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Notch vs Hotch - What's the difference?

notch | hotch |

As verbs the difference between notch and hotch

is that notch is to cut a notch in (something) while hotch is to move irregularly up and down.

As a noun notch

is a v-shaped cut.

notch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A V-shaped cut.
  • Such a cut, used for keeping a record
    • ''The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
  • An indentation.
  • A mountain pass; a defile
  • (informal) A level or degree.
    • ''This car is a notch better than the other.
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:
    • A better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.

    Derived terms

    * notch on one's bedpost, notch on the bedpost * notchback * notchboard * top notch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cut a notch in (something).
  • To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
    • The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
  • To join by means of notches.
  • To achieve (something).
    • The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * notcher * notchy

    hotch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To move irregularly up and down.
  • To swarm ((with)).
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 314:
    • What if I went up? Imagine nobody had done it before. It would be hoaching with balls and stuff, hundreds of things.