Main Difference
The main difference between Claw and Paw is that the Claw is a pointed appendage and Paw is a soft foot of a mammal
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Claw
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 the creature walks. Crabs’, lobsters’ and scorpions’ pincers, or more formally, their chelae, are sometimes called claws.
A true claw is made of hard protein called keratin. Claws are used to catch and hold prey in carnivorous mammals such as cats and dogs, but may also be used for such purposes as digging, climbing trees, self-defense, and grooming, in those and other species.
Similar appendages that are flat and do not come to a sharp point are called nails instead. Claw-like projections that do not form at the end of digits, but spring from other parts of the foot are properly named spurs.
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Paw
A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws.
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Claw (noun)
A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
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Claw (noun)
A foot equipped with such.
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Claw (noun)
The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
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Claw (noun)
A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
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Claw (noun)
A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
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Claw (noun)
The act of catching a ball overhand.
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Claw (verb)
To scratch or to tear at.
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Claw (verb)
To use the claws to seize, to grip.
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Claw (verb)
To use the claws to climb.
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Claw (verb)
To perform a claw catch.
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Claw (verb)
To move with one’s fingertips.
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Claw (verb)
To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.
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Claw (verb)
To rail at; to scold.
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Claw (verb)
To flatter; to fawn on (a person).
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Paw (noun)
The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
“hand|foot”
“limb extremity”
“claw|finger”
“limb”
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Paw (noun)
A hand.
“Get your grubby paws off my things!”
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Paw (noun)
Father; pa.
“pawpaw|pa|papa|father|dad|daddy|pappy”
“parent”
“step-paw”
“maw|brother|sis|sissy”
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Paw (verb)
To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
“handle”
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Paw (verb)
To gently push on something with a paw.
“touch”
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Paw (verb)
To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
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Paw (verb)
To touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way.
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Paw (verb)
To clumsily dig through something.
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Paw (verb)
To flatter.
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Claw (noun)
a curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
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Claw (noun)
either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect’s foot.
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Claw (noun)
the pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod.
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Claw (noun)
a mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
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Claw (verb)
scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails
“the kitten was clawing at Lowell’s trouser leg”
“her hands clawed his shoulders”
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Claw (verb)
clutch at something with the hands
“his fingers clawed at the air”
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Claw (verb)
make one’s way with difficulty by hauling oneself forward with one’s hands
“she was determined to claw her way out of poverty and find fame”
“he clawed his way over a pile of bricks”
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Claw (verb)
try desperately to move or remove something with the hands
“rescuers clawed away rubble with their bare hands”
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Claw (verb)
scratch (a part of one’s body) gently so as to relieve itching.
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Claw (verb)
(of a sailing ship) beat to windward
“the ability to claw off a lee shore”