Hooch vs Mooch - What's the difference?
hooch | mooch |
(North America, informal) Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
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(British) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
* 1990 , p. 26, Michael L. Frankel & friends, Gently with the Tides , Center for Marine Conservation, Washington (DC), ISBN 1879269-007, p. 26,
(British) To steal or filch.
* 1922 , , The Middle of Things , ch. 16,
One who mooches; a moocher.
As nouns the difference between hooch and mooch
is that hooch is alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky while mooch is one who mooches; a moocher.As a verb mooch is
to wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.hooch
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of Hootchinoo'', name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit ''Xutsnoowú ?wáan , the group that produced it, from (etyl) , the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived.Alternative forms
* hootchNoun
(es)Synonyms
* moonshineEtymology 2
(etyl)Alternative forms
* hootchNoun
(es)mooch
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(es)- I managed to mooch my way up the journalistic ladder to the next, more impressive level of “Interviewer”.
- These chaps that mooch about, as Hyde was doing, pick up all sorts of odds and ends. He may have pinched them from a chemist’s shop.
