Retch vs Wretch
Retch: It means to try vomiting with or without the use of an object. It is usually used as a verb and sometimes as noun to depict the act of retching.
For example:1. What we are doing is we are bringing up children and educating them to live the same sort of lives we are living... in order that, err, that they would-may justify themselves and find satisfaction in life by bringing up their children to bring up their children to do the same things so it's all retch and no vomit — it never gets there. (Alan Watts)
2. Filthy smell filled the air of the kitchen and soon everyone realized that the food they just had was not hygienic at all; there was retching and gagging everywhere.
Wretch: It is usually used to refer to an unfortunate person who is getting depressed by the misery in his/her life. It is used as both verb and noun depending upon the context.
For example:1. It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. (Michel De Montaigne)
2. The family left soon after the wars started, leaving behind the poor wretched dog that seemed to wait there for the return of his master.
3. His wretched condition made it clear that he was suffering from malnutrition and poverty.
Read the following sentences and choose the one that uses the words correctly:1. The rocking of the deck beneath his feet made his stomach heave, and the ____ food tasted even worse when ____ (retched/wretched) back up.
View Answer / Hide Answer2. The ____ (retch/wretch) who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.
View Answer / Hide Answer3. She immediately ____ (retched/wretched) whatever she ate because she suddenly remembered that the diagnostic tests were to be done on empty stomach.
View Answer / Hide Answer4. The laborers working days and nights to build the dream homes of millions across the cities, they live a life of ____ (retched/ wretched) creatures—homeless and malnourished.
View Answer / Hide Answer5. The ____ (retch/wretch) he was living in made him feel suicidal every moment since he got thrown out of his own home.
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