Closure vs. Latch — What's the Difference?

The act of closing or the state of being closed

A latch or catch (called sneck in Northern England and Scotland) is a type of mechanical fastener that joins two (or more) objects or surfaces while allowing for their regular separation. A latch typically engages another piece of hardware on the other mounting surface.

Something that closes or shuts.

A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string.

A bringing to an end; a conclusion

A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.

A feeling of finality or resolution, especially after a traumatic experience

To close or lock with a latch.

See cloture.

To have or be closed with a latch.

The property of being mathematically closed.

To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged

To cloture (a debate).

To close or lock as if with a latch.

An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

(transitive) To catch; lay hold of.

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

(obsolete) To smear; to anoint.

A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

(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.

(electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.

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

(obsolete) A latching.

The smallest closed set which contains the given set.

(obsolete) A crossbow.

The act of shutting; a closing.

(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.

A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.

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

(database) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.

(obsolete) That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.

To smear; to anoint.

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

To catch so as to hold.

(sociology) The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others from their group based on varied criteria. ^Wp

To catch or fasten by means of a latch.

The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.

That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.

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

A latching.

That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.

A crossbow.

A conclusion; an end.

Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word clôture was originally applied to this proceeding.

Catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

The property of being mathematically closed under some operation; - said of sets.

Fasten with a latch;

The intersection of all closed sets containing the given set.

Achievement of a sense of completeness and release from tension due to uncertainty; as, the closure afforded by the funeral of a loved one; also, the sense of completion thus achieved.

Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap;

A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;

An obstruction in a pipe or tube;

The act of blocking

Termination of operations;

Terminate debate by calling for a vote;