Click vs. Press — What's the Difference?

A short, sharp sound.

A machine that shapes or compresses materials.

To become friendly or harmonious.

The print media, including newspapers and magazines.

A short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming smartly into contact

A crowd or crowd's forceful movement.

Make or cause to make a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming smartly into contact

To exert steady weight or force against

Become suddenly clear or understandable

To move by applying pressure

A brief, sharp sound

To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern

A mechanical device, such as a pawl, that snaps into position.

To squeeze the juice or other contents from

An instance of pressing down and releasing a button on a mouse or other input device.

To extract (juice, for example) by squeezing or compressing.

An instance of selecting an item in a website or app by clicking or tapping on a mouse, touchscreen, or other input device.

To reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress

(Linguistics) Any of various implosive stops, such as that of English tsk, produced by raising the back of the tongue to make contact with the palate and simultaneously closing the lips or touching the teeth or alveolar ridge with the tip and sides of the tongue, and found as phonemic consonants especially in the languages of the Khoikhoi and the San, and in some Bantu languages. Also called suction stop. See Usage Note at !Kung.

To iron (clothing, for example).

To produce a click or series of clicks.

To make (a sound recording), originally by pressing (a vinyl phonograph record) under pressure in a mold.

To press and release a button on a mouse or other input device.

To bear down on or attack

To select an item in a webpage or app by clicking or tapping a mouse, touchscreen, or other input device.

To carry on or advance vigorously (an attack, for instance).

To have good social or working relations; hit it off

To place in trying or distressing circumstances

To become clear; fall into place

To insist upon or put forward insistently

To be a great success

To try to influence or persuade, as by insistent arguments; pressure or entreat

To cause to click, as by striking together

To insist that someone accept (something). Often used with on or upon

To press down and release (a button on an input device)

(Sports) To lift (a weight) to a position above the head without moving the legs.

To press down and release a button on (an input device)

To exert force or pressure

To select (an item in a webpage or app) by clicking or tapping a mouse, touchscreen, or other input device

To be worrisome or depressing; weigh heavily

A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.

To advance eagerly; move forward urgently

(British) The act of making a clicking sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and then releasing to strike the palm; a snap.

To assemble closely and in large numbers; crowd

(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

To continue a course of action, especially in spite of difficulties

Sound made by a dolphin.

To require haste or urgent action

The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.

To employ urgent persuasion or entreaty

(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

To iron clothes or other material.

(by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.

(Sports) To raise or lift a weight in a press.

A pawl or similar catch.

(Basketball) To employ a press.

A knock or blow.

(Sports) In golf, to try to hit long or risky shots, typically with unsuccessful results.

A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.

To force into service in the army or navy; impress.

A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.

To take arbitrarily or by force, especially for public use.

The latch of a door.

To use in a manner different from the usual or intended, especially in an emergency.

(transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.

Any of various machines or devices that apply pressure

(intransitive) To emit a click.

A printing press.

(British) To snap the fingers.

A place or establishment where matter is printed

(computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).

A publishing company

To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.

The communications media considered as a whole, especially the agencies that collect, publish, transmit, or broadcast news and other information to the public

To visit (a web site).

News or other information disseminated to the public in printed, broadcast, or electronic form

To navigate by clicking a mouse button.

The people involved in the media, as news reporters and broadcasters

(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.

The kind or extent of coverage a person or event receives in the media

(intransitive) To get along well.

A large gathering; a crowd

To tick.

The act of gathering in large numbers or of pushing forward

To take (a photograph) with a camera.

An act of pressing down or applying pressure

To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.

The haste or urgency of business or matters

Of a film, to be successful at the box office.

The set of proper creases in a garment or fabric, formed by ironing.

(obsolete) To snatch.

Chiefly Scots and Irish An upright closet or case used for storing clothing, books, or other articles.

(US) clique

(Sports) A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then steadily pushed straight overhead without movement of the legs.

The sound of a click.

(Basketball) An aggressive defense tactic in which players guard opponents closely, often over the entire court.

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

Conscription or impressment into service, especially into the army or navy.

To move with the sound of a click.

(Obsolete) An official warrant for impressing men into military service.

To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.

An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

To snatch.

(countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.

A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.

(countable) A printing machine.

A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.

The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

(countable) A publisher.

The latch of a door.

An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).

A short light metallic sound

An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

Depression of a button on a computer mouse;

An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.

A stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

(countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.

A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

Move or strike with a noise;

(obsolete) A crowd.

Make a clicking or ticking sound;

(psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.

Click repeatedly or uncontrollably;

(ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

Cause to make a snapping sound;

To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.

Produce a click;

(transitive) To compress, squeeze.

Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

(transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.

Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

(transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.

To make a small, sharp sound.

To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.

To select something by pressing a button on a mouse.

(transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.

A moment of realization or understanding.

To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.

(transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.

To try to force (something upon someone).

(transitive) To hasten, urge onward.

(transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.

(transitive) To lay stress upon.

(ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.

To print.

To force into service, particularly into naval service.

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black.

A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or presses.

Specifically, a printing press.

The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse.

An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.

The act of pressing or thronging forward.

Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.

A multitude of individuals crowded together; crowd of single things; a throng.

To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.

To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.

To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.

To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.

To embrace closely; to hug.

To oppress; to bear hard upon.

To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.

To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience.

To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.

To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.

To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach.

To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.

Newspaper writers and photographers

The state of urgently demanding notice or attention;

The gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines

A machine used for printing

A dense crowd of people

A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure;

Exert pressure or force to or upon;

Force or impel in an indicated direction;

To be oppressive or burdensome;

Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure;

Squeeze or press together;

Crowd closely;

Create by pressing;

Be urgent;

Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;

Press from a plastic;

Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby;

Lift weights;

Ask for or request earnestly;

To apply pressure to something.

To urge or push someone into action.

Yes, when something "clicks," it means one suddenly understands or realizes it.

Yes, "press" can refer to print media like newspapers and magazines.

Yes, you can press clothes to remove wrinkles using an iron.

Yes, "click" can refer to the sound (noun) or the action of making that sound (verb).

No, while "click" is often related to computers, it also means a short, sharp sound or rapid touch in various contexts.

Yes, when things "click," they fit or work well together.

A click is a brief tap, while a long press means holding the button down for an extended period.

Yes, clicking usually indicates a brief, sharp action (often with a mouse), while pressing implies a more sustained push.

It means they instantly connect or get along well.

No, pressing doesn't always produce a click sound. It depends on the object and action.

Not necessarily. Pressing can be gentle or forceful depending on the context.

Most do, but some are designed to be silent or have different tactile feedback.

No, "press" can be used metaphorically, as in pressing someone for answers.

It traces back to the printing press, which was used to print newspapers.

It means experiencing stressful circumstances or demands.