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Pitch (sport or tone)

Throwing a ball to a batter, or the highness of a sound.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
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Pitch (startup)

A short presentation persuading investors to fund a company.

First in use: the 1980s

Pitch / Pitch (sport or tone) / Pitch (startup)

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Baseball and musical pitch vs. investor pitches.

Which meaning of Pitch is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Pitch (sport or tone) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Pitch (startup) arrived in the 1980s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Pitch (sport or tone)

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Duplicate · the 1980s

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