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Bettered vs Gettered - What's the difference?

bettered | gettered |

As verbs the difference between bettered and gettered

is that bettered is past tense of better while gettered is past tense of getter.

bettered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (better)

    • better

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) better, bettre, betre, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (good)
  • * {{quote-video, date = 2002-11-01
    • , title = , episode = , number = 4 , passage = Badger:'' You think you're better''' than other people.
    ''Mal:'' Just the ones I'm '     better than. }}
  • (well)
  • larger, greater
    • Derived terms
    * better dead than red * better half * better off * betterness * better part of * get better
    Related terms
    * best * better than nothing * better the devil you know

    Adverb

    (head)
  • * 1901 , ,
    • “I’ve had enough of cycling with you chaps. I can spend my Sundays better than in tormenting cats and quarrelling and fighting.”
  • More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
    • ten miles and better
    Derived terms
    * had better * 'd better
    Related terms
    * best

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To improve.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Love betters what is best.
  • * Thackeray
    • He thought to better his circumstances.
  • * Macaulay
    • the constant effort of every man to better himself
  • To become better; to improve.
    • (Carlyle)
  • To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
  • * Hooker
    • The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered .
  • To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
  • * Milton
    • Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.
  • (slang) Had better.
    • You better do that if you know what's good for you.
    Derived terms
    * betterer * betterment
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
    • He quickly found Ali his better in the ring.
  • * Hooker
    • Their betters would hardly be found.

    Derived terms

    * get the better of

    Etymology 2

    Alternate pronunciation of (bettor) or modern formation from the verb to (bet).

    Noun

    (en noun)

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    gettered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (getter)

    • getter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who gets.
  • * 1838 , William Evans, ?Thomas Evans, The Friends' Library
    • rich men and the eager getters of this world
  • (computing, programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2002 , author=James Steven Perry , title=Java Management Extensions , chapter=2 , isbn=0596002459 , page=47 , passage=A proper getter must return the type of its attribute.}}
  • (sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1979 , author=G. L. Weissler and Robert Warner Carlson , title=Vacuum Physics and Technology , chapter=5 , isbn=0124759149 , pages=194-195 , passage=Titanium has become the preferred getter for general vacuum-pumping applications because of its relatively high vapor pressure characteristic and its broad spectrum chemical reactivity.}}

    Derived terms

    * go-getter * vote getter

    Synonyms

    * (computing) accessor

    See also

    * setter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (sciences) To remove gas by sorption.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2003 , author=John F. O'Hanlon , title=A Users Guide to Vacuum Technology , chapter=14 , isbn=0471270520 , page=247 , passage=Many reactive metals rapidly pump large quantities of active gases because they getter (react with) the gases.}}

    Synonyms

    * get ----