Potch vs Patch - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between potch and patch

is that potch is to thrust while patch is to mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

As nouns the difference between potch and patch

is that potch is a type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling while patch is a piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.

As a proper noun Patch is

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potch

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ; akin to (poach).

Verb

To thrust.

* (editors), ''Cassell's Illustrated Shakespeare: The Plays of Shakespeare , Volume 3: Tragedies, page 83,

I'll potch at him some way, / Or wrath or craft may get him.

To trample.

* 1837 , John Orville Taylor, The Farmer?s School Book , page 116,

Afterwards, the second pasture should be treated in the same manner, and the rest in course, feeding the wettest pasture after the driest, that the soil may be less potched .

Etymology 2

Noun

(-)

(chiefly, Australia, mineralogy, gemmology) A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.

* 1982 , Gemmological Association of Great Britain, The Journal of Gemmology , Volume 18, page 432,

Discusses the difference between potch' opal and common opal. The terms are often used synonymously, but this writer shows that ' potch is found only in association with precious opal and differs from common opal in its structure quite substantially.

* 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 75,

She set them down with precision, she set them down with the same kind of care that Bernie took when he and his underlings cut opal, or when they polished the rough stones, or when they bonded opal veneer on to potch .

* 2006 , Michael O'Donoghue, Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification , 6th Edition, Elsevier, UK, page 321,

Likewise, a thin piece of good opal on potch' (opal with no play of colour) may be cut so that the ' potch acts as a backing.

Etymology 3

Verb

(es)

(to cook in simmering water).

(Wiseman)

* 1627 , , Sylva Sylvarum: Or, A Natural History, in Ten Centuries , 1670, page 14,

The Yolks of Eggs'' are of them?elves ?o well prepared by ''Nature'' for nourishment, as (?o they be Potched , or Rear boyled) they need no other preparation or mixture; yet they may be taken al?o raw, when they are new laid, with ''Malm?ey'' or ''Sweet Wine .

* 1849 , , Thomas Johnson (translator), Adriaan van den Spiegel (additional tractates), Concerning the Plague'', ''The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambro?e Parey , page 553,

Eggs potched and eaten with the juice of Sorrel, are verie good. Likewi?e Barlie-water ?ea?oned with the grains of a tart Pomgranat, and if the Fever bee vehement, with the ?eeds of white Poppie.

* 1860 , Notes and Queries'', ''The Medical Times and Gazette , Volume 1: For 1860, page 167,

And if a man should break his fast with a light and nourishing meate, then I say there is nothing better than a couple of egges potched , or the yolkes of two egges sodden rere and put in one shell, seasoned with a little pepper, butter and salt, supped off warme, drinking after it a good draught of claret wine.

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patch

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) patche, . Alternatively, perhaps a variant of (etyl) .

Noun

(es)

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.

His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away.

A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch .

A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant).
This usage can mean that the repair is temporary because it is an early but necessary step in the process of properly, completely repairing something,

Before you can fix a dam, you have to apply a patch to the hole so that everything can dry off.
or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.

"This patch should hold until you reach the city," the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood.

A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size);

The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.

The storms last summer washed away parts of the road so we can expect some rough patches up ahead.

To me, a normal cow is white with black patches , but Sarah's from Texas and most of the cows there have solid brown, black, or red coats.

Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?

I lost my locket in this patch of grass here.

When ice skating, be sure to stay away from reeds, there's always thin patches of ice there and you could fall through.

I never get first place because on track eight, right after you pass the windmill, there's a patch of oil in the road that always gets me.

A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

Your black patches you wear variously.

(medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.

(medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.

Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine.

(medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.

He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch .

A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

(computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.

A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.

A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.

A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).

Synonyms

* (piece of black silk) beauty spot * section, area, blotch, spot, period of time, spell, stretch * diff file

Derived terms

* cabbage patch * not a patch on * patch file * patch up * patchwork * patchy

Verb

(es)

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

*, chapter=8

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To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.

To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.

To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.

A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.

* (rfdate) The Matrix Revolutions , Scene: Starting the Logos, 00:43:09 - 00:43:32

[the control panel of hovercraft'' The Logos ''has lit up after being jumped by'' The Hammer]
Sparky: ''She lives again.''
Crew member of The Hammer via radio: ''You want us to patch an uplink to reload the software, Sparky?''
Sparky: ''Yeah, that'd be swell. And can you clean the windshield while you're at it?

To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; – generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.

(computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:

# To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.

# To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.

To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

Synonyms

* See also

Etymology 2

Noun

(es)

(archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

* 1610 , , act 3 scene 2

What a pied ninny's this! Thou scurvy patch !

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