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Mitching vs Witching - What's the difference?

mitching | witching |

As verbs the difference between mitching and witching

is that mitching is present participle of lang=en while witching is present participle of lang= en.

As nouns the difference between mitching and witching

is that mitching is pilfering; skulking while witching is an act of witchcraft.

mitching

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • Pilfering; skulking.
  • Playing truant.
  • *1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 6:
  • *:As soon as she was out of the front gate, my father would say, ‘Come along, son: let's go mitchin' !’ and we'd go out to the shed at the back [...].
  • A pretense of poverty.

    • witching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of witchcraft.
  • * 2002 , Christine Gentry, When Spirits Walk (page 28)
    • There was a lot of information to draw upon because his occupation exposed him to more witchings every month than most individuals experienced in a life time.