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Bodge vs Botch - What's the difference?

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Botch is a related term of bodge.



As verbs the difference between bodge and botch

is that bodge is to do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; patch up; repair, mend while botch is to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something; to ruin; to bungle; to spoil; to destroy.

As nouns the difference between bodge and botch

is that bodge is a clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair while botch is an action, job, or task that has been performed very badly.

As an adjective bodge

is insane or off the rails.

As a proper noun Bodge

is a nickname for the country of Cambodia

bodge

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(bodg)
  • (British) To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; patch up; repair, mend
  • * All the actions of his life are like so many things bodged in without any natural cadence or connexion at all. — (A book of characters, selected from the writings of Overbury, Earle, and Butler, Thomas Overbury and John Earle, 1865)
  • * Some cars were neglected, others bodged to keep them running with inevitable consequences — (Original Porsche 356: The Restorer's Guide, Laurence Meredith, 2003)
  • * Do not be satisfied with a bodged job, set yourself professional goals and standards — (The Restauration Handbook, Enric Roselló, 2007)
  • To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
  • *1978 , John Geraint Jenkins, Traditional Country Craftsmen , page 16, ISBN 0710087268.
  • *:His father, grandfather and countless generations before him had obtained a living from chair bodging in the solitude of the beech glades.
  • *1989 , John Birchard, "The artful bodger", American Woodworker , page 41, May-June.
  • *:"Bodging is more a curiosity than a valid craft these days," says Don. "But experience in low-tech woodworking is also a good way for the beginner to start getting a feel for turning without having to make a huge investment in a modern lathe."
  • *2000 , Beth Robinson Bosk, The New Settler Interviews: Boogie at the Brink , ISBN 189013239X.
  • *:Which is no different than my chair bodging , in that I can go out into the woodland and do my work without having to be tied in to a village shop situation.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2011-02-22 , year= , first= , last= , author=Cory Doctorow , authorlink= , title= , site=BoingBoing citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-02-05 , passage=The simple tool above provides a low-tech bodge to help people locate missing friends and family in Christchurch following today's terrible earthquake. }}
    Related terms
    * bodger * botch
    Derived terms
    * bodge job

    Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.
  • (South East England) A four wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also a home made go-cart.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang, Northern Ireland) insane or off the rails

    • botch

    English

    (wikipedia botch)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) , of uncertain origin.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something; to ruin; to bungle; to spoil; to destroy.
    • A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
  • To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.

    • Noun

    (botches)
  • An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly.
  • A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
  • A ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle.
  • * Shakespeare
    • To leave no rubs nor botches in the work.
  • A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
  • A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.

    • Related terms

    * bodge

    See also

    * foul up * mess up * screw up

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) boche, from .

    Noun

    (botches)
  • (obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
  • * Milton
    • Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
  • A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
  • * 1395 , (John Wycliffe), Bible , Job II:
    • Therfor Sathan ?ede out fro the face of the Lord, and smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top [...].
  • * 1611 , Bible ((Authorized Version)), Deuteronomy XXVIII:
    • The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.