Latch vs Lath - What's the difference?
latch | lath |
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 4
A flip-flop electronic circuit
(obsolete) A latching.
(obsolete) A crossbow.
(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
To close or lock as if with a latch
To catch; lay hold of
:* Where hearing should not latch them. — Shakespeare, MacBeth ,
(obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
* (English Citations of "lath")
As nouns the difference between latch and lath
is that latch is (automotive) while lath is heat (in animals), rut or lath can be warrior.latch
English
(wikipedia latch)Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(es)- The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.
Derived terms
* on the latchVerb
(es)Act IV
Derived terms
* latch on * latch on to * latch ontoEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) .Verb
(es)- (Shakespeare)