Touch vs Kick - What's the difference?
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Primarily physical senses.
# (label) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
# (label) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
# (label) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
# (label) To make physical contact with a thing.
# (label) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
#* (Bible), (w) xxvi. 28, 29
# (label) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
# (label) To consume, or otherwise use.
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# (label) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
#* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby-Dick) :
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#* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society (2012), page 189:
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# To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
# (label) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
# To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
# (label) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
Primarily non-physical senses.
# (label) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
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# (label) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on'' or ''upon something).
#* 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
# (label) To concern, to have to do with.
#* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) V:
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#* 1919 , (Saki), ‘The Penance’, The Toys of Peace , Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 423:
# (label) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
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# (label) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
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# (label) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
#* 1928 , , "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in (Lord Peter Views the Body) ,
#* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
# To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
(label) To infect; to affect slightly.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
To perform, as a tune; to play.
* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
A little bit; a small amount.
* Shakespeare
The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
A relationship of close communication or understanding.
The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
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Act or power of exciting emotion.
* Shakespeare
An emotion or affection.
* Hooker
Personal reference or application.
* Francis Bacon
A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
* Dryden
A brief essay.
* Jonathan Swift
A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
* Shakespeare
* Fuller
Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
* Carew
* Shakespeare
The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
The children's game of tag.
To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
* 1877 , , Chapter 1: My Early Home,
* 1895 , , Chapter XII: Friends and Foes,
* 1905 , , Chapter 6,
* 1919 , , The Teacher: concerning Kate Swift,
To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
* 1904 , , Chapter II: Rope Jumping, and What Followed,
To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
* 1905 , , Chapter 7,
To eject summarily.
* 1936 October,
* 1976 February 3, ,
(Internet) To remove a participant from an online activity.
(slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free onself of (a problem).
To move or push suddenly and violently.
* 2011 , Tom Andry,
(of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
* 2003 , Jennifer C. D. Groomes, The Falcon Project ,
* 2006 , Daniel D. Scherschel, Maple Grove ,
A hit or strike with the leg or foot or knee.
* 1890 , , Chapter VII: A Raid on the Stable-Beer Dives,
* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
The action of swinging a foot or leg.
(colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
(Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to kick.
(figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
(uncountable, and, countable) piquancy
* 2002 , Ellen and Michael Albertson, Temptations , , ISBN 0743229800, page 124 [http://books.google.com/books?id=cITFVpz2ri8C&pg=PA124&dq=kick]:
* 2003 , Sheree Bykofsky and Megan Buckley, Sexy City Cocktails , , ISBN 1580629172, page 129 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GBO9qF3uXYUC&pg=PA129&dq=kick]:
* 2007 August 27, , volume 83, Issues 22-28
A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
(soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
(soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
a recoil of a gun.
(informal) pocket
An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
(chess) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
As nouns the difference between touch and kick
is that touch is an act of touching, especially with the hand or finger while kick is kick.As a verb touch
is primarily physical senses.touch
English
Verb
(es)- Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee.
- Now a certain grand merchant ship once touched at Rokovoko, and its commander — from all accounts, a very stately punctilious gentleman, at least for a sea captain — this commander was invited to the wedding feast of Queequeg's sister, a pretty young princess just turned of ten.
- But in fact the English kings of the seventeenth century usually began to touch form the day of their accession, without waiting for any such consecration.
- Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch' upon gold, that will not ' touch upon silver.
- Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure fear; for besides those terrors which I have before touched ,which much trouble many of us.
- "Well, but since we have touched upon this business, and for the last time I hope," continued the doctor, "there is one point I should like you to understand."
- Men of Israhell take hede to youreselves what ye entende to do as touchinge these men.
- And now it seemed he was engaged in something which touched them closely, but must be hidden from their knowledge.
- There was his mistress, Maria Morano. I don't think I've ever seen anything to touch her, and when you work for the screen [as I do] you're apt to have a pretty exacting standard of female beauty.
Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that touches 20%.
- I mean to touch your love indeed.
- The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right.
- (Francis Bacon)
- [They] touched their golden harps.
- A person in the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet.
- No decree of mine,[to] touch with lightest moment of impulse his free will.
Derived terms
* touch a nerve * touch base * touch bottom * touch down * touch off * touch on * touch the hem of someone's garment * touch up * touch woodNoun
(es)- Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a touch at my shoulder.
- With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.
- He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch .
- Clever touches like this are what make her such a brilliant writer.
- Move it left just a touch and it will be perfect.
- Madam, I have a touch of your condition.
- He got the ball, and kicked it straight out into touch .
- He promised to keep in touch while he was away.
- I used to be a great chess player but I've lost my touch .
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- Not alone / The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches , / Do strongly speak to us.
- a true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy
- Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used.
- Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design.
- Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch .
- Now do I play the touch .
- a neat new monument of touch and alabaster
- equity, the true touch of all laws
- friends of noble touch
- a heavy touch''', or a light '''touch
Derived terms
* common touch * in touch * light touch * lose one's touch * lose touch * out of touch * soft touch * touch football * touch-kick * touchless * touch oneself * touch-paper * touch piece * touch-typeStatistics
*Anagrams
* 1000 English basic wordskick
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See (l).Verb
(en verb)- Did you kick your brother?
- Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.
- I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.
- A punt is made by letting the ball drop from the hands and kicking it just before it touches the ground.
- Will Henderson, who had on a light overcoat and no overshoes, kicked the heel of his left foot with the toe of the right.
- He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick .
- "If you did that, I'd kick'," answered Freddie, and began to ' kick real hard into the air.
- Kick the ball into the goal.
- Sometimes he can kick' the ball forward along the ground until it is ' kicked in goal, where he can fall on it for a touchdown.
- "He's been mad at me ever since I fired him off'n my payroll. After I kicked him off'n my ranch he run for sheriff, and the night of the election everybody was so drunk they voted for him by mistake, or for a joke, or somethin', and since he's been in office he's been lettin' the sheepmen steal me right out of house and home."
- They are the ones who give hobbyists a bad name, and should be kicked out of any club meeting they show up at.
- He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.
- By taking that medication, he managed to get his triggered phobia of heights kicked .
- I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.
- He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.
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- The back of the car kicked out violently, forcing me to steer into the slide and accelerate in order to maintain control.
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- Lying on the ground, when fired, it kicked me back a foot. There was no way a person my size was going to be able to do an effective job with this gun.
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- I asked my sister Jeanette if she wanted to shoot the 12 ga. shotgun. She replied, "does it kick "?
Descendants
* German: (l)Noun
(en noun)- A kick to the knee.
- A kick of his boot-heel sent the door flying into the room.
- Elsad Zverotic gave Montenegro hope with a goal with the last kick of the first half - and when Rooney was deservedly shown red by referee Wolfgang Stark, England were placed under pressure they could not survive.
- The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.
- I finally saw the show. What a kick !
- I think I sprained something on my latest exercise kick .
- The car had a nasty kick the whole way.
- The pool ball took a wild kick , up off the table.
- Add a little cascabel pepper to ordinary tomato sauce to give it a kick .
- For extra kick , hollow out a lime, float it on top of the drink, and fill it with tequila.
- The first time I saw "Deep Water," the trace of mystery in the Crowhurst affair gave the movie a kick of excitement.
- a long kick up the field.