Miss vs Catch - What's the difference?
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(ambitransitive) To fail to hit.
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
To fail to achieve or attain.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.
To fail to attend.
To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
(sports) To fail to score (a goal).
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport
, title= (obsolete) To go wrong; to err.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
(obsolete) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
A failure to hit.
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
An act of avoidance.
A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
An unmarried woman; a girl.
* Cawthorn
A kept woman; a mistress.
(card games) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing. (jump)
(countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
(countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
(uncountable) The game of catching a ball. (jump)
(countable) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
(countable) Something which is captured or caught. (jump) (jump)
(countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
(countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
(countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
(countable) A fragment of music or poetry. (jump)
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
(obsolete) A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
* {{quote-book, 1678,
, passage=You lie at the catch again: this is not for edification.}}
* T. Fuller
(countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
* {{quote-book, 1905, , Eighth Biennial Report of the Board of Horticulture of the State of Oregon, page=204
, passage=There was a good catch of rye and a good fall growth.}}
(obsolete) A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
* 1612 , John Smith, Map of Virginia , in Kupperman 1988, p. 158:
(countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
* {{quote-book, 1966, Allen Tate, T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work, page=76
, passage=One night, I remember, we sang a catch , written (words and music) by Orlo Williams, for three voices. }}
(countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse. (jump)
* {{quote-book, 2003, Robert Hugh Benson, Come Rack! Come Rope!, page=268
, passage=The phrase repeated itself like the catch of a song. }}
(countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
* {{quote-news, 1997, May 10, Henry Blofeld, Cricket: Rose and Burns revive Somerset, The Independent
, passage=It was he who removed Peter Bowler with the help of a good catch at third slip.}}
(countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
* {{quote-news, 1894, September 16, , To Meet Lord Hawke's Team, The New York Times
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(countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
* {{quote-news, 1935, June 7, Robert F. Kelley, California Crews Impress at Debut, The New York Times, page=29
, passage= They are sitting up straighter, breaking their arms at the catch' and getting on a terrific amount of power at the ' catch with each stroke.}}
(countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
* {{quote-book, 2006, Mitsugu Sakihara et al., Okinawan-English Wordbook
, passage=The glottal stop or glottal catch is the sound used in English in the informal words uh-huh 'yes' and uh-uh 'no'.}}
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
* John Locke
A slight remembrance; a trace.
* Glanvill
(lb) To capture, overtake.
#(lb) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). (jump)
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#(lb) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
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#*:And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
# To marry or enter into a similar relationship with.
#*1933 , (Sinclair Lewis),
#*:The publicsaid that Miss Bogardus was a suffragist because she had never caught a man; that she wanted something, but it wasn't the vote.
#*2006 , Michael Collier and Georgia Machemer,
#*:As for Aspasia, concubinage with Pericles brought her as much honor as she could hope to claim in Athens..
#(lb) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
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, title= #(lb) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
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#(lb) To discover unexpectedly; to surprise (someone doing something).
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#(lb) To travel by means of.
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#*:After about a kilometer I caught a taxi to Santa Croce.
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#*2002 , Orpha Caton,
#*:Had Nancy got caught with a child? If so she would destroy her parent's dreams for her.
(lb) To seize hold of.
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#*:Her aged Nourse, whose name was Glaucè hight, / Feeling her leape out of her loathed nest, / Betwixt her feeble armes her quickly keight .
#(lb) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
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#(lb) To grip or entangle.
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#(lb) To be held back or impeded.
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#*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
#(lb) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process. (jump)
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#(lb) To have something be held back or impeded.
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#(lb) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
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#(lb) Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
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#*1906 , Arthur W. Stevens,
#*:Stop gathering, in that gradual fashion, and catch the water sharply and decisively.
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# To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
#*2001 , John Lull,
#*:If you are surfing a wave through the rocks, make sure you have a clear route before catching the wave.
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(lb) To intercept.
#(lb) To seize or intercept a object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
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#*1811 , (Jane Austen), (Sense and Sensibility) , :
#*:she internally resolved henceforward to catch every opportunity of eyeing the hair and of satisfying herself,.
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(lb) To receive (by being in the way).
#(lb) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
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#(lb) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
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#(lb) To be infected by (an illness).
