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Leach vs Each - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between leach and each

is that leach is a quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali while each is an individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

As a verb leach

is to purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

As a proper noun Leach

is {{surname|lang=en}.

As a determiner each is

all; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare {{term|every)}}.

leach

English

Noun

(leaches)
  • A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  • A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  • * 1894 , , In the Midst of Alarms , ch. 7:
  • "This is the leach ," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.
  • (nautical)
  • Verb

  • To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
  • Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.
  • * '>citation
  • To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
  • Usage notes

    Do not confuse this verb with the verb .

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    *

    each

    English

    (EACH)

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • All; every; .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • Every one; every thing.
  • For one; per.
  • Usage notes

    * The phrase beginning with (each) identifies a set of items wherein the words following (each) identify the individual elements by their shared characteristics. The phrase is grammatically singular in number, so if the phrase is the subject of a sentence, its verb is conjugated into a third-person singular form. Similarly, any pronouns that refer to the noun phrase are singular: *: Each''' candidate '''has 49 votes. *: Each''' voter must decide for '''herself .

    Noun

    (eaches)
  • (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
  • * 2007 , David E. Mulcahy, Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations Handbook , CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-3522-8, page 385:
  • An each , piece, single item, or individual item package.
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