Netted vs Petted - What's the difference?
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(net)
A mesh of string, cord or rope.
A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
*
, title= A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
(by extension) A trap.
* Bible, Proverbs xxix. 5
(geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them, e.g. computer ~, road ~, electricity distribution ~.
(sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
To catch by means of a net.
(figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
* Sir Walter Scott
To enclose or cover with a net.
(football) To score (a goal).
* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]
(tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=June 28
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters
, work=BBC Sport
To form network or netting; to knit.
(obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xii:
Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
Remaining after expenses or deductions.
Final; end.
after expenses or deductions
To receive as profit.
To yield as profit for.
To fully hedge a position.
(pet)
An animal kept as a companion.
One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
* Tatler
To stroke or fondle (an animal).
(informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
(informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
(dated) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
(archaic) To be a pet.
Favourite; cherished.
* F. Harrison
A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
* 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
As verbs the difference between netted and petted
is that netted is (net) while petted is (pet).netted
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *net
English
(NET)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
- A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point.}}
Synonyms
* (mesh) mesh, network * (used for catching or trapping) * snare, trap * (anything that has the appearance of a net) reticulation * (in geometry) development * (in computing) networkDerived terms
* fishnet * hairnet * hit the net * internet * netting * network * neural net * Petri net * safety netVerb
(nett)- And now I am here, netted and in the toils.
- to net a tree
- Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
- Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.
citation, page= , passage=Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.}}
Synonyms
* (catch by means of a net) catch * (to trap) catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trapEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m). Compare (m), (m).Alternative forms
* nettAdjective
(-)- Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright
- net wine
- net''' profit''; '''''net weight
- net''' result''; '''''net conclusion
Derived terms
* net income * net loss * net weightAdverb
(-)- You'll have $5000 net .
Verb
(nett)- The company nets $30 on every sale.
- The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
- Every party is netting their position with a counter-party
petted
English
Verb
(head)pet
English
Etymology 1
Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion"..'>citation The verb is derived from the noun.Noun
(wikipedia pet) {{ picdic , image=Pudel miniatura 342.jpg , detail1= }} (en noun)- the love of cronies, pets , and favourites
Synonyms
* companion animalReferences
Verb
(pett)- His daughter was petted and spoiled.
- (Feltham)
Derived terms
* pet cemetery * pet name * pet peeve * pet project * pet shop * pet store * petting * teacher's petAdjective
(-)- a pet child
- a pet theory
- Some young lady's pet curate.
Etymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)- There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet , with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.