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Patching vs Catching - What's the difference?

patching | catching |

As verbs the difference between patching and catching

is that patching is while catching is .

As nouns the difference between patching and catching

is that patching is the act of one who patches while catching is the action of the verb catch.

As an adjective catching is

(informal) contagious.

patching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who patches.
  • * 1766 , Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield
    • all this is not neatness, but frippery. These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings , will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours.

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    catching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb catch.
  • * 1819 , Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
    • Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) contagious
  • captivating; alluring