Hitch vs Haul - What's the difference?
hitch | haul | Synonyms |
A sudden pull.
Any of various knots]] used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope Knots and Splices by Cyrus L Day, Adlard Coles Nautical, 2001. See [[w:List of hitch knots, List of hitch knots in Wikipedia .
A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
A period of time. Most often refers to time spent in the military.
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To pull with a jerk.
To attach, tie or fasten.
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(informal) contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
* South
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
* (Alexander Pope)
* Fuller
(UK) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
To carry something; to transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
To pull or draw something heavy.
* Denham
* Alexander Pope
To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen.
* Ulysses S. Grant
(nautical) To steer a vessel closer to the wind.
* Cook
(nautical, of the wind) To shift fore (more towards the bow).
(figuratively) To pull.
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To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
A long drive, especially transporting/hauling heavy cargo.
An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish or illegal loot.
A pulling with force; a violent pull.
(ropemaking) A bundle of many threads, to be tarred.
Collectively, all of the products bought on a shopping trip.
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As nouns the difference between hitch and haul
is that hitch is a sudden pull while haul is a long drive, especially transporting/hauling heavy cargo.As verbs the difference between hitch and haul
is that hitch is to pull with a jerk while haul is to carry something; to transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.As a proper noun Hitch
is {{surname|from=given names}.hitch
English
Noun
(es)- His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.
- The banquet went off without a hitch . (Meaning the banquet went smoothly.)
- The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch ?
- She served two hitches in Vietnam.
- U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH ; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED
Synonyms
* catchDerived terms
* unhitch * unhitchedVerb
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- atomswhich at length hitched together
- Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.
- To ease themselves by hitching into another place.
- (Halliwell)
References
haul
English
Verb
(en verb)- Some dance, some haul the rope.
- Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
- to haul logs to a sawmill
- When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.
- I hauled up for it, and found it to be an island.
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Derived terms
* haulable * haul downAntonyms
* (to steer closer to the wind) veer * (to shift aft) veerDerived terms
* haulage * hauler * haulier * long-haul * longhaulingNoun
(en noun)- The robber's haul was over thirty items.
- The trawler landed a ten-ton haul .