Fang vs. Claw — What's the Difference?

A fang is a long, pointed tooth. In mammals, a fang is a modified maxillary tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh.

A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as they walk.

A member of a people inhabiting Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.

A curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.

The Bantu language of the Fang.

Scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails

Any of the hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake with which it injects venom.

(of a sailing ship) beat to windward

A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially a canine tooth of a carnivorous animal, such as a dog or wolf, with which it seizes and tears its prey.

A sharp, curved, horny structure at the end of a toe of a vertebrate animal.

The root of a tooth or a pronglike division of such a root.

A chela or similar pincerlike structure on the end of a limb of a crustacean or arachnid.

A fanglike structure, especially a chelicera of a venomous spider.

One of one or more small curved structures at the tip of an appendage of an invertebrate, especially an insect or other arthropod.

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh

A limb terminating in such a structure.

A long pointed tooth for injecting venom

Something, such as the cleft end of a hammerhead, that resembles a claw.

A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.

(Botany) A narrowed, stalklike basal part of a petal, sepal, or bract.

That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.

To scratch, dig, tear, or pull with the claws or fingernails.

Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.

A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

(mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.

A foot equipped with such.

Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.

The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.

(nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.

A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

(nautical) The valve of a pump box.

(colloquial) A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.

(rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.

(botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.

To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

(juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.

To catch, capture; seize.

To scratch or to tear at.

To take; receive with assent; accept.

To use the claws to seize, to grip.

To receive with hospitality.

To use the claws to climb.

To receive.

(juggling) To perform a claw catch.

To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

To move with one's fingertips.

To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

To relieve an uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching (someone or something); hence (figuratively), to flatter or humour (someone); to court, to fawn on.

To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.

To rail at, revile, or scold (someone or something).

To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.

To do (something) quickly.

To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.

The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.

Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.

A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.

A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.

To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.

To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.

The valve of a pump box.

To rail at; to scold.

A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon

To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

Canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey

Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles

Hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison

A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

A structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

A bird's foot that has claws

Move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging;

Clutch as if in panic;

Scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

Attack as if with claws;