clutch vs shmear

clutch and shmear both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clutch	Yes	No	Yes	No
shmear	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shmear is a hyponym of clutch; that is, shmear is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clutch:

Other hyponyms of clutch include schmear, schmeer.

clutch (noun)	shmear (noun)
the act of grasping	(Yiddish) a batch of things that go together
a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
a collection of things or persons to be handled together
a number of birds hatched at the same time
a tense critical situation

clutch (verb)	shmear (verb)
affect
take into your hands deliberately
hold firmly, usually with one's hands