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Gorge vs Ditch - What's the difference?

gorge | ditch |

As verbs the difference between gorge and ditch

is that gorge is while ditch is or ditch can be to discard or abandon.

As a noun ditch is

or ditch can be a trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

gorge

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl), from

Noun

(en noun)
  • A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine.
  • * '>citation
  • The throat or gullet.
  • * Spenser
    • Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now, how abhorred! my gorge rises at it.
  • That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.
  • * Spenser
    • And all the way, most like a brutish beast, / He spewed up his gorge , that all did him detest.
  • A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction.
    • an ice gorge in a river
  • (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
    • (Gwilt)
  • (nautical) The groove of a pulley.

    • Verb

    (gorg)
  • To eat greedily and in large quantities.
    • They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.
  • To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
  • * Johnson
    • The fish has gorged the hook.
  • To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
  • * Dryden
    • Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
  • * Addison
    • The giant, gorged with flesh, and wine, and blood, / Lay stretch'd at length and snoring in his den
    Derived terms
    * disgorge * engorge

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from gorgeous .

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (UK, slang) Gorgeous.
    • Oh, look at him: isn't he gorge ?

    Anagrams

    * English intransitive verbs ----

    ditch

    English

    Etymology 1

    From earlier deche, from (etyl) dechen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (es)

    • Noun

    (en-noun)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) dich, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
    • Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
    Derived terms
    * ditchdigger * ditch weed * ditcher * ox is in the ditch
    See also
    * fosse * moat

    Verb

  • To discard or abandon.
    • Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
  • To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.
    • When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch ; their last location was just south of the Azores.
  • To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
    • The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
  • To dig ditches.
    • Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching .
  • To dig ditches around.
    • The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
  • To throw into a ditch.
    • The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
    Synonyms
    * abandon * discard * dump * jettison * lose * shed * See also