Patch vs. Upgrade
Patchnoun
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
Patchnoun
A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
Patchnoun
A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
Patchnoun
A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
Patchnoun
A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
Patchnoun
A local region of professional responsibility.
Patchnoun
(historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
Patchnoun
(medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
Patchnoun
(medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
Patchnoun
(medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
Patchnoun
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
Patchnoun
(computing) A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
Patchnoun
(firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
Patchnoun
(firearms) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
Patchnoun
A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
Patchnoun
A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
Patchnoun
An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
Patchnoun
(archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
Patchverb
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
Patchverb
To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
Patchverb
To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
Patchverb
To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
Patchverb
To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
Patchverb
(generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
Patchverb
(computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
Patchverb
To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
Patchverb
To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
Patchverb
To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
Patchnoun
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
Patchnoun
A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
Patchnoun
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
Patchnoun
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
Patchnoun
Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
Patchnoun
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
Patchnoun
A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
Patchverb
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
Patchverb
To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
Patchverb
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
Patchverb
To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; - generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
Patchnoun
a small contrasting part of something;
Patchnoun
a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation;
Patchnoun
a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
Patchnoun
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;
Patchnoun
a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
Patchnoun
a connection intended to be used for a limited time
Patchnoun
sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment);
Patchnoun
a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
Patchnoun
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
Patchverb
to join or unite the pieces of;
Patchverb
provide with a patch; also used metaphorically;
Patchverb
mend by putting a patch on;
Patchverb
repair by adding pieces;
Upgradenoun
An upward grade or slope.
Upgradenoun
An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology
Upgradenoun
An improvement
Upgradeverb
(transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components
Upgradeverb
(transitive) To replace with something better.
Upgradeverb
(transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to
Upgradeverb
(intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
Upgradeverb
To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name. en
Upgradeadverb
Up a slope or grade.
Upgradenoun
an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
Upgradenoun
software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
Upgradenoun
a reservation that is upgraded;
Upgradenoun
the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
Upgradenoun
hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
Upgradenoun
the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components);
Upgradeverb
rate higher; raise in value or esteem
Upgradeverb
to improve, especially something that was old or outdated;
Upgradeverb
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;
Upgradeverb
get better travel conditions;
Upgradeverb
give better travel conditions to;
