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Hound vs Ratchet - What's the difference?

hound | ratchet |

In transitive terms the difference between hound and ratchet

is that hound is to persistently harass while ratchet is to cause to become incremented or decremented.

As an adjective ratchet is

ghetto (unseemly and indecorous.

hound

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. (hunt hound, hunting hound, hunting dog, hunter)
  • (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
  • * 1996 , Marc Parent, Turning Stones , , ISBN 0151002045, page 93,
    • On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately.
  • * 2004 , , ISBN 0743486196, page 483,
    • I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a glory hound , because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna.
  • (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of receptive females.
  • * 1915 , , volume 122, number 787, December 1915, republished in ''Harper's Monthly Magazine , volume 122, December 1915 to May 1916, page 108,
    • "Are you alone, Goodson?
    "She had a good many successors, John."
    "You are such a hound , in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied."
  • A despicable person.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Boy! false hound !
  • * Elizabeth Walter, Come and Get Me
    • 'You blackmailing hound ,' the parrot said distinctly, in what Hodges recognized as General Derby's voice. Anstruther turned pale.
  • A houndfish.
  • (nautical, in the plural) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
  • A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
    • In more recent times, hound' has been replaced by ' dog but the sense remains the same.

    Derived terms

    * Afghan hound * autograph hound * bloodhound * clean as a hound's tooth * gazehound * greyhound, grayhound * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * hound dog * houndish * houndlike * houndly * houndstooth * houndy * publicity hound * rock hound * sighthound * wolfhound * boar hound * hell hound * war hound * hounds of war

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To persistently harass.
    • He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.

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    ratchet

    English

    (wikipedia ratchet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
  • A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
  • A ratchet wrench.
  • (analogous ) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
    • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to become incremented or decremented.
  • To increment or decrement.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US, slang) ghetto (unseemly and indecorous)

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