Snap vs. Clap — What's the Difference?

Break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound

To strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound, as in applauding.

(of an animal) make a sudden audible bite

To come together suddenly with a sharp sound.

Suddenly lose one's self-control

To strike together with a sharp sound, as one hard surface on another

Take a snapshot of

To strike (the hands) together with an abrupt, loud sound, usually repeatedly

Put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement

To strike lightly but firmly with the open hand, as in greeting

A sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement

To put or place quickly and firmly

A hurried, irritable tone or manner

To arrange hastily

A snapshot

The act or sound of clapping the hands.

A card game in which cards from two piles are turned over simultaneously and players call ‘snap’ as quickly as possible when two similar cards are exposed.

A sudden, loud, explosive sound

A sudden brief spell of cold or otherwise distinctive weather

A sharp blow with the open hand; a slap.

Food, especially food taken to work to be eaten during a break.

(Obsolete) A sudden stroke of fortune, especially of bad luck.

An easy task

Gonorrhea. Often used with the.

A quick backward movement of the ball from the ground that begins a play.

The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.

A small fastener on clothing, engaged by pressing its two halves together; a press stud

The explosive sound of thunder.

Done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice

Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.

To make a brisk sharp cracking sound

A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.

To break suddenly with a brisk, sharp, cracking sound.

A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.

To give way abruptly under pressure or tension

(falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.

To suffer a physical or mental breakdown, especially while under stress

(Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)

To bring the jaws briskly together, often with a clicking sound; bite.

Gonorrhea.

To take up something suddenly and eagerly; snatch or grasp

To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.

To speak abruptly or sharply

To applaud.

To move swiftly and smartly

To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.

To flash or appear to flash light; sparkle

To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.

To open, close, or fit together with a click

(slang) To have sex.

To snatch at with the teeth or mouth; bite

(obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to.

To pull apart or break with a snapping sound.

To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).

To utter abruptly or sharply

To set or put, usually in haste.

To cause to emit a snapping sound

To shoot (somebody) with a gun.

To close or latch with a snapping sound

(slang) To fornicate, copulate.

To cause to move suddenly

To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.

To take (a photograph).

To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; - often followed by to, into, on, or upon.

To photograph

To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.

(Football) To pass (the ball) from the ground back between the legs to begin a down; hike.

To knock, as at a door.

A sudden sharp cracking sound or the action producing such a sound.

To strike the hands together in applause.

A sudden breaking.

To come together suddenly with noise.

A clasp, catch, or other fastening device that operates with a snapping sound.

To enter with alacrity and briskness; - with to or into.

A sudden attempt to bite, snatch, or grasp.

To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.

The sound produced by rapid movement of a finger from the thumb tip to the base of the thumb.

A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.

The act of producing this sound.

A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.

A thin, crisp, usually circular cookie

A striking of hands to express approbation.

Capacity to make a snapping sound; elasticity

Noisy talk; chatter.

(Informal) Briskness, liveliness, or energy.

The nether part of the beak of a hawk.

A brief spell of brisk, cold weather.

Gonorrhea.

Something accomplished without effort.

A sudden very loud noise

A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

A sudden break.

A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated

An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

Put quickly or forcibly;

The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.

Cause to strike the air in flight;

A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.

Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

(informal) A photograph; a snapshot.

Clap one's hands together;

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

Strike the air in flight;

A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.

Strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting

A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.

Strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise;

A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.

A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.

(American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.

(colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

(fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.

A small meal, a snack; lunch.

(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

(obsolete) A greedy fellow.

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

Briskness; vigour; energy; decision

Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.

(slang) Something that is easy or effortless.

A snapper, or snap beetle.

Jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.

(colloquial) Something of no value.

(social media) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

(Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.

(uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.

A tool used by riveters.

A tool used by glass-moulders.

A brief theatrical engagement.

A cheat or sharper.

A newsflash.

To fracture or break apart suddenly.

(intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

(intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.

(intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.

(intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.

(intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.

(intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

(intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.

(intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

(transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

(transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

(transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.

To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.

(transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.

(transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.

(transitive) A video of a person snapping their fingers.Alternative snapping techniqueTo snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.

(transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

(transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.

To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).

To misfire.

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.

"I've got one the same!", "Me too!"

(British) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).

(North America) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.

To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.

To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; - usually with up.

To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.

To project with a snap.

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.

To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.

To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); - often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.

To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; - often with at; as, to snap at a child.

To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.

Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.

A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.

A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.

A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.

A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.

A greedy fellow.

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

A sudden severe interval or spell; - applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.

A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.

A snap beetle.

A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; - used chiefly in the plural.

Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.

Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.

Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc.

A snap shot with a firearm.

A snapshot.

Something of no value; as, not worth a snap.

The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back.

Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention.

The act of catching an object with the hands;

A spell of cold weather;

Tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

A crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

The noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;

A sudden sharp noise;

A sudden breaking

The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed;

An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera;

A fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound;

Any undertaking that is easy to do;

The act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;

(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back;

Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone;

Separate or cause to separate abruptly;

Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

Move or strike with a noise;

Snap close with a sound;

Make a sharp sound;

Move with a snapping sound;

To grasp hastily or eagerly;

Put in play with a snap;

Cause to make a snapping sound;

Lose control of one's emotions;

Record on photographic film;