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Patching vs Pitching - What's the difference?

patching | pitching |

As verbs the difference between patching and pitching

is that patching is present participle of lang=en while pitching is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between patching and pitching

is that patching is the act of one who patches while pitching is the act of throwing or casting.

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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    pitching

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.

    See also

    * pitching a tent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of throwing or casting.
    • wild pitching in baseball
  • The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
    • (Mayhew)
  • (engineering) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
    • (Webster 1913)