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Ditching vs Pitching - What's the difference?

ditching | pitching |

As verbs the difference between ditching and pitching

is that ditching is while pitching is .

As nouns the difference between ditching and pitching

is that ditching is (aviation) a deliberate crash landing on the sea while pitching is the act of throwing or casting.

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.

    pitching

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.

    See also

    * pitching a tent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of throwing or casting.
    • wild pitching in baseball
  • The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
    • (Mayhew)
  • (engineering) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
    • (Webster 1913)