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Hooch vs Hotch - What's the difference?

hooch | hotch |

As a noun hooch

is (north america|informal) alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky or hooch can be a thatched hut, chu, or any simple dwelling.

As a verb hotch is

to move irregularly up and down.

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

* hootch

Noun

(es)
  • (North America, informal) Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
    • Synonyms
    * moonshine

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * hootch

    Noun

    (es)
  • A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
    • ----

    hotch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To move irregularly up and down.
  • To swarm ((with)).
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 314:
    • What if I went up? Imagine nobody had done it before. It would be hoaching with balls and stuff, hundreds of things.