Difference between Click and Pawl

What is the difference between Click and Pawl?

Click as a noun is a brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand. while Pawl as a noun is a pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.

Click

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: The sound of a click.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand. An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure. Sound made by a dolphin. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse. A kilometre. The term used to show approval, acceptance, or general agreement. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to make a click, eg to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click. (direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse). # To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button. # To visit a web site. (Used in Advertising) #: Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com To emit a click. To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing. To make sense suddenly. To get on well at a first meeting.

Example sentence: We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

Pawl

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stop with a pawl.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.

We hope you now know whether to use Click or Pawl in your sentence.

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