broach vs brooch :

broach or brooch

A decorative pin is a “brooch” even though it sounds like “broach”—a quite different word. Although some dictionaries now accept the latter spelling for jewelry, you risk looking ignorant to many readers if you use it.

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Definitions
  broach
  • n  a decorative pin worn by women
  • v  bring up a topic for discussion
  brooch
  • n  a decorative pin worn by women
  • v  fasten with or as if with a brooch
News & Articles
  broach
  • YPSILANTI: American Broach gets tax break, to add 30 jobs
    YPSILANTI — To help local manufacturing company American Broach continue to expand and create jobs in the area, the Ypsilanti City Council unanimously approved a tax abatement for the company in the amount of $93,000 over the next few years.
    June 27, 2013 - Ypsilanti Courier
  • Scott Mooneyham: More places guns carried, more guns will be used
    RALEIGH — Proponents of further loosening gun laws in North Carolina almost always broach the subject with claims that the law needs to concentrate on the criminals, not the law-abiding citizen who dutifully follows gun registration rules.
    June 26, 2013 - The Daily Advance
  • Broach Sports Tours Offering 2014 Ryder Cup Discounts Until July 21
    Golf fans can get a $300 discount per person on all four of Broach's Ryder Cup travel packages, but intial Ryder Cup ticket deadline looms. (PRWeb June 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10854481.htm
    June 21, 2013 - PRWeb
  brooch
  • Wearable art on exhibit at Racine Arts Council ArtSpace Gallery
    RACINE — “Brooch Show,” a juried exhibit of wearable art, will open with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 5, at the Racine Arts Council ArtSpace Gallery, 316 Sixth St. Awards will be announced at 7:30 p.m. The exhibit continues through Aug. 24.
    July 1, 2013 - The Journal Times
  • Wearable art on exhibit at Racine Arts Council ArtSpace Gallery
    RACINE — “Brooch Show,” a juried exhibit of wearable art, will open with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 5, at the Racine Arts Council ArtSpace Gallery, 316 Sixth St. Awards will be announced at 7:30 p.m. The exhibit continues through Aug. 24.
    July 1, 2013 - The Journal Times