Etches vs Retches - What's the difference?

etches | retches |

As verbs the difference between etches and retches

is that etches is third-person singular of etch while retches is third-person singular of retch.

etches

English

Verb

(head)

(etch)

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

Noun

(Mortimer)

Anagrams

* *

retches

English

Verb

(head)

(retch)

Anagrams

* *

retch

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

* Byron

Here he grew inarticulate with retching .

Noun

(es)

an unsuccessful effort to