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Petted vs Vetted - What's the difference?

petted | vetted |

As verbs the difference between petted and vetted

is that petted is (pet) while vetted is (vet).

As an adjective vetted is

of or pertaining to an investigation, especially one that has been completed.

petted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pet)

    • 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)
  • 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
    • the love of cronies, pets , and favourites
    Synonyms
    * companion animal

    References

    Verb

    (pett)
  • 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.
    • His daughter was petted and spoiled.
  • (archaic) To be a pet.
    • (Feltham)
    Derived terms
    * pet cemetery * pet name * pet peeve * pet project * pet shop * pet store * petting * teacher's pet

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Favourite; cherished.
    • a pet child
    a pet theory
  • * F. Harrison
    • Some young lady's pet curate.

    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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:
    • 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

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    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Etymology 4

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

    • References

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    vetted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (vet)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Of or pertaining to an investigation, especially one that has been completed.
    • Only vetted nominees make it to committee hearings.