Clutch vs. Feel — What's the Difference?

A clutch is a mechanical device that engages and disengages power transmission, especially from a drive shaft (driving shaft) to a driven shaft. In the simplest application, clutches connect and disconnect two rotating shafts (drive shafts or line shafts).

Be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched

To grasp and hold tightly

Experience (an emotion or sensation)

To seize; snatch

Have a belief or impression, especially without an identifiable reason

To attempt to grasp or seize

An act of touching something to examine it.

To engage or disengage a motor vehicle's clutch.

A sensation given by an object or material when touched

To hatch (chicks).

Feelings of heightened emotion

A hand, claw, talon, or paw in the act of grasping.

To perceive through the sense of touch

A tight grasp.

To perceive as a physical sensation

Often clutches Control or power

To touch

A device for gripping and holding.

To examine by touching

Any of various devices for engaging and disengaging two working parts of a shaft or of a shaft and a driving mechanism.

To test or explore with caution

The apparatus, such as a lever or pedal, that activates one of these devices.

To undergo the experience of

A tense, critical situation

To be aware of; sense

A small, strapless purse that is carried in the hand.

To be emotionally affected by

The complete set of eggs produced or incubated at one time.

To be persuaded of (something) on the basis of intuition, emotion, or other indefinite grounds

A brood of chickens.

To believe; think

A group; a bunch.

To experience the sensation of touch.

Being or occurring in a tense or critical situation

To produce a particular sensation, especially through the sense of touch

Tending to be successful in tense or critical situations

To produce a particular impression; appear to be; seem

To seize, as though with claws.

To be conscious of a specified kind or quality of physical, mental, or emotional state

To grip or grasp tightly.

To seek or explore something by the sense of touch

(video games) To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.

To have compassion or sympathy

To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.

Perception by touch or by sensation of the skin

(transitive) To hatch.

The sense of touch

The claw of a predatory animal or bird.

An act or instance of touching or feeling

(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.

(Vulgar) An act or instance of sexual touching or fondling.

A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.

An overall impression or effect

The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.

Intuitive awareness or natural ability

Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

(heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.

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To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.

A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.

(transitive) To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.

A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.

(intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.

A group or bunch (of people or things).

(intransitive) To search by sense of touch.

(US) An important or critical situation.

(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.

A difficult maneuver

(transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.

Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.

(transitive) To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.

A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

To experience an emotion or other mental state.

The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; - often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.

(intransitive) To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.

A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.

(transitive) To be or become aware of.

Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

(transitive) To experience the consequences of.

The nest complement of eggs of a bird.

(copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).

To seize, clasp, or grip with the hand, hands, or claws; - often figuratively; as, to clutch power.

To understand.

To close tightly; to clinch.

(archaic) The sense of touch.

To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; - often followed by at.

A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.

To become too tense or frightened to perform properly; used sometimes with up; as, he clutched up on the exam.

A vague mental impression.

The act of grasping;

An act of fondling.

A tense critical situation;

A vague understanding.

A number of birds hatched at the same time

An intuitive ability.

A collection of things or persons to be handled together

A feeling; an emotion.

A pedal that operates a clutch

Alternative form of fele

A coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

Alternative form of fele

Take hold of; grab;

Alternative form of fele

Hold firmly, usually with one's hands;

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.

Affect;

To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out.

To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensitive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.

To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.

To perceive; to observe.

To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.

To have the sensibilities moved or affected.

To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; - followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.

To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving.

To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; - followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.

Feeling; perception.

A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel.

An intuitive awareness;

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

A property perceived by touch

Manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure;

Undergo an emotional sensation;

Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds;

Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles;

Seem with respect to a given sensation given;

Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude;

Undergo passive experience of:

Be felt or perceived in a certain way;

Grope or feel in search of something;

Examine by touch;

Examine (a body part) by palpation;

Find by testing or cautious exploration;

Produce a certain impression;

Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of;