Hatch vs. Latch

Hatchnoun

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

Hatchnoun

A trapdoor.

Hatchnoun

An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

Hatchnoun

A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.

Hatchnoun

An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine.

Hatchnoun

(slang) A gullet.

Hatchnoun

A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.

Hatchnoun

A floodgate; a sluice gate.

Hatchnoun

(Scotland) A bedstead.

Hatchnoun

(mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.

Hatchnoun

The act of hatching.

Hatchnoun

Development; disclosure; discovery.

Hatchnoun

(poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.

Hatchnoun

(often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.

Hatchnoun

(informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."

Hatchverb

(transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.

Hatchverb

(intransitive) (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.

Hatchverb

(intransitive) (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.

Hatchverb

(transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.

Hatchverb

(transitive) To devise.

Hatchverb

(transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).

Hatchverb

To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

Hatchverb

To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.

Hatchverb

To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

Hatchverb

To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched.

Hatchverb

To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy.

Hatchverb

To produce young; - said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; - said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.

Hatchverb

To close with a hatch or hatches.

Hatchnoun

The act of hatching.

Hatchnoun

Development; disclosure; discovery.

Hatchnoun

The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.

Hatchnoun

A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.

Hatchnoun

A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.

Hatchnoun

A flood gate; a sluice gate.

Hatchnoun

A bedstead.

Hatchnoun

An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.

Hatchnoun

An opening into, or in search of, a mine.

Hatchnoun

the production of young from an egg

Hatchnoun

shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

Hatchnoun

a movable barrier covering a hatchway

Hatchverb

emerge from the eggs;

Hatchverb

devise or invent;

Hatchverb

inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

Hatchverb

draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper;

Hatchverb

sit on (eggs);

Hatchnoun

a door in an aircraft, spacecraft, or submarine.

Hatchnoun

the rear door of a hatchback car

Hatchnoun

short for hatchback

Hatchnoun

a newly hatched brood

Hatchverb

(of an egg) open and produce a young animal

Hatchverb

incubate (an egg).

Hatchverb

(of a young bird, fish, or reptile) emerge from its egg

Hatchverb

cause (a young animal) to emerge from its egg

Hatchverb

conspire to devise (a plot or plan)

Hatchverb

(in fine art and technical drawing) shade (an area) with closely drawn parallel lines

Latchverb

To close or lock as if with a latch.

Latchverb

(transitive) To catch; lay hold of.

Latchverb

(obsolete) To smear; to anoint.

Latchnoun

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

Latchnoun

A flip-flop electronic circuit

Latchnoun

(obsolete) A latching.

Latchnoun

(obsolete) A crossbow.

Latchnoun

(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

Latchnoun

A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.

Latchnoun

(database) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.

Latchverb

To smear; to anoint.

Latchverb

To catch so as to hold.

Latchverb

To catch or fasten by means of a latch.

Latchnoun

That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

Latchnoun

A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.

Latchnoun

A latching.

Latchnoun

A crossbow.

Latchnoun

spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

Latchnoun

catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

Latchverb

fasten with a latch;

Latch

A latch or catch (called sneck in Northern England and Scotland) is a type of mechanical fastener that joins two (or more) objects or surfaces while allowing for their regular separation. A latch typically engages another piece of hardware on the other mounting surface.