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#(lb) To spread by infection or similar means.
#*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
#*:Does the sedition catch from man to man?
#*(Mary Martha Sherwood) (1775–1851)
#*:He accosted Mrs. Browne very civilly, told her his wife was very ill, and said he was sadly troubled to get a white woman to nurse her: "For," said he, "Mrs. Simpson has set it abroad that her fever is catching ."
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#*2003 , Jerry Dennis,
#*:the sails caught and filled, and the boat jumped to life beneath us.
#(lb) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
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#(lb) To be hit by something. (jump)
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#(lb) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
#*{{quote-book, year=1877, title=
, passage=The nets caught well, and Mr. Deeley reported it the best fishing ground he ever tried.}}
# To get pregnant.
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(lb) To take in with one's senses or intellect.
#(lb) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. (jump)
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#*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
#(lb) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
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#(lb) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
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(lb) To seize attention, interest.
#(lb) To charm or entrance.
#*2004 , Catherine Asaro,
#*:No, a far more natural beauty caught him.
#(lb) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
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In transitive terms the difference between miss and catch
is that miss is to be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.) while catch is to attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).As verbs the difference between miss and catch
is that miss is to fail to hit while catch is To capture, overtake.As nouns the difference between miss and catch
is that miss is a failure to hit while catch is the act of seizing or capturing. {{jump|act of capturing}} singular.miss
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) missen, from (etyl) .Verb
(es)- I missed the target.
- I tried to kick the ball, but missed .
- Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss .
- Flying bullets now, / To execute his rage, appear too slow; / They miss , or sweep but common souls away.
- to miss an opportunity
- When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.
- I miss you! Come home soon!
- What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss .
- The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
- miss the joke
- Joe missed the meeting this morning.
- I missed the plane!
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- Amongst the angels, a whole legion / Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss; / What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss ?
- What here shall miss , our toil shall strive to mend.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeAntonyms
* (to fail to hit) hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with * (to feel the absence of) have, featureDerived terms
* hit-and-miss * miss a trick * miss the mark * miss the point * miss the boat * miss fire, misfire * miss out * near missNoun
(es)- I think I’ll give the meeting a miss .
Etymology 2
From (mistress).Noun
(wikipedia miss)- You may sit here, miss .
- You may sit here, Miss Jones.
- Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, / Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses .
- (Evelyn)
catch
English
Noun
- The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.
- The player made an impressive catch .
- Nice catch !
- Good catch . I never would have remembered that.
- The kids love to play catch .
- Did you see his latest catch ?
- He's a good catch .
- The fishermen took pictures of their catch .
- The catch amounted to five tons of swordfish.
- She installed a sturdy catch to keep her cabinets closed tight.
- There was a catch in his voice when he spoke his father's name.
- It sounds like a great idea, but what's the catch ?
- Be careful, that's a catch question.
- I bent over to see under the table and got a catch in my side.
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- The common and the canon law lie at catch , and wait advantages one against another.
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- Fourteene miles Northward from the river Powhatan, is the river Pamaunke, which is navigable 60 or 70 myles, but with Catches and small Barkes 30 or 40 myles farther.
- Let us be jocund: will you troll the catch / You taught me but while-ere?
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- It has been writ by catches with many intervals.
- We retain a catch of those pretty stories.
Synonyms
* (jump) seizure, capture, collar, snatch * grasp, snatch * observation * prize, find; conquest, beau * (jump) haul, take * stop, chock; clasp, latch * snag, problem; trick, gimmick, hitch * (jump) snatch, fragment; snippet, bit * (jump) chorus, refrain, burdenDerived terms
* bycatch * catch fence * catchful * catchy * crowd catchVerb
Ann Vickers, p.108:
Medea, p.23:
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea, passage=The visitors started brightly and had an early chance when Valencia's experienced captain David Albeda gifted the ball to Fernando Torres, but the striker was caught by defender Adil Rami as he threatened to shoot.}}
In the Name of the Father, p.111:
Shadow on the Creek, pp.102-103:
Practical Rowing with Scull and Sweep, p.63:
Sea Kayaking Safety & Rescue, p.203:
The Living Great Lakes, p.63:
Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, page=135
The Moon's Shadow, p.40: