Perch vs Pech - What's the difference?
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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.
a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird
* Tennyson
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
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
(transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a .
(Scotland, Northern England) To pant, to struggle for breath.
*1933 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Cloud Howe'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 321:
*:Then Chris saw Bruce, the porter, come in, with the mark on his jaw where his godfather hit him, then Leslie, the smith, paiching and sweating, he dropped his stick with an awful clatter.
*1955 , (Robin Jenkins), The Cone-Gatherers , Canongate 2012, p. 207:
*:When Graham reached him, however, he felt so exhausted he could not immediately explain; he had to sit on the ground, peching like a seal.
*1994 , (James Kelman), How Late it Was, How Late :
*:If he could just stop breathing and listen but he was peching too much from the climb.
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As a proper noun perch
is .As a verb pech is
(scotland|northern england) to pant, to struggle for breath.perch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) perche, from (etyl) perca, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)Hyponyms
* Balkhash perch, European perch, yellow perch * (fish in family Percidae) darter, pike-perch, zander * (fish in order Perciformes) bassDerived 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)- Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of winged ambitions.
Derived terms
* knock someone off his perchVerb
(es)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.}}