different between watcher vs catcher

English

Etymology

From Middle English wacchere, wachere, wacher, equivalent to watch +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t??(r)
• Hyphenation: watch?er

Noun

watcher (plural watchers)

1. Someone who watches or observes.
   1. (chiefly as the final element in compounds) Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
   2. (US politics) A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities.
2. Someone who keeps vigil.
3. A guard.
4. (chiefly historical, Judaism, Christianity) A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.

Derived terms

• firewatcher
• weight-watcher

Translations

Anagrams

• Carthew, Wachter, rewatch

English

Etymology

catch +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt?.?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæt?.?/, /?k?t?.?/
• Rhymes: -æt??(?), -?t??(?)

Noun

catcher (plural catchers)

1. Someone or something that catches.
2. (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.

Coordinate terms

• (baseball player): infielder, outfielder, pitcher

Derived terms

• eye-catcher, eyecatcher

Translations

Anagrams

• recatch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat.?e/

Verb

catcher

1. to wrestle
2. (Quebec) to catch
3. (Quebec) to catch, get (understand fully)

Conjugation

Anagrams

• créchât

Spanish

Noun

catcher m (plural catchers)

1. (baseball) catcher