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Witcher vs Pitcher - What's the difference?

witcher | pitcher |

As nouns the difference between witcher and pitcher

is that witcher is dowser while pitcher is one who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc or pitcher can be 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.

As a contraction witcher

is .

witcher

English

Etymology 1

witch (verb) ; from popular belief that dowsing was a supernatural act.

Noun

(en noun)
  • dowser
  • Etymology 2

    Contraction of (with) + (your)

    Contraction

    (head)
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  • English contractions English non-constituents

    pitcher

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia pitcher) (to throw, etc. ) + -er

    Noun

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

    From (etyl) picher, from (etyl) pichier, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • (botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See .
  • Derived terms
    * little pitchers have big ears

    Anagrams

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