The difference between Pinch and Roust

When used as nouns, pinch means the action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt, whereas roust means a strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.

When used as verbs, pinch means to squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt, whereas roust means to rout out of bed.


check bellow for the other definitions of Pinch and Roust

  1. 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."

  2. Pinch as a verb:

    To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

  3. Pinch as a verb:

    To squeeze between two objects.

  4. Pinch as a verb:

    To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.

    Examples:

    "Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"

  5. Pinch as a verb (slang):

    To arrest or capture.

  6. Pinch as a verb (horticulture):

    To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

  7. Pinch as a verb (nautical):

    To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.

  8. Pinch as a verb (hunting):

    To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

  9. Pinch as a verb (obsolete):

    To be niggardly or covetous.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Gower"

  10. Pinch as a verb:

    To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

  11. Pinch as a verb (figurative):

    To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

    Examples:

    "to be pinched for money"

  12. Pinch as a verb:

    To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

  13. Pinch as a verb (obsolete):

    To complain or find fault.

  1. Pinch as a noun:

    The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

  2. Pinch as a noun:

    A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

  3. Pinch as a noun:

    An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.

  4. Pinch as a noun:

    An organic herbal smoke additive.

  5. Pinch as a noun (physics):

    A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.

  6. Pinch as a noun:

    The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

  7. Pinch as a noun (slang):

    An arrest.

  1. Roust as a verb (transitive):

    to rout out of bed; to rouse

  2. Roust as a verb:

    To harass, to treat in a rough way.

  3. Roust as a verb (transitive, slang):

    to arrest

  4. Roust as a verb (transitive):

    to drive strongly

  1. Roust as a noun:

    A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Jamieson"

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