linchpin vs lynchpin
Definitions
noun
- pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
Examples
Though severely and repeatedly strained, the deal has come to be taken for granted as a linchpin of the fragile Middle Eastern order. But new stresses may test neighbourly relations as never before.
Is now the captain and linchpin of Arsenal but linked with a move back to the Catalans.
The Trade Ministers will attempt to build bridges in the divisive but linchpin issue of farm trade.
Definitions
noun
- pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
Examples
He's the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
She should know - as an exchange student from France to the U.S. during high school, Guiliano gained 20 pounds chowing down on McDonalds and other lynchpins of the American diet.
Holt, who Allcock describes as his friend and protégé, did not let him down with an outstanding display of bowling as the lynchpin of the team.
