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Ditching vs Witching - What's the difference?

ditching | witching |

As verbs the difference between ditching and witching

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

As nouns the difference between ditching and witching

is that ditching is a deliberate crash landing on the sea while witching is an act of witchcraft.

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.

    witching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of witchcraft.
  • * 2002 , Christine Gentry, When Spirits Walk (page 28)
    • There was a lot of information to draw upon because his occupation exposed him to more witchings every month than most individuals experienced in a life time.