Botch vs Butch - What's the difference?
botch | butch |
To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something; to ruin; to bungle; to spoil; to destroy.
To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
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
A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
(obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
* Milton
A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
* 1395 , (John Wycliffe), Bible , Job II:
* 1611 , Bible ((Authorized Version)), Deuteronomy XXVIII:
Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
(informal) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
As nouns the difference between botch and butch
is that botch is an action, job, or task that has been performed very badly while butch is a lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.As a verb 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 an adjective butch is
very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.As a proper noun Butch is
a male nickname.botch
English
(wikipedia botch)Etymology 1
(etyl) , of uncertain origin.Verb
(es)- A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
Noun
(botches)- To leave no rubs nor botches in the work.
See also
* foul up * mess up * screw upEtymology 2
From (etyl) boche, from .Noun
(botches)- Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
- 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 [...].
- 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.