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Ratchet vs Rachet - What's the difference?

ratchet | rachet |

As nouns the difference between rachet and ratchet

is that rachet is ratchet while ratchet is a pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

As adjectives the difference between rachet and ratchet

is that rachet is low-down, of low quality while ratchet is ghetto (unseemly and indecorous.

As a verb ratchet is

to cause to become incremented or decremented.

ratchet

English

(wikipedia ratchet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
  • A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
  • A ratchet wrench.
  • (analogous ) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
    • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to become incremented or decremented.
  • To increment or decrement.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US, slang) ghetto (unseemly and indecorous)

    • Anagrams

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    rachet

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • ratchet

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly an alteration of wretched.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) low-down, of low quality

    • Anagrams

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