Touched vs Vouched - What's the difference?
touched | vouched |
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
* 1845 , , Book 4, Chapter 1,
* 1868 , , Part 2, Chapter 42: All Alone,
* 1883 , , Chapter XXI: A Tempest in a Cavern,
Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
* 1913 , , Part III, Chapter IV,
* 1922 , , Episode 8: The Lestrygonians,
(touch)
(vouch)
To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
* Atterbury
To back; to support; to confirm.
* Milton
To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
* Blackstone
(obsolete) To call; to summon.
* Sir T. Elyot
To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
* Jonathan Swift
To call as a witness.
* Dryden
To assert; to aver; to declare.
Warrant; attestation.
As verbs the difference between touched and vouched
is that touched is (touch) while vouched is (vouch).As an adjective touched
is emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).touched
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "They say her Majesty is more touched about these affairs of the Chartists than anything else," said Mr Egerton.
- “If there is anything good or true in what I write, it isn’t mine. I owe it all to you and Mother and Beth,” said Jo, more touched by her father’s words than by any amount of praise from the world.
- “And you came to save me, Mr. Oliver,” answered Miss Campbell, more touched by the courage of the young man than the dangers which could still happen.
- "Don't you see he is a lunatic, prince?" whispered Evgenie Pavlovitch in his ear. "Someone told me just now that he is a bit touched on the subject of lawyers, that he has a mania for making speeches and intends to pass the examinations. I am expecting a splendid burlesque now."
- All a bit touched . Mad Fanny and his other sister Mrs Dickinson driving about with scarlet harness.
Synonyms
* (moved) affected, emotional, moved * (slightly mentally deficient) retarded (offensive ), touched in the headVerb
(head)vouched
English
Verb
(head)vouch
English
Verb
(es)- They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.
- I can vouch that the match took place.
- Me damp horror chilled / At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold.
- He vouches' the tenant in tail, who ' vouches over the common vouchee.
- [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.
- He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has affirmed.
- Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon.
- (Shakespeare)