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What is the difference between catch and hold ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between catch and hold ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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You use "catch" when something is falling or someone throws something at you and you take it so it doesn't fall. "Hold" is just keeping it in your hands. For example, when playing basketball you catch the ball, and if I asked you take my phone while I wash my hands, you would be holding it.
You can also use them in a not so literal way, as in "hold the door" (meaning keeping the door open), or "catch a cold", meaning that you got ill because of the cold.
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you say catch when u're about to throw something to a person and hold is when u're gonna hand it to them
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You use "catch" when something is falling or someone throws something at you and you take it so it doesn't fall. "Hold" is just keeping it in your hands. For example, when playing basketball you catch the ball, and if I asked you take my phone while I wash my hands, you would be holding it.
You can also use them in a not so literal way, as in "hold the door" (meaning keeping the door open), or "catch a cold", meaning that you got ill because of the cold.
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