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Hitching vs Ditching - What's the difference?

hitching | ditching |

As verbs the difference between hitching and ditching

is that hitching is present participle of lang=en while ditching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between hitching and ditching

is that hitching is the act by which something is hitched while ditching is a deliberate crash landing on the sea.

hitching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is hitched.
  • * 1997 , Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros
    • There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings -up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.

    ditching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea.
  • * 1990 , Operator's Manual for Army U-21G Aircraft
    • Model test and actual ditchings of various aircraft indicate that ditchings into the wall of water created by the major swell is roughly analogous to flying into a mountain.