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Itching vs Pitching - What's the difference?

itching | pitching |

As verbs the difference between itching and pitching

is that itching is while pitching is .

As nouns the difference between itching and pitching

is that itching is a sensation that itches while pitching is the act of throwing or casting.

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.

    pitching

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.

    See also

    * pitching a tent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of throwing or casting.
    • wild pitching in baseball
  • The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
    • (Mayhew)
  • (engineering) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
    • (Webster 1913)