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Ratching vs Latching - What's the difference?

ratching | latching |

As verbs the difference between ratching and latching

is that ratching is while latching is .

As an adjective latching is

of something that es.

As a noun latching is

(nautical) a loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.

ratching

English

Verb

(head)
  • Anagrams

    *

    latching

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • Of something that es.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author=(Henry Petroski) , title=Opening Doors , volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3 , magazine= citation , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.