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Catching vs Latching - What's the difference?

catching | latching |

As verbs the difference between catching and latching

is that catching is present participle of lang=en while latching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between catching and latching

is that catching is the action of the verb catch while latching is a loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.

As adjectives the difference between catching and latching

is that catching is contagious while latching is of something that latches.

catching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb catch.
  • * 1819 , Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
    • Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) contagious
  • captivating; alluring

    • latching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Of something that es.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=(Henry Petroski) , title=Opening Doors , volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3 , magazine= citation , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.