Botch vs Shirk - What's the difference?
botch | shirk |
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:
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
* Hare
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
* Byron
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
* Bishop Rainbow
English heteronyms
In lang=en terms the difference between botch and shirk
is that 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 while shirk is to evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.As verbs the difference between botch and shirk
is that 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 while shirk is to avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc; to stay away from.As nouns the difference between botch and shirk
is that botch is an action, job, or task that has been performed very badly or botch can be (obsolete) a tumour or other malignant swelling while shirk is one who shirks or shirk can be (islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry.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.
shirk
English
Etymology 1
First attested use in 1625 – 1635, apparently from association with shark (verb form), or from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
- If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
- One of the cities shirked from the league.
- You that never heard the call of any vocation, that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.
