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Pitcher vs Comebacker - What's the difference?

pitcher | comebacker |

As nouns the difference between pitcher and comebacker

is that pitcher is one who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc or pitcher can be a wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle while comebacker is (baseball) a pop fly that falls behind home plate, typically caught by the catcher for an out.

pitcher

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

(wikipedia pitcher) (to throw, etc. ) + -er

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
  • (baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
  • (chiefly, US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
  • (obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
    • External links
    * (wikipedia "pitcher")

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) picher, from (etyl) pichier, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
  • (botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See .
    • Derived terms
    * little pitchers have big ears
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    comebacker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball) A pop fly that falls behind home plate, typically caught by the catcher for an out
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 29, author=Ben Shpigel, title=Two Hits, One Short and One Far, Beat the Mets, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The next hitter, Jayson Werth, reached on a broken-bat infield single, and Greg Dobbs walked to load the bases, but Heilman induced a comebacker from Chris Coste to end the rally. }}
  • (baseball) A hard-hit batted ball that travels toward the mound, or between the shortstop and second baseman.
    • It's a combacker past second base for a single.
  • (baseball) A batted ball that is hit toward the pitcher.
    • The pitcher fields the comebacker and throws it to first for the out.
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