Gotcha vs Gotta - What's the difference?
gotcha | gotta |
(colloquial) Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.
(colloquial) Understand; comprehend.
(colloquial) Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.
(colloquial) Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.
(colloquial) Got you by surprise; Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
(colloquial) Got you by surprise; as in engineering or computer programming; typically an unintended consequence or problem caused by a small variation in areas such as command syntax, function definition, results application.
(colloquial) A potential problem or source of trouble.
(colloquial) An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
(colloquial) An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
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(informal)
* 2009 , (The Black Eyed Peas), (I Gotta Feeling)
As contractions the difference between gotcha and gotta
is that gotcha is got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend while gotta is contraction of lang=en.As a noun gotcha
is a potential problem or source of trouble.gotcha
English
Alternative forms
* gotchyaEtymology 1
Written form of a of got you .Contraction
(en-cont)- I gotcha now, ya little twerp.
- Yeah, I gotcha . Good thinkin'!
- Gotcha! Go on in...
- Gotcha! And don't ever do that to me again.
- Gotcha! They never notice the whoopie cushion!
Derived terms
* gotcha keywordEtymology 2
Direct acquisition of gotcha , the contraction of got you .Noun
(en noun)- Review the work thoroughly and make sure there are no gotchas .
- They change the number at random intervals and if you miss a sign, bingo - gotcha ! http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/gotcha
- Now here's another few gotcha s that you can do to implement it.
Derived terms
* game of gotchaSee also
* gotta * letcha * letchyagotta
English
Contraction
(en-cont)- I gotta learn this for my examination.
- I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night