Touch vs. Hit

Touchverb

Primarily physical senses.

Touchverb

(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.

Touchverb

(transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.

Touchverb

(intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.

Touchverb

(intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.

Touchverb

(transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.

Touchverb

(transitive) To cause to be briefly in contact with something.

Touchverb

(transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.

Touchverb

(transitive) To consume, or otherwise use.

Touchverb

(intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).

Touchverb

To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.

Touchverb

To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.

Touchverb

To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

Touchverb

(nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.

Touchverb

To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.

Touchverb

(nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.

Touchverb

Primarily non-physical senses.

Touchverb

(transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.

Touchverb

To deal with in speech or writing; to mention briefly, to allude to.

Touchverb

(intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).

Touchverb

(transitive) To concern, to have to do with.

Touchverb

(transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.

Touchverb

To affect in a negative way, especially only slightly.

Touchverb

To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.

Touchverb

To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).

Touchverb

To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".

Touchverb

To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.

Touchverb

(transitive) To come close to; to approach.

Touchverb

To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.

Touchverb

To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

Touchverb

To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

Touchverb

(obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.

Touchverb

To strike; to manipulate; to play on.

Touchverb

To perform, as a tune; to play.

Touchverb

To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

Touchnoun

An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.

Touchnoun

The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.

Touchnoun

The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.

Touchnoun

A distinguishing feature or characteristic.

Touchnoun

A little bit; a small amount.

Touchnoun

The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.

Touchnoun

A relationship of close communication or understanding.

Touchnoun

The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.

Touchnoun

(obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.

Touchnoun

(obsolete) An emotion or affection.

Touchnoun

(obsolete) Personal reference or application.

Touchnoun

A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Touchnoun

(obsolete) A brief essay.

Touchnoun

(obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.

Touchnoun

(obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.

Touchnoun

(music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.

Touchnoun

(shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.

Touchnoun

The children's game of tag.

Touchnoun

(bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.

Touchnoun

(slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.

Touchnoun

tallow

Touchverb

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

Touchverb

To perceive by the sense of feeling.

Touchverb

To come to; to reach; to attain to.

Touchverb

To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

Touchverb

To relate to; to concern; to affect.

Touchverb

To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.

Touchverb

To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.

Touchverb

To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften; especially, to cause feelings of pity, compassion, sympathy, or gratitude in.

Touchverb

To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

Touchverb

To infect; to affect slightly.

Touchverb

To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

Touchverb

To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.

Touchverb

To perform, as a tune; to play.

Touchverb

To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

Touchverb

To harm, afflict, or distress.

Touchverb

To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; - rarely used except in the past participle.

Touchverb

To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.

Touchverb

To lay a hand upon for curing disease.

Touchverb

To compare with; to be equal to; - usually with a negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire.

Touchverb

To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch one for a loan; hence, to steal from.

Touchverb

To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.

Touchverb

To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

Touchverb

To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; - often with on or upon.

Touchverb

To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.

Touchnoun

The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.

Touchnoun

The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile.

Touchnoun

Act or power of exciting emotion.

Touchnoun

An emotion or affection.

Touchnoun

Personal reference or application.

Touchnoun

A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.

Touchnoun

A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Touchnoun

Feature; lineament; trait.

Touchnoun

The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.

Touchnoun

A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.

Touchnoun

A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.

Touchnoun

A slight and brief essay.

Touchnoun

A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.

Touchnoun

Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.

Touchnoun

The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.

Touchnoun

The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.

Touchnoun

That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.

Touchnoun

A boys' game; tag.

Touchnoun

A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.

Touchnoun

An act of borrowing or stealing.

Touchnoun

Tallow; - a plumber's term.

Touchnoun

the event of something coming in contact with the body;

Touchnoun

the faculty of touch;

Touchnoun

a suggestion of some quality;

Touchnoun

a distinguishing style;

Touchnoun

the act of putting two things together with no space between them;

Touchnoun

a slight but appreciable addition;

Touchnoun

a communicative interaction;

Touchnoun

a slight attack of illness;

Touchnoun

the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan);

Touchnoun

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;

Touchnoun

deftness in handling matters;

Touchnoun

the feel of mechanical action;

Touchverb

make physical contact with, come in contact with;

Touchverb

perceive via the tactile sense;

Touchverb

affect emotionally;

Touchverb

have to do with or be relevant to;

Touchverb

be in direct physical contact with; make contact;

Touchverb

have an effect upon;

Touchverb

deal with; usually used with a form of negation;

Touchverb

cause to be in brief contact with;

Touchverb

to extend as far as;

Touchverb

be equal to in quality or ability;

Touchverb

tamper with;

Touchverb

make a more or less disguised reference to;

Touchverb

comprehend;

Touchverb

consume;

Touchverb

dye with a color

Touchverb

come into or be in contact with

Touchverb

bring one's hand or another part of one's body into contact with

Touchverb

come or bring into mutual contact

Touchverb

strike (a ball) lightly in a specified direction

Touchverb

be tangent to (a curve or surface) at a certain point.

Touchverb

handle in order to interfere with, alter, or otherwise affect

Touchverb

cause harm to (someone)

Touchverb

consume or use (food, drink, money, etc.)

Touchverb

used to indicate that something is avoided or rejected

Touchverb

affect or concern

Touchverb

(of a quality or expression) be or become visible or apparent in

Touchverb

produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in

Touchverb

reach (a specified level or amount)

Touchverb

be comparable to in quality or excellence

Touchverb

ask someone for (money or some other commodity) as a loan or gift

Touchverb

lightly mark in features or other details with a brush or pencil.

Touchnoun

an act of touching someone or something

Touchnoun

the faculty of perception through physical contact, especially with the fingers

Touchnoun

a musician's manner of playing keys or strings.

Touchnoun

the manner in which a musical instrument's keys or strings respond to being played

Touchnoun

a light stroke with a pen, pencil, etc.

Touchnoun

a small amount; a trace

Touchnoun

a small distinctive detail or feature

Touchnoun

a distinctive manner or method of dealing with something

Touchnoun

an ability to deal with something successfully

Touchnoun

the area beyond the sidelines, out of play

Touchnoun

an act of asking for and getting a loan or gift from someone

Touchnoun

a series of changes shorter than a peal.

Touchnoun

a thing that tests the worth or character of something

Hitverb

To strike.

Hitverb

(transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

Hitverb

(transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

Hitverb

(intransitive) To strike against something.

Hitverb

To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.

Hitverb

To attack, especially amphibiously.

Hitverb

To briefly visit.

Hitverb

To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.

Hitverb

(heading) To attain, to achieve.

Hitverb

To reach or achieve.

Hitverb

(intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.

Hitverb

To guess; to light upon or discover.

Hitverb

(transitive) To affect negatively.

Hitverb

(metaphorically) To attack.

Hitverb

To make a play.

Hitverb

In blackjack, to deal a card to.

Hitverb

To come up to bat.

Hitverb

(backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

Hitverb

To use; to connect to.

Hitverb

To have sex with.

Hitverb

To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.

Hitnoun

A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

Hitnoun

Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.

Hitnoun

An attack on a location, person or people.

Hitnoun

In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.

Hitnoun

A match found by searching a computer system or search engine

Hitnoun

(Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.

Hitnoun

An approximately correct answer in a test set.

Hitnoun

(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.

Hitnoun

(colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.

Hitnoun

A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.

Hitnoun

(dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.

Hitnoun

(backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.

Hitnoun

(backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.

Hitadjective

Very successful.

Hitpronoun

(dialectal) It.

Hitpronoun

It.

Hit

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hide, contracted from hideth.

Hitverb

To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).

Hitverb

To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.

Hitverb

To guess; to light upon or discover.

Hitverb

To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; - said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

Hitverb

To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; - followed by against or on.

Hitverb

To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, - often with implied chance, or luck.

Hitnoun

A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

Hitnoun

A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit;

Hitnoun

A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.

Hitnoun

A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.

Hitnoun

A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; - sometimes used specifically for a base hit.

Hitnoun

An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a professional assassin.

Hitnoun

(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball);

Hitnoun

the act of contacting one thing with another;

Hitnoun

a conspicuous success;

Hitnoun

(physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together;

Hitnoun

a dose of a narcotic drug

Hitnoun

a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate;

Hitnoun

a connection made via the internet to another website;

Hitverb

cause to move by striking;

Hitverb

hit against; come into sudden contact with;

Hitverb

affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;

Hitverb

deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;

Hitverb

reach a destination, either real or abstract;

Hitverb

reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;

Hitverb

hit with a missile from a weapon

Hitverb

cause to experience suddenly;

Hitverb

make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;

Hitverb

hit the intended target or goal

Hitverb

produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically;

Hitverb

encounter by chance;

Hitverb

gain points in a game;

Hitverb

consume to excess;

Hitverb

kill intentionally and with premeditation;

Hitverb

drive something violently into a location;

Hitverb

pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;