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Betta vs Fetta - What's the difference?

betta | fetta |

As nouns the difference between betta and fetta

is that betta is any fish of the genus betta'', especially ''betta splendens (the siamese fighting fish) while fetta is .

As an adjective betta

is (comparative of good).

As an adverb betta

is (comparative of well).

As a verb betta

is (slang) (had better).

betta

English

(wikipedia betta)

Etymology 1

From the genus name.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any fish of the genus Betta'', especially ''Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish).
  • * 2005 , Russell A. Powell, Introduction to Learning and Behavior , page 245,
    • Rather than simply waiting for a clockwise turn and then presenting the mirror, past experience with another betta suggested that the turning behavior could be established more rapidly using a shaping procedure.
  • * 2006 , Kasey Michaels, Everything's Coming Up Rosie , page 82,
    • "Do you know that Siamese fighting fish—bettas —excrete ammonia in their waste, and that ammonia is toxic to fish? Twenty-four hours flapping their little gills in the same, unfiltered water, and they're history."
  • * 2010 , Nicole M. Jenkins, Glass Rock , page 163,
    • I had previously bought a bright red betta fish from the Chinese spiritual store, which I also sense had been sent for Aurayah.
    Synonyms
    * (Betta splendens) Siamese fighting fish

    See also

    * (wikipedia "betta") * ("betta" species on Wikimedia)

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (comparative of good).
  • * 1894 , , 2001, page 69,
    • 'I think no savvy. This one mo' betta ,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.'
  • * 2008 , Sandra Snowden, The New Plantation , page 316,
    • I pray dat dey he'p us liv' a betta lif ' den dey had.
  • * 2009 , Jack Freeze, They Shall Be Remembered: A Great American Saga from the War of 1812 to World War I , page 56,
    • Joshua shyly looks down at his feet but then glances over at Harriet and says - “Miss Harriet, a beautiful form is betta' dan a beautiful face, and a beautiful behavior is ' betta dan a beautiful form, it gives mo pleasure than statues or pictures."

    Adverb

    (head)
  • (comparative of well).
  • * 2003 , William Jackson, And the Sea Shall Hide Them , 2005, page 202,
    • “Now she be lookin' betta ,” one of the women said. “Like she has a chance to make it.”
  • * 2003 , Karen Williams, Passion and Pain , page 268,
    • Now you even know the dope game betta than me, look how much money you save fo me when I went to jail.
  • * 2008 , Sarah Deckard, Tapestry of Tales: Classic Fairy Tales Retold , page 181,
    • “I see she's feelin' betta’ ,” he said in a muffled voice.
  • * 2010 , Kathy R. Jackson, My Box of Jewels , page 237,
    • Other than the omnipotent one, who betta to ask to help us pray for God's mercy and grace than Jesus' mother, the ev'a bless'd Virgin Mary.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (slang) (had better).
  • * 2007 , Gwendolyn Pless, Praying Hearts and Labor of Love , page 72,
    • “Boy, if I done told you once, I done told you a thousand times, you betta leave them white girls alone before one of their boyfriends or husbands roll up on you, and put a hurtin on yo lil behind.”
  • * 2010 , Deborah Wofford, Pour Me Out A Blessing Ministries: Presents Lyrical Bliss , page 25,
    • You betta praise the Lord that's all I can say.
  • * 2010 , Kenya K. Watkins, The Life You Choose , page 58,
    • If I had a lil sister, she betta be scared to screw and be about gettin that paper.

    fetta

    English

    Noun

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