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Scratches vs Scratcher - What's the difference?

scratches | scratcher |

As nouns the difference between scratches and scratcher

is that scratches is while scratcher is someone who scratches.

As a verb scratches

is (scratch).

scratches

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (scratch)

    • scratcher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who scratches.
  • A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
  • (lottery) A scratch card.
  • A bed. (etymology: rhyming slang, rhymes with "scratch your head") usage references: [http://publicaddress.net/default,4110.sm] [http://www.triskelartscentre.ie/issc/] [http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056009813] [http://www.druidschool.com/site/1030100/page/901713)
  • (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * back scratcher/back-scratcher * head scratcher/head-scratcher * butt scratcher/butt-scratcher