Difference in meaning

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Difference in meaning

Difference in meaning

Please, when the shoes are too small, what better to say: they pinch or compress?

29 Oct 2011

class centre

too tight?

29 Oct 2011

ueslteacher

Neither.

Natasha is right: These shoes are much too tight.

Sophia

29 Oct 2011

The question was: what better to say: The shoes pinch or compress?

29 Oct 2011

edrodmedina

To me compress means too tight (not necessarily painful) and pinch conotates a sharp pain. Ed

29 Oct 2011

ueslteacher

Well then, look here

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/pinch #3

I just never heard the two go together:) tight is more often used I think.

Sophia

29 Oct 2011

Kamalnet79

Pinch

29 Oct 2011

yanogator

It is very common to say, "My shoes pinch" if you need to describe the specific discomfort.

Bruce

29 Oct 2011

miss-o

These shoes are too tight.

29 Oct 2011

eng789

Definitely "pinch".

29 Oct 2011

MapleLeaf

My shoes are too tight and pinch my feet (give me blisters).

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30 Oct 2011

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