lunch vs. launch (паронимы)

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lunch noun BrE /lʌntʃ/ ; NAmE /lʌntʃ/

1. [uncountable, countable] a meal eaten in the middle of the day

She's gone to lunch.

I'm ready for some lunch.

What shall we have for lunch?

We serve hot and cold lunches.

a one-hour lunch break

Let's do lunch (= have lunch together).

Idioms

out to lunch - (informal, especially North American English) behaving in a strange or confused way

there’s no such thing as a free lunch - (informal) used to say that it is not possible to get something for nothing

launch noun BrE /lɔːntʃ/ ; NAmE /lɔːntʃ/

1. [usually singular] the action of launching something; an event at which something is launched

the successful launch of the Ariane rocket

a product launch

The official launch date is in May.

2. a large boat with a motor

launch verb BrE /lɔːntʃ/ ; NAmE /lɔːntʃ/

1. launch something to start an activity, especially an organized one

to launch an appeal/an inquiry/an investigation/a campaign

to launch an attack/invasion

2. launch something to make a product available to the public for the first time

a party to launch his latest novel

The new model will be launched in July.

3. launch something to put a ship or boat into the water, especially one that has just been built

The Navy is to launch a new warship today.

The lifeboat was launched immediately.

4. launch something to send something such as a spacecraft, weapon, etc. into space, into the sky or through water

to launch a communications satellite

to launch a missile/rocket/torpedo

5. launch yourself at, from, etc. something | launch yourself forwards, etc. to jump forwards with a lot of force

Without warning he launched himself at me.

(figurative) She launched herself on the rock world with a brilliant album.

6. launch something (computing) to start a computer program

You can launch programs and documents from your keyboard.

It’s not the fastest way to launch an application.

Etymology

launch (n.) "large boat carried on a warship," 1690s, from Portuguese lancha "barge, launch," apparently from Malay lancharan, from lanchar "quick, agile;" English spelling influenced by launch (v.).

launch (v.) c. 1300, "to rush, plunge, leap, start forth; to be set into sudden motion," from Old North French lancher (Old French lancier) "to fling, hurl, throw, cast," from Late Latin lanceare "wield a lance," from Latin lancea "light spear" (see lance (n.)). Sense of "set (a boat) afloat" first recorded c. 1400, from notion of throwing it out on the water; generalized by 1600 to any sort of beginning. The noun meaning "a leap or a bound" is from mid-15c., from the verb. Meaning "the liftoff of a missile, spacecraft, etc." is from 1935. Launch pad attested from 1960.