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Ratch vs Ratchet - What's the difference?

ratch | ratchet |

As nouns the difference between ratch and ratchet

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

As a verb ratchet is

to cause to become incremented or decremented.

ratch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A ratchet wheel; a toothed wheel engaging a detent or pawl.

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    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.
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    • , 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)

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