Braces vs. Suspender: What's the Difference?
Braces and Suspender Definitions
Braces
A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp.
Suspender
One, such as a hook, that suspends something else.
Braces
A device, such as a supporting beam in a building or a connecting wire or rope, that steadies or holds something else erect.
Suspender
An often elastic strap worn over the shoulder, usually in pairs, to hold up a pair of pants.
Braces
Braces Chiefly British Suspenders.
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Suspender
Suspenders A pair of such straps.
Braces
An orthopedic appliance used to support, align, or hold a bodily part in the correct position.
Suspender
Chiefly British A garter.
Braces
Often braces A dental appliance constructed of bands and wires that is fixed to the teeth to correct irregular alignment.
Suspender
Something or someone who suspends.
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Braces
An extremely stiff, erect posture.
Suspender
(US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.
Braces
A cause or source of renewed physical or spiritual vigor.
Suspender
(British) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.
Braces
A protective pad strapped to the bow arm of an archer.
Suspender
One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
Braces
(Nautical)A rope by which a yard is swung and secured on a square-rigged ship.
Suspender
Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
Braces
A cranklike handle with an adjustable aperture at one end for securing and turning a bit.
Braces
(Music)A leather loop that slides to change the tension on the cord of a drum.
Braces
A vertical line, usually accompanied by the symbol {, connecting two or more staffs.
Braces
A set of staffs connected in this way.
Braces
A symbol, { or }, enclosing two or more lines of text or listed items to show that they are considered as a unit.
Braces
(Mathematics)Either of a pair of symbols, { }, used to indicate aggregation or to clarify the grouping of quantities when parentheses and square brackets have already been used. Also called bracket.
Braces
Pl. brace A pair of like things
Three brace of partridges.
Braces
To furnish with a brace.
Braces
To support or hold steady with or as if with a brace; reinforce.
Braces
To prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or danger
Union members braced themselves for a confrontation with management.
Braces
To confront with questions or requests.
Braces
To increase the tension of.
Braces
To invigorate; stimulate
"The freshness of the September morning inspired and braced him" (Thomas Hardy).
Braces
(Nautical)To turn (the yards of a ship) by the braces.
Braces
To get ready; make preparations.
Braces
Plural of brace
Braces
(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
Susy has to go to the dentist to see if she needs braces.
Braces
(dated) Handcuffs.
We put that villain in braces.
Braces
(British) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off (US: suspenders).
Braces
An appliance that corrects dental irregularities
