Gristle vs. Sinew — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gristle and Sinew
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Gristle
Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Sinew
(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
Gristle
Cartilage, especially when present in meat.
Sinew
A tendon.
Gristle
Cartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
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Sinew
Vigorous strength; muscular power.
Gristle
Bone not yet hardened by age and hard work.
Sinew
Often sinews The source or mainstay of vitality and strength
"Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue" (Izaak Walton).
Gristle
Cartilage. See Cartilage.
Sinew
To strengthen with or as if with sinews.
Sinew
(anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
Sinew
A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
Sinew
That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
Sinew
A nerve.
Sinew
(transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
Sinew
A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
Sinew
Muscle; nerve.
Sinew
Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.
The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.
Sinew
To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.
Sinew
A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
Sinew
Muscular strength
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