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Itching vs Ditching - What's the difference?

itching | ditching |

As verbs the difference between itching and ditching

is that itching is present participle of lang=en while ditching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between itching and ditching

is that itching is a sensation that itches while ditching is a deliberate crash landing on the sea.

itching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sensation that itches.
  • * 1856 , Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology (page 71)
    • Itchings , hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead.

    ditching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea.
  • * 1990 , Operator's Manual for Army U-21G Aircraft
    • Model test and actual ditchings of various aircraft indicate that ditchings into the wall of water created by the major swell is roughly analogous to flying into a mountain.