Clam vs. Cockle
Difference Between Clam and Cockle
Clamnoun
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
Cocklenoun
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
Clamnoun
Strong pincers or forceps.
Cocklenoun
The shell of such a mollusk.
Clamnoun
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
Cocklenoun
(in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
Clamnoun
A dollar (usually used in the plural).
Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!Cocklenoun
(directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
Clamnoun
A Scientologist.
Cocklenoun
(by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
Clamnoun
(slang) A vagina.
Cocklenoun
The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
Clamnoun
(informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
Cocklenoun
(UK) The fire chamber of a furnace.
Clamnoun
clamminess; moisture
Cocklenoun
(UK) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
Clamverb
To dig for clams.
Cocklenoun
(UK) The dome of a heating furnace.
Clamverb
To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
Cocklenoun
Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, Agrostemma githago, and Lolium temulentum.
Clamverb
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
Cockleverb
To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
Clamverb
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
Cocklenoun
common edible European bivalve
Clamadjective
clammy.
Cocklenoun
common edible European bivalve mollusk having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
Clamnoun
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
Cockleverb
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
Clamnoun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
Cockleverb
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds;
She puckered her lipsClamnoun
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
Clamverb
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
