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Kvetch vs Vetch - What's the difference?

kvetch | vetch |

As nouns the difference between kvetch and vetch

is that kvetch is person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything while vetch is any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.

As a verb kvetch

is to whine or complain, often needlessly.

kvetch

English

Alternative forms

* kvitch

Verb

  • To whine or complain, often needlessly.
  • * 1969', Is this truth I’m delivering up, or is it just plain '''''kvetching'' ? Or is ''kvetching'' for people like me a form of truth? — Philip Roth, ''Portnoy’s Complaint
  • * 2001', Make a commitment, Charlie. Go with life or go with death, but quit the '''kvetching . Don’t keep us all in suspense. — Glen David Gold, ''Carter Beats the Devil

    • Derived terms

    * kvetcher

    See also

    * carping * cavil * nitpick * split hairs

    Noun

    (es)
  • Person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
  • An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who kvetches) kvetcher, whiner

    vetch

    English

    (wikipedia vetch) (Vicia)

    Noun

    (vetches)
  • Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia , often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
  • Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

    • Hyponyms

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    Derived terms

    * ) * kidney vetch () * milk-vetch (Astragalus ) * vetchling (''Lathyrus) * vetchy

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