Closure as a noun:

    A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.

  4. Closure as a noun (programming):

    An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.

  5. Closure as a noun (mathematics):

    The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.

  6. Closure as a noun (topology, of a set):

    The smallest closed set which contains the given set.

  7. Closure as a noun:

    The act of shutting; a closing.

    Examples:

    "the closure of a door, or of a chink"

  8. Closure as a noun:

    That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

  9. Closure as a noun (obsolete):

    That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.

  10. Closure as a noun:

    A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.