Betted vs Jetted - What's the difference?
betted | jetted |
(bet)
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
A degree of certainty.
To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
* Shakespeare
* O. W. Holmes
To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
(jet)
A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
# A turbine.
# A rocket engine.
A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
(physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
(dated) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
(printing, dated) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
To spray out of a container.
To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
* Shakespeare
* Shakespeare
To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
Propelled by turbine engines.
A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
The colour of jet coal, deep grey.
Very dark black in colour.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 23:
As verbs the difference between betted and jetted
is that betted is simple past of bet while jetted is past tense of jet.betted
English
Verb
(head)bet
English
Etymology 1
From 16th century criminal slang, likely from abet or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
- It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.
- It’s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow
Verb
- John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.
- I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.
- You bet !
Derived terms
* bet one's boots * bet one's bottom dollar * bet the farmEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
Etymology 3
jetted
English
Verb
(head)jet
English
(wikipedia jet)Etymology 1
From (etyl) jet, (etyl) get, giet, (etyl) . See (abject), (ejaculate), (gist), (jess), (jut).Noun
(en noun)- (Knight)
Verb
(jett)- He jets under his advanced plumes.
- to jet upon a prince's right
- (Wiseman)
Adjective
(-)- jet airplane
Etymology 2
From (etyl) / (etyl) jet, jayet, (etyl) gagates after (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- She was an ash blonde with greenish eyes, beaded lashes, hair waved smoothly back from ears in which large jet buttons glittered.