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Botcher vs Potcher - What's the difference?

botcher | potcher |

As nouns the difference between botcher and potcher

is that botcher is (obsolete) a person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor while potcher is a machine in which rags, after being washed, are stirred and bleached as part of a process for making paper.

botcher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor
  • *1602 , William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night :
  • *:Two faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel will amend: for give the dry fool drink, then is the fool not dry; bid the dishonest man mend himself: if he mend, he is no longer dishonest; if he cannot, let the botcher mend him.
  • A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler
  • A young salmon; a grilse.

    • Related terms

    * botch

    potcher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine in which rags, after being washed, are stirred and bleached as part of a process for making paper
  • The operator of such a machine; a potcherman

    • References

    *Thesaurus of Pulp and Papermaking Terminology Institute of Paper Science and Technology 1991