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Parching vs Arching - What's the difference?

parching | arching |

As adjectives the difference between parching and arching

is that parching is capable of causing something to parch while arching is (nautical) hogging, opposed to sagging.

As verbs the difference between parching and arching

is that parching is while arching is .

As a noun arching is

the arched part of a structure.

parching

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of causing something to parch.
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  • I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it.

    Verb

    (head)
  • arching

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The arched part of a structure.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (nautical) hogging, opposed to sagging
  • (Webster 1913)

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