Pet vs Slow - What's the difference?
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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:
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
* (John Milton)
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, title= Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
* The Bible, Prov. xiv. 29
(of a clock or the like) Behind]] in time; indicating a time [[early, earlier than the true time.
Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
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Slowly.
* Shakespeare
In transitive terms the difference between pet and slow
is that pet is to stroke or fondle (an animal) while slow is to keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.As an acronym PET
is polyethylene terephthalate.As an adverb slow is
slowly.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.
Etymology 3
.Etymology 4
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*Anagrams
* ----slow
English
Adjective
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- These changes in the heavens, though slow , produced / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
Charles T. Ambrose
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- He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
Synonyms
* See also * (taking a long time to move a short distance) deliberate; moderate * (not happening in a short time) gradual * (of reduced intellectual capacity) dull-witted * (acting with deliberation) dilatory, inactive, tardy, slothful, sluggish * (lacking spirit) boring, dullAntonyms
* (taking a long time to move a short distance) fast, quick, rapid, swift * (of reduced intellectual capacity) prompt, quick * (acting with deliberation) hasty, precipitate, prompt * (lacking spirit) brisk, livelyDerived terms
* slow motion, slo-mo * slow-belly * slow burn * slowish * slowly * slow march * slowness * slowpokeVerb
(en verb)- After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
Synonyms
* (keep from going quickly) delay, hinder, retard * (become slow) decelerate, slackenDerived terms
* slower * slow up * slow downAdverb
(er)- That clock is running slow .
- Let him have time to mark how slow time goes / In time of sorrow.