The difference between Dram and Pinch
When used as nouns, dram means a small unit of weight, variously: one sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g). . : a former turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g). : a former greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g), whereas pinch means the action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
When used as verbs, dram means to drink drams, whereas pinch means to squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dram and Pinch
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Dram as a noun (units of measurement):
A small unit of weight, variously: One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g). . : a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g). : a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
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Dram as a noun (now, _, particularly):
Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
Examples:
"a dram of brandy"
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Dram as a noun (historical):
A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
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Dram as a noun (obsolete):
a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
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Dram as a verb (dated, intransitive):
To drink drams.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
"rfquotek Thackeray"
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Dram as a verb (dated, transitive):
To ply with drams of drink.
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Dram as a noun (numismatics):
The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
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Pinch as a verb:
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
Examples:
"The children were scolded for pinching each other."
"This shoe pinches my foot."
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Pinch as a verb:
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
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Pinch as a verb:
To squeeze between two objects.
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Pinch as a verb:
To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
Examples:
"Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"
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Pinch as a verb (slang):
To arrest or capture.
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Pinch as a verb (horticulture):
To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
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Pinch as a verb (nautical):
To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
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Pinch as a verb (hunting):
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
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Pinch as a verb (obsolete):
To be niggardly or covetous.
Examples:
"rfquotek Gower"
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Pinch as a verb:
To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
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Pinch as a verb (figurative):
To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
Examples:
"to be pinched for money"
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Pinch as a verb:
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
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Pinch as a verb (obsolete):
To complain or find fault.
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Pinch as a noun:
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
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Pinch as a noun:
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
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Pinch as a noun:
An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
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Pinch as a noun:
An organic herbal smoke additive.
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Pinch as a noun (physics):
A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
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Pinch as a noun:
The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
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Pinch as a noun (slang):
An arrest.