different between terms vs dretch

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t?

Etymology 1

From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English dre??an (“to vex, irritate, trouble, torment, torture, oppress, afflict”), from Proto-Germanic *drakjan? (“to torment”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?rag-, *d?rag?- (“to bother, torment”). Cognate with Russian ??????????? (razdražát?, “to irritate”), Sanskrit ??????? (dr?ghate, “to exert oneself, be tired, torment”).

Verb

dretch (third-person singular simple present dretches, present participle dretching, simple past and past participle dretched)

1. (transitive) To vex; grill; trouble; oppress.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English *dre??an (“to draw out, delay, linger”), from Proto-Germanic *drakjan? (“to draw, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?re?- (“to pull, drag, scratch”). Cognate with Scots dratch, dretch (“to dawdle”), Dutch trekken (“to draw, pull, tear, pluck, trek”), German trecken (“to draw, trek”), Danish trække (“to draw, pull”), Norwegian dråk (“stripe”), Swedish dialectal drakig (“striped, streaked”), Icelandic rák (“streak”).

Alternative forms

• draitch, drich (Scotland)

Verb

dretch (third-person singular simple present dretches, present participle dretching, simple past and past participle dretched)

1. (intransitive) To delay; linger; tarry.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.

Noun

dretch (plural dretches)

1. An idle wench; a slattern.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A person slow in the execution of a job; a dawdler.