fastener vs toggle

toggle vs fastener

fastener and toggle both are nouns.

fastener is not a verb while toggle is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fastener	Yes	No	No	No
toggle	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

fastener: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
toggle: a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)

Other hyponyms of fastener include bellyband, buckle, button, carabiner, karabiner, snap ring, catch, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, clothes peg, clothes pin, clothespin, corrugated fastener, wiggle nail, cottar, cotter, cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop, dowel, dowel pin, joggle, fillet, stopping, hook and eye, knot, lashing, link, linkup, tie-in, tie, lock, locker, nail, nut and bolt, paper fastener, pin, screw, seal, seal, sealing wax, slide fastener, zip, zip fastener, zipper, press stud, snap, snap fastener, toggle bolt, hair clip.

fastener (noun)	toggle (noun)
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place	a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
a person who fastens or makes fast	a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
	any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time

fastener (verb)	toggle (verb)
	fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
	release by a toggle switch
	provide with a toggle or toggles

Difference between fastener and toggle

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