What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Ach vs Each - What's the difference?

ach | each |

As nouns the difference between ach and each

is that ach is a name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley while each is an individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

As a proper noun ACH

is initialism of Automated Clearing House|lang=en, an electronic banking network often used for direct deposit and electronic bill payment.

As a determiner each is

all; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare {{term|every)}}.

ach

English

Alternative forms

* ache

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
  • each

    English

    (EACH)

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • All; every; .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • Every one; every thing.
  • For one; per.
  • Usage notes

    * The phrase beginning with (each) identifies a set of items wherein the words following (each) identify the individual elements by their shared characteristics. The phrase is grammatically singular in number, so if the phrase is the subject of a sentence, its verb is conjugated into a third-person singular form. Similarly, any pronouns that refer to the noun phrase are singular: *: Each''' candidate '''has 49 votes. *: Each''' voter must decide for '''herself .

    Noun

    (eaches)
  • (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
  • * 2007 , David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook , CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-3522-8, page 385:
  • An each , piece, single item, or individual item package.
  • *
  • Statistics

    *