Replace Barbell with EZ Curl Bar?

I've been doing a lot of deadlifts and cleans at home, but only have an EZ curl bar. I know that these exercises always call for an olympic barbell or regular barbell. Will using an EZ curl bar instead drastically change the exercise? 

The main difference I have noticed is that I can't really roll the bar onto my fingers when doing cleans, but it doesn't bother me that much. 

Thanks.

Anyone have knowledge on this?

I think it works just as well. I've used an EZ curl for deads before and it didn't seem much different.