botch vs merit

botch

verb
  • To repair or mend clumsily. 

  • To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily. 

  • To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something 

noun
  • An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. 

  • A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. 

  • A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge. 

  • A case or outbreak of boils or sores. 

  • A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 

merit

noun
  • Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing. 

  • A claim to commendation or a reward. 

  • A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence. 

  • Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward. 

  • The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment. 

verb
  • To be deserving or worthy. 

  • To deserve, to earn. 

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