What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

China vs Lorcha - What's the difference?

china | lorcha |

As nouns the difference between china and lorcha

is that china is (uncountable) the root of a climbing plant, smilax china l, once believed to have important medicinal properties or china can be (cockney rhyming slang|countable) mate (ie, friend) while lorcha is (nautical) a kind of light vessel used on the coast of china, having the hull built on a european model, and the rigging like that of a chinese junk.

china

English

(wikipedia China)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China ().
  • A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • The civilization of the Chinese people.
  • (very rarely) A female given name.

    • Derived terms

    * China Hand * Chinaman * China syndrome * Chinese * sinophobia

    See also

    * * * * * Cathay * * all the tea in China * made in China

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    lorcha

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
  • * 1901 , Charles S. Leavenworth, The Arrow War with China
    • At the same time, the fact must not be lost sight of, that the primary cause of the war was the affair on the lorcha "Arrow."