What's the difference between peach and reach?

Peach


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To accuse of crime; to inform against.
  • (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
  • (n.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, / Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On the first anniversary of Peach's death I took part in my first ever demonstration where we chanted the names of the six SPG officers who were said to have been hitting people with batons on the street where Peach died.
  • (2) Instagram is breaking under the weight of Peaches' love for her little grub – and, seeing as she's up the duff again, it will have to migrate to new servers when she has the second.
  • (3) That, however, tells only part of the story of a night in which Chelsea went 2-0 ahead, courtesy of headed goals from Didier Drogba and John Terry, only for Napoli to respond via a peach of shot from Gokhan Inler.
  • (4) Carrick's return ended with him wearing the captain's armband and Defoe was sharp and confident after replacing Carroll, scoring with a peach of a strike.
  • (5) On one side of the road stands an orderly row of RDP houses, their gable ends neatly rendered in pastel shades of peach and tangerine.
  • (6) Even if the prospect of David Cameron fighting the corner of once-loyal working-class Labour voters sounds absurd, that's what will surely define tomorrow night's debate: egged on by tomorrow morning's headlines (and get ready for a real peach from the Sun), the moneyed Old Etonian carpeting the son of the manse for his failure to understand the concerns of ordinary folk.
  • (7) Thus do peaches and nectarines turn into issues involving debt mountains, military no-go zones and historic ethnic rivalries.
  • (8) The particular copy that is inserted in white-peach is an inactive copy referred to as the peach element.
  • (9) Pour the chopped tomatoes over the peaches and onions, add chopped coriander, cumin and a finely crumbled stock cube and stir in.
  • (10) Children's author Allan Ahlberg, the mind behind much-loved titles Peepo and Each Peach Pear Plum, has turned down a lifetime achievement award because it is sponsored by Amazon and the idea that his success "should have the Amazon tag attached to it is unacceptable".
  • (11) Changes in sugars and polyols content of fruits and leaves of three cultivar of peach, from fruit set to over maturity, have been studied.
  • (12) Burton refused lawyers acting on behalf of Peach's friends and family access to the Cass report.
  • (13) A drug of longevity, prior to alchemy, was peach, from which the god of longevity has emerged.
  • (14) Dose-dependent HR (apple peel = apple pulp > peach = cherry) was demonstrated in both allergic groups, but to a higher extent in patients with fruit allergy (P < 0.01).
  • (15) The suspicions of most of those mourners – that a police officer killed Peach – were all but confirmed in yesterday's report.
  • (16) If you have flu symptoms, go to bed with a few peaches and hope for the best.
  • (17) Admittedly, there's a national motorway running past Mandela's peach-coloured, gated mansion, but drivers still often have to brake hard to avoid casual stray cattle (known locally as "Transkei traffic lights").
  • (18) In 1979 the family and friends of Blair Peach called for the Cass report into his death to be made public and for a public inquiry to be held into the events of Southall on the day that he was killed.
  • (19) Coccidiosis was seen only in the small intestines of the finch (Poephila gouldiae gouldiae), African Grey Parrot, Rainbow lory (Trichoglossus haematodus), Indian Ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri manillensis) and peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis).
  • (20) Celia Stubbs , Peach's partner, the dogged campaigners of Inquest , which was set up partly in response to the shady way in which Peach's death was investigated, and Jenny Jones of the Metropolitan Police Authority , who have all fought so hard for this, are to be congratulated.

Reach


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To retch.
  • (n.) An effort to vomit.
  • (v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
  • (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
  • (v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
  • (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
  • (v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
  • (v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
  • (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
  • (v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
  • (v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
  • (v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
  • (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
  • (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
  • (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
  • (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
  • (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
  • (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
  • (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
  • (n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Philip Shaw, chief economist at broker Investec, expects CPI to hit 5.1%, just shy of the 5.2% reached in September 2008, as the utility hikes alone add 0.4% to inflation.
  • (2) The final number of fibers--140,000-165,000--is reached by the sixth week after birth.
  • (3) However, direct measurements of mediator release should be carried out to reach a firm conclusion.
  • (4) Here we show that this induction of AP-2 mRNA is at the level of transcription and is transient, reaching a peak 48-72 hr after the addition of RA and declining thereafter, even in the continuous presence of RA.
  • (5) The peak molecular weight never reached that of a complete 2:1 complex.
  • (6) After vascular injury, smooth muscle cells proliferate, reaching a maximum rate at day 2.
  • (7) Since the start of this week, markets have been more cautious, with bond yields in Spain reaching their highest levels in four months on Tuesday amid concern about the scale of the austerity measures being imposed by the government and fears that the country might need a bailout.
  • (8) Both development of EDTA-resistant fibrinogen binding and fibrinogen association with the cytoskeleton were time dependent and reached maxima 45 to 60 minutes after fibrinogen binding to stimulated platelets.
  • (9) Foetal serum TSH concentration declined significantly between 20 and 21 days of gestation, reached a low level at delivery, and remained low for several days after birth.
  • (10) The highest antishock effect of dopamine is reached when cardiac output fraction addressed to thoracic region vitals is supported by dopamine on the 43-45% level.
  • (11) Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed.
  • (12) This indicates that [Ca2+]i may reach greater than 10 microM during an RCC.
  • (13) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
  • (14) The move to an alliance model is not only to achieve greater scale and reach, although growing from 15 partner organisations to 50 members is not to be sniffed at.
  • (15) It is possible that the elements provide common precursor proteins that reach the secretory intermediate lobe cells through their dendritic branches.
  • (16) More evil than Clocky , the alarm clock that rolls away when you reach out to silence it, or the Puzzle Alarm , which makes you complete a simple puzzle before it'll go quiet, the Money Shredding Alarm Clock methodically destroys your cash unless you rouse yourself.
  • (17) A failure to reach a solution would potentially leave 200,000 homes without affordable cover, leaving owners unable to sell their properties and potentially exposing them to financial hardship.
  • (18) These O2-exposed cells were resistant to 4HNE, requiring 2.6 times as long in 80 microM 4HNE to reach 30% survival as compared to density-matched normoxia control.
  • (19) But the amount of time spent above SPA has differed substantially between men and women due to women both living longer, and reaching state pension age earlier.
  • (20) He said the 8.13am train from the French capital to London reached Calais before suffering “network problems”.