holdfast vs toggle

toggle vs holdfast

holdfast and toggle both are nouns.

holdfast is not a verb while toggle is a verb.

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

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

holdfast: 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 holdfast 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.

holdfast (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 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

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

Difference between holdfast and toggle

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