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Loach vs Leach - What's the difference?

loach | leach |

As nouns the difference between loach and leach

is that loach is a bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily Cobitoidea while leach is a quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

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

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loach

English

(Cobitidae)

Noun

(es)
  • A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily Cobitoidea.
  • # The .
  • # A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: .
  • Derived terms

    * * hillstream loach * * * * * weather loach

    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)

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