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snare vs string

string vs snare

snare and string both are nouns.

snare and string both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
snare Yes No Yes No
string Yes No Yes No
As nouns, string is a hypernym of snare; that is, string is a word with a broader meaning than snare:
  • snare: strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
  • string: a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
snare (noun) string (noun)
a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose a lightweight cord
strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head a necklace made by stringing objects together
a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
stringed instruments that are played with a bow
a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
snare (verb) string (verb)
entice and trap add as if on a string
catch in or as if in a trap provide with strings
thread on or as if on a string
remove the stringy parts of
string together; tie or fasten with a string
stretch out or arrange like a string
move or come along
Difference between snare and string

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