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Perch vs Parch - What's the difference?

perch | parch |

As a proper noun perch

is .

As a verb parch is

to burn the surface of, to scorch.

As a noun parch is

the condition of being parched.

perch

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) perca, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca .
  • Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae.
  • Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
    • Hyponyms
    * Balkhash perch, European perch, yellow perch * (fish in family Percidae) darter, pike-perch, zander * (fish in order Perciformes) bass
    Derived terms
    * (black perch) * (blue perch) * (grey perch) * (gray perch) * (red perch) * (red-bellied perch) * (perch pest) * (silver perch) * (stone perch) * (striped perch) * (white perch)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird
  • * Tennyson
    • Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of winged ambitions.
  • A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
  • a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated
  • (dated) a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure
  • a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet
  • (textiles) a frame used to examine cloth
    • Derived terms
    * knock someone off his perch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.
  • To stay in an elevated position.
  • To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.}}
  • (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a .

    • parch

    English

    Verb

  • To burn the surface of, to scorch.
    • The sun today could parch cement.
  • To roast, as dry grain.
  • * Bible, Leviticus xxiii. 14
    • Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn.
  • To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
    • The patient's mouth is parched from fever.
  • (colloquial) To make thirsty.
    • We're parched , hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?
  • (archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in , a type of mushy peas ).
  • To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
    • The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.

    Noun

    (parches)
  • The condition of being parched.
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 64:
    • Yet here he is, not at the head, but somewhere toward the rear of the serpentine queue wending its way through all this parch […].
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