Bet vs Bid - What's the difference?
bet | bid |
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.
(medicine) Bis in die : twice a day, two times per day.
Commonly written as: "amoxicillin 500 mg BID ", read as: "amoxicillin totalling 500 milligram dosage (daily total), taken two times a day".
As nouns the difference between bet and bid
is that bet is 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) while bid is an offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.As verbs the difference between bet and bid
is that bet is to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager while bid is to issue a command; to tell.As initialisms the difference between bet and bid
is that bet is a nitrogen adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid while BID is Bis in die: twice a day, two times per day.As a proper noun Bet
is a diminutive of Elizabeth.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 !