Difference between Tight and Secure

What is the difference between Tight and Secure?

Tight as an adjective is pushed or pulled together. while Secure as an adjective is free from attack or danger; protected.

Tight

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Firmly, so as not to come loose easily. Soundly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pushed or pulled together. Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it. Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult. Under high tension. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution. Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk. Intimately friendly. Extraordinarily great or special. Unfair; unkind. Miserly or frugal. Scarce, hard to come by. A player who plays very few hands A strategy which involves playing very few hands

Example sentence: The thing with Led Zeppelin songs is that they were never the same. They were very fluid and tight but loose.

Secure

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make secure (in all the above senses).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Free from attack or danger; protected.Free from the danger of theft; safe.Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.Firm and not likely to fail; stable.Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.

Example sentence: It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men.

We hope you now know whether to use Tight or Secure in your sentence.

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