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What is the difference between clench and squeeze ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between clench and squeeze ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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21 Feb 2019
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They both mean to "hold tightly," but are used in certain ways. Usually you only clench something with your hands or your teeth. You can use the word squeeze more generally. "The snake squeezed the mouse", but you wouldn't say "the snake clenched the mouse."
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difference between squeeze and clench. is that squeeze is to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once while clench is to squeeze; to grip or hold tightly
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They both mean to "hold tightly," but are used in certain ways. Usually you only clench something with your hands or your teeth. You can use the word squeeze more generally. "The snake squeezed the mouse", but you wouldn't say "the snake clenched the mouse."
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@kaibear, the squeeze is could use with fists or tooth?
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