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Ache vs Stitch - What's the difference?

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In intransitive terms the difference between ache and stitch

is that ache is to suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed while stitch is to practice/practise stitching or needlework.

In obsolete terms the difference between ache and stitch

is that ache is parsley while stitch is a contortion, or twist.

As a proper noun Ache

is a language spoken by the Yi people of South-Western China.

ache

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words.

Verb

  • To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  • * Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene V:
    • Fie, how my bones ache!
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache , the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
  • (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
    • Derived terms
    * ache for

    See also

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
  • * Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act I, Scene II:
    • Fill all thy bones with aches .
    Derived terms
    * aches and pains * achy * backache * bellyache * earache * headache * stomachache * toothache

    References

    * Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and modern (etyl) ache, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Parsley.

    • Etymology 3

    Representing the pronunciation of the letter H .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A variant spelling of aitch .

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Noun

  • wild celery

    • Synonyms

    * ----

    stitch

    English

    (wikipedia stitch)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) stiche, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (es)
  • A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
  • An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
    • cross stitch
    herringbone stitch
  • (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
  • A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
    • drop a stitch
    take up a stitch
  • An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
  • A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
  • Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
  • :: You have gone a good stitch. — .
  • :: In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
  • A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
    • a stitch in the side
  • *
    • He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
  • (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
  • * Marston
    • If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
  • (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
    • to wet every stitch of clothes.
    She didn't have a stitch on
  • A furrow.
    • (Chapman)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

  • To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
    • to stitch a shirt bosom.
  • To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
    • to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets. }}
  • (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
  • To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
  • (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
    • I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
    Synonyms
    * (form stitches in ): sew * (unite by stitches ): sew, sew together, stitch together * (form land into ridges''): plough (''British''), plow (''US )

    Derived terms

    * a stitch in time saves nine * blanket stitch * be in stitches * cable stitch * chain stitch * cross-stitch * drop a stitch * garter stitch * herringbone stitch * in stitches * lock stitch * moss stitch * pearl stitch, purl stitch * rib stitch * running stitch * stem stitch * stitch up * stocking stitch * take up a stitch