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Ketched vs Letched - What's the difference?

ketched | letched |

As verbs the difference between ketched and letched

is that ketched is past tense of ketch while letched is past tense of letch.

ketched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ketch)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1870, author=Various, title=Punchinello, Vol. 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=As the afoursaid boy started to run off, a well dressed lookin' man ketched him by the cote coller. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Dorothy Canfield, title=Hillsboro People, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He throwed his head back as he run, and ketched me right between his horns, like a nut in a nutcracker. }}

    letched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (letch)

    • letch

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lech

    Etymology 1

    See (lech), (lecher).

    Noun

    (es)
  • (archaic) Strong desire; passion.
    • Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others. — De Quincey.
  • (informal) Someone with an overly strong sexual desire.

    • Etymology 2

    From loec'' - later ''lache'', variant ''letch - for example Sandy's Letch located east of Annitsford in Northumberland.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A stream or pool in boggy land.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (es)

    • Verb

    (es)
    • (Webster 1913)