Clutch vs. Grab — What's the Difference?

A clutch is a mechanical device that engages and disengages power transmission, especially from a drive shaft (driving shaft) to a driven shaft. In the simplest application, clutches connect and disconnect two rotating shafts (drive shafts or line shafts).

To take or grasp suddenly

To grasp and hold tightly

To capture or restrain; arrest.

To seize; snatch

To obtain or appropriate unscrupulously or forcibly

To attempt to grasp or seize

To take hurriedly

To engage or disengage a motor vehicle's clutch.

(Slang) To capture the attention of

To hatch (chicks).

To make a grasping or snatching motion

A hand, claw, talon, or paw in the act of grasping.

A sudden attempt to grasp or hold something

A tight grasp.

A sudden, often unscrupulous taking control or ownership of something

Often clutches Control or power

A mechanical device for gripping an object.

A device for gripping and holding.

A usually two-masted, sharp-prowed coastal vessel of the Indian Ocean.

Any of various devices for engaging and disengaging two working parts of a shaft or of a shaft and a driving mechanism.

Relating or being an object or device that is grabbed or gripped for support or balance

The apparatus, such as a lever or pedal, that activates one of these devices.

(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

A tense, critical situation

(intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

A small, strapless purse that is carried in the hand.

To restrain someone; to arrest.

The complete set of eggs produced or incubated at one time.

(transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.

A brood of chickens.

(informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.

A group; a bunch.

(informal) To consume something quickly.

Being or occurring in a tense or critical situation

To take the opportunity of.

Tending to be successful in tense or critical situations

(countable) A sudden snatch at something.

To seize, as though with claws.

(countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.

To grip or grasp tightly.

(countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.

(video games) To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.

A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.

A sound bite.

(transitive) To hatch.

(obsolete) That which is seized.

The claw of a predatory animal or bird.

(uncountable) A simple card game.

(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.

A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.

A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.

A sudden grasp or seizure.

Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; - specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. Clutch (pin fastener).}}

To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.

A mechanical device for gripping an object

A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.

The act of catching an object with the hands;

A group or bunch (of people or things).

Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of;

(US) An important or critical situation.

Get hold of or seize quickly and easily;

A difficult maneuver

Make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand;

Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.

Obtain illegally or unscrupulously;

A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

Take or grasp suddenly;

The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; - often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.

Capture the attention or imagination of;

A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.

Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

The nest complement of eggs of a bird.

To seize, clasp, or grip with the hand, hands, or claws; - often figuratively; as, to clutch power.

To close tightly; to clinch.

To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; - often followed by at.

To become too tense or frightened to perform properly; used sometimes with up; as, he clutched up on the exam.

The act of grasping;

A tense critical situation;

A number of birds hatched at the same time

A collection of things or persons to be handled together

A pedal that operates a clutch

A coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

Take hold of; grab;

Hold firmly, usually with one's hands;

Affect;