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Catchword vs Catchwork - What's the difference?

catchword | catchwork |

As nouns the difference between catchword and catchwork

is that catchword is a word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page while catchwork is a simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.

catchword

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
  • A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
  • Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.

    • Synonyms

    *(word under right-hand side ): guide word *(word repeated to become representative ): watchword

    catchwork

    English

    (Water-meadow)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.

    • Coordinate terms

    * bedwork