Difference between Snare and Trammel

What is the difference between Snare and Trammel?

Snare as a noun is a trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather. while Trammel as a noun is something that impedes activity, freedom, or progress.

Snare

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather. A mental or psychological trap; usually in the phrase a snare and a delusion. A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal. A set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum to create a rattling sound. A snare drum.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to catch or hold, especially with a loop.

Example sentence: I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.

Trammel

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that impedes activity, freedom, or progress.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To entangle, as in a net.To hamper.

We hope you now know whether to use Snare or Trammel in your sentence.

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