different between vouch vs youch

English

Etymology

From Middle English vouchen, that borrowed from Old French voucher, from Latin voc?re, present active infinitive of voc?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?t?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?

Verb

vouch (third-person singular simple present vouches, present participle vouching, simple past and past participle vouched)

1. To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
2. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations

   Synonyms: attest, affirm, avouch

   • October 28, 1705, Francis Atterbury, a sermon

     They made him ashamed first to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.
3. To back; to support; to confirm.
4. To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
5. (obsolete) To call; to summon.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour

     [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.

6. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
7. To call as a witness.
8. To assert; to aver; to declare.

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Related terms

• avouch

Translations

Noun

vouch (plural vouches)

1. Warrant; attestation.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t?

Interjection

youch

1. Synonym of ouch

   Youch! I stubbed my toe!

Anagrams

• ouchy