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Hiatus vs Notch - What's the difference?

hiatus | notch |

As nouns the difference between hiatus and notch

is that hiatus is a gap in a series, making it incomplete while notch is a v-shaped cut.

As a verb notch is

to cut a notch in (something).

hiatus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
  • An interruption, break or pause.
  • An unexpected break from work.
  • The band took a hiatus for three months.
  • (geology) A gap in geological strata.
  • (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
  • Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
  • (linguistics)
  • # A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
  • # The condition of having such a break.
  • Words like'' reality ''and'' naïve ''contain vowels in hiatus .
  • Synonyms

    * break (1)

    notch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A V-shaped cut.
  • Such a cut, used for keeping a record
  • ''The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
  • An indentation.
  • A mountain pass; a defile
  • (informal) A level or degree.
  • ''This car is a notch better than the other.
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:
  • A better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.

    Derived terms

    * notch on one's bedpost, notch on the bedpost * notchback * notchboard * top notch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cut a notch in (something).
  • To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
  • The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
  • To join by means of notches.
  • To achieve (something).
  • The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
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  • Derived terms

    * notcher * notchy