Witched vs Mitched - What's the difference?
witched | mitched |
(witch)
A person who practices witchcraft; specifically:
#A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
#*(rfdate) Shakespeare:
#*:He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch .
#(label) A Wiccan.
# A man who practices witchcraft.
#*:
#*:Some of the kynges had merueyl of Merlyns wordes and demed well that it shold be as he said / And som of hem lough hym to scorne / as kyng Lot / and mo other called hym a wytche / But thenne were they accorded with Merlyn that kynge Arthur shold come oute and speke with the kynges
#*(rfdate) Wyclif Bible (Acts viii. 9)
#*:There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch .
(label) An ugly or unpleasant woman.
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:(Shakespeare)
One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
(label) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera .
The stormy petrel.
Any of a number of flatfish:
# (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
# (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
#, found near New Zealand.
(obsolete) To practise witchcraft
To bewitch
To dowse for water
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
English terms with homophones
(mitch)
(dialectal) To pilfer; filch; steal.
(dialectal) To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.
(Ireland, Wales) To be absent from school without a valid excuse; to play truant.
(dialectal) To grumble secretly.
(dialectal) To pretend poverty.
As verbs the difference between witched and mitched
is that witched is (witch) while mitched is (mitch).witched
English
Verb
(head)witch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wicche, from (etyl) .Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (female magic user) wizardess, sorceress * (male magic user) wizard, sorcerer, warlock * (an ugly or unpleasant woman) See ,Derived terms
(terms derived from witch) * bewitch * cold as a witch's tit * man-witch * nonwitch * witch ball * witchcraft * witch doctor * witches' brew * witches' knickers * witches' Sabbath * witchfinder * witch grass * witch hazel * witch-hunt * witching hour * witchyExternal links
* (projectlink) * (Arnoglossus scapha) * (Arnoglossus scapha)Verb
(es)- 'It approaches the witching hour'.
Derived terms
* witcherSee also
(other terms of interest) * athame * black magic * channelling * chiromancer * coven * crystal ball * curse * enchantment * familiar * fortuneteller * galdur * grimoire * hex * hoodoo * jinx * lamia * medium * necromancy * occultism * palmist * poppet * Sabbath * Satanism * scry * shaman * sorcery * spell * talisman * tarot * warlock * wicca * wizardEtymology 2
Compare wick.Noun
(es)mitched
English
Verb
(head)mitch
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) * (l) (obsolete)Verb
(es)- John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today.