different between pitcher vs patcher

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t??(?)
• Homophone: picture (US, regional)

Etymology 1

pitch +? -er

Noun

pitcher (plural pitchers)

1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
2. (baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
4. (obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.

Translations

Further reading

• pitcher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small jug”), bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin p?c?rium, alteration of b?c?rium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek ????? (bîkos). Doublet of beaker.

Noun

pitcher (plural pitchers)

1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
2. (botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.

Derived terms

• little pitchers have big ears

Translations

Further reading

• Pitcher (container) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Noun

pitcher (plural pitchers)

1. Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English.
   • 1934, William Byron Mowery, Challenge of the North:

     She's purtier'n uh pitcher, son, but what in th' name o' thunderin' snakes c'n you do with 'er in this here country?

   • 2015, Stephen Gresham, Rockabye Baby:

     Nineteen sixty-nine, shore as hell, Clay Lawrence —that magazine had uh pitcher of ya—was uh All-American defensive back at the University of Missouri.

Anagrams

• Petrich, priceth, repitch

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French piquer (“to pierce with the tip of a sword”), from Vulgar Latin p?ccare (“to sting, strike”), from Frankish *pikk?n.

Verb

pitcher

1. to prick

Spanish

Etymology

From English.

Noun

pitcher m (plural pitchers)

1. Alternative spelling of pícher

English

Etymology

patch +? -er

Noun

patcher (plural patchers)

1. A person who patches something.
2. (computing) A process or program that applies a software patch.
   • 2006, Elizabeth Drake, 50 Plus One Tips to Preventing Identity Theft (page 26)

     It is hidden in an installer, license key generator or patcher that you will need to access the offered video or software.

3. (mining, historical) The driver's assistant or lackey in a team of miners.

Anagrams

• carpeth, chapter, chaptre, pearcht, preacht, repatch

Norman

Alternative forms

• patchi (Jersey)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare French paquer.

Verb

patcher

1. (Guernsey) to pack