As nouns the difference between letch and etch
is that
letch is (archaic) strong desire; passion or
letch can be a stream or pool in boggy land or
letch can be while
etch is .
As verbs the difference between letch and etch
is that
letch is while
etch is to cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
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letch English
Alternative forms
* lech
Etymology 1
See (lech), (lecher).
Noun
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(archaic) Strong desire; passion.
- Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others. — De Quincey.
(informal) Someone with an overly strong sexual desire.
Etymology 2
From loec'' - later ''lache'', variant ''letch - for example Sandy's Letch located east of Annitsford in Northumberland.
Noun
(es)
A stream or pool in boggy land.
Etymology 3
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etch English
Etymology 1
Germanic, cognate with Dutch ets .
Verb
To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
To engrave a surface.
(figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
- The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
To sketch; to delineate.
* John Locke
- There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
Etymology 2
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