As nouns the difference between pitcher and potcher
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 potcher is a machine in which rags, after being washed, are stirred and bleached as part of a process for making paper.
pitcher
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.
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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potcher
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A machine in which rags, after being washed, are stirred and bleached as part of a process for making paper
The operator of such a machine; a potcherman
References
*Thesaurus of Pulp and Papermaking Terminology Institute of Paper Science and Technology 1991 