Clinch vs. Rivet

Clinchverb

To clasp; to interlock.

Rivetnoun

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

Clinchverb

To make certain; to finalize.

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

Rivetnoun

(figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.

Clinchverb

To fasten securely or permanently.

Rivetnoun

(obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet).

Clinchverb

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

Rivetverb

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

Clinchverb

To embrace passionately.

Rivetverb

(transitive) To install rivets.

Clinchverb

To hold firmly; to clench.

Rivetverb

To command the attention of.

Clinchverb

To set closely together; to close tightly.

‘to clinch the teeth or the fist’;

Rivetverb

To make firm or immovable.

‘Terror riveted him to the spot.’;

Clinchnoun

Any of several fastenings.

Rivetnoun

A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.

‘With busy hammers closing rivets up.’;

Clinchnoun

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

‘to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon’; ‘to secure anything by a clinch’;

Rivetverb

To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.

Clinchnoun

(obsolete) A pun.

Rivetverb

To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.

Clinchnoun

(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.

Rivetverb

Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.

‘Rivet and nail me where I stand, ye powers!’; ‘Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed.’;

Clinchnoun

A passionate embrace.

Rivetnoun

ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

Clinchnoun

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

Rivetnoun

heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

Clinchverb

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

Rivetverb

direct one's attention on something;

‘Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies’;

Clinchverb

To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.

Rivetverb

fasten with a rivet or rivets

Clinchverb

To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.

Rivetverb

hold (someone's attention);

‘The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists’;

Clinchverb

To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.

Rivetnoun

a short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place

‘a rectangular plate containing an iron rivet’; ‘a device for punching rivet holes’;

Clinchverb

To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Rivetnoun

a device similar to a rivet for holding seams of clothing together.

Clinchnoun

The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.

Rivetverb

join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets

‘the linings are bonded, not riveted, to the brake shoes for longer wear’; ‘the riveted plates of the floor’;

Clinchnoun

A pun.

Rivetverb

hold (someone or something) fast so as to make them incapable of movement

‘the grip on her arm was firm enough to rivet her to the spot’;

Clinchnoun

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.

Rivetverb

attract and completely engross (someone)

‘he was riveted by the newsreels shown on television’;

Clinchnoun

(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily

Rivetverb

direct (one's eyes or attention) intently

‘all eyes were riveted on him’;

Clinchnoun

a small slip noose made with seizing

Rivet

A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end.

Clinchnoun

the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet

Clinchnoun

a tight or amorous embrace;

‘come here and give me a big hug’;

Clinchverb

secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts;

‘The girder was clinched into the wall’;

Clinchverb

hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

Clinchverb

hold in a tight grasp;

‘clench a steering wheel’;

Clinchverb

embrace amorously

Clinchverb

flatten the ends (of nails and rivets);

‘the nails were clinched’;

Clinchverb

settle conclusively;

‘clinch a deal’;

Clinchverb

confirm or settle (a contract or bargain)

‘the Texan wanted to impress him to clinch a business deal’;

Clinchverb

conclusively settle (an argument or debate)

‘these findings clinched the matter’;

Clinchverb

confirm the winning or achievement of (a match, competition, or victory)

‘Johnson scored the goals which clinched victory’;

Clinchverb

grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows.

Clinchverb

(of two people) embrace.

Clinchverb

secure (a nail or rivet) by driving the point sideways when it has penetrated.

Clinchverb

fasten (a rope or angling line) with a clinch knot.

Clinchnoun

a struggle or scuffle at close quarters

‘breaking from a clinch, he crossed with his right’;

Clinchnoun

an embrace, especially an amorous one

‘we went into a passionate clinch on the sofa’;

Clinchnoun

a knot used to fasten ropes or angling lines, using a half hitch with the end seized back on its own part.