clutches vs taking hold

clutches and taking hold both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clutches	Yes	No	No	No
taking hold	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, taking hold is a hypernym of clutches; that is, taking hold is a word with a broader meaning than clutches:

clutches: the act of grasping
taking hold: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

Other hypernyms of clutches include grasping, prehension, seizing.

clutches (noun)	taking hold (noun)
the act of grasping	the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)