Crush vs. Pinch

Crushnoun

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

Crushnoun

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

Crushnoun

A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

Crushnoun

A violent crowding.

Crushnoun

A crowd control barrier.

Crushnoun

An infatuation or affection for someone you are not dating.

Crushnoun

The human object of such infatuation or affection.

Crushnoun

A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.

Crushnoun

(dated) A party or festive function.

Crushnoun

(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in.

Crushverb

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.

Crushverb

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding

Crushverb

(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

Crushverb

To oppress or grievously burden.

Crushverb

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

Crushverb

(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

Crushverb

(intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

Crushverb

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.

Crushverb

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

Crushverb

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

Crushverb

To oppress or burden grievously.

Crushverb

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

Crushverb

to subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch.

Crushverb

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

Crushnoun

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

Crushnoun

Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.

Crushnoun

leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

Crushnoun

a dense crowd of people

Crushnoun

temporary love of an adolescent

Crushnoun

the act of crushing

Crushverb

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

Crushverb

to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;

Crushverb

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

Crushverb

break into small pieces;

Crushverb

humiliate or depress completely;

Crushverb

crush or bruise;

Crushverb

make ineffective;

Crushverb

become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;

Pinchverb

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

Pinchverb

To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

Pinchverb

To squeeze between two objects.

Pinchverb

To steal, usually something inconsequential.

Pinchverb

To arrest or capture.

Pinchverb

(horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

Pinchverb

(nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.

Pinchverb

(hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

Pinchverb

To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.

Pinchverb

To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

Pinchverb

(figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

Pinchverb

To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

Pinchverb

(obsolete) To complain or find fault.

Pinchnoun

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

Pinchnoun

A close compression of anything with the fingers.

Pinchnoun

A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

Pinchnoun

An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.

Pinchnoun

A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.

Pinchnoun

An organic herbal smoke additive.

Pinchnoun

(physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.

Pinchnoun

The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

Pinchnoun

(slang) An arrest.

Pinchverb

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.

Pinchverb

to seize; to grip; to bite; - said of animals.

Pinchverb

To plait.

Pinchverb

Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

Pinchverb

To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

Pinchverb

To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift.

Pinchverb

to catch; to arrest (a criminal).

Pinchverb

To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.

Pinchverb

To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

Pinchverb

To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

Pinchnoun

A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.

Pinchnoun

As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

Pinchnoun

Pian; pang.

Pinchnoun

A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, - used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

Pinchnoun

a painful or straitened circumstance;

Pinchnoun

an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

Pinchnoun

a slight but appreciable addition;

Pinchnoun

a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;

Pinchnoun

small sharp biting

Pinchnoun

a squeeze with the fingers

Pinchnoun

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

Pinchverb

squeeze tightly between the fingers;

Pinchverb

make ridges into by pinching together

Pinchverb

make off with belongings of others

Pinchverb

cut the top off;

Pinchverb

irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear;