Touch vs. Tourch — What's the Difference?

Come into or be in contact with

Tourch (Breton: Tourc'h) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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

Affect or concern

Produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in

Reach (a specified level or amount)

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

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

An act of touching someone or something

A small amount; a trace

A distinctive manner or method of dealing with something

The area beyond the sidelines, out of play

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

A series of changes shorter than a peal.

A thing that tests the worth or character of something

To cause or permit a part of the body, especially the hand or fingers, to come in contact with so as to feel

To bring something into light contact with

To bring (one thing) into light contact with something else

To press or push lightly; tap

To lay hands on in violence

To eat or drink; taste

To disturb or move by handling

To meet without going beyond; adjoin

(Mathematics) To be tangent to.

To come up to; reach

To match in quality; equal

To deal with, especially in passing; treat briefly or allusively

To have an effect on

To affect the emotions of

To injure slightly

To color slightly; tinge

To draw with light strokes.

To change or improve by adding fine lines or strokes.

To stamp (tested metal).

(Slang) To wheedle a loan or handout from

(Archaic) To strike or pluck the keys or strings of (a musical instrument).

To play (a musical piece).

To touch someone or something.

To be or come into contact

The act or an instance of touching.

A light push; a tap

(Sports) An instance of contacting or propelling the ball or puck

The physiological sense by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body.

A sensation experienced in touching something with a characteristic texture

A discernible mark or effect left by contact with something.

A small change or addition, or the effect achieved by it

A suggestion, hint, or tinge

A mild attack

A small amount; a dash

A manner or technique of striking the keys of a keyboard instrument

The resistance to pressure characteristic of the keys of a keyboard

An ability to propel a ball a desired distance; control or accuracy

A facility; a knack

A characteristic way of doing things

The state of being in contact or communication

An official stamp indicating the quality of a metal product.

The act of approaching someone for a loan or handout.

A prospect for a loan or handout

The area just outside the sidelines in soccer or just outside and including the sidelines in rugby.

Touch football.

Primarily physical senses.

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

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

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

(intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.

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

(transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.

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

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

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

(transitive) To consume, or otherwise use.

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

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

To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

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

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

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

Primarily non-physical senses.

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

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

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

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

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

To affect in a negative way, especially only slightly.

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

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

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

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

(transitive) To come close to; to approach.

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

To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

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

(obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.

To strike; to manipulate; to play on.

To perform, as a tune; to play.

To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

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

The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.

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

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

A distinguishing feature or characteristic.

A little bit; a small amount.

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

A relationship of close communication or understanding.

The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.

(obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.

(obsolete) An emotion or affection.

(obsolete) Personal reference or application.

A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

(obsolete) A brief essay.

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

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

(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.

The children's game of tag.

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

(slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.

Tallow.

Form; standard of performance.

(Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.

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.

To perceive by the sense of feeling.

To come to; to reach; to attain to.

To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

To relate to; to concern; to affect.

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

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

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.

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

To infect; to affect slightly.

To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

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

To perform, as a tune; to play.

To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

To harm, afflict, or distress.

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

To lay a hand upon for curing disease.

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

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

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

To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

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

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

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

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.

Act or power of exciting emotion.

An emotion or affection.

Personal reference or application.

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

A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Feature; lineament; trait.

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

A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.

A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.

A slight and brief essay.

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

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

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.

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

A boys' game; tag.

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

An act of borrowing or stealing.

Tallow; - a plumber's term.

The event of something coming in contact with the body;

The faculty of touch;

A suggestion of some quality;

A distinguishing style;

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

A slight but appreciable addition;

A communicative interaction;

A slight attack of illness;

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

The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin;

Deftness in handling matters;

The feel of mechanical action;

Make physical contact with, come in contact with;

Perceive via the tactile sense;

Affect emotionally;

Have to do with or be relevant to;

Be in direct physical contact with; make contact;

Have an effect upon;

Deal with; usually used with a form of negation;

Cause to be in brief contact with;

To extend as far as;

Be equal to in quality or ability;

Tamper with;

Make a more or less disguised reference to;

Comprehend;

Consume;

Dye with a color