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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between both and botch

is that both is (obsolete) each of more than two while botch is (obsolete) a tumour or other malignant swelling.

As a determiner both

is each of the two; one and the other.

As a conjunction both

is including both (used with and).

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 a noun botch is

an action, job, or task that has been performed very badly or botch can be (obsolete) a tumour or other malignant swelling.

both

English

Alternative forms

* bothe (archaic)

Determiner

(en determiner)
  • Each of the two; one and the other.
  • * (Bible), (w) xxi. 27
    • Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
  • * (1678-1751)
    • He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both , because he is prepared for both.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • (obsolete) Each of more than two.
  • * (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
    • Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
  • * (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
    • He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • including both (used with and)
    • Both you and I are students

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "both")

    See also

    (various semantically related terms) * * * couple * double * dual * neither * pair * second * twice * two

    Statistics

    * 200 English basic words English indefinite pronouns 1000 English basic words ----

    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.