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Prev vs Rev - What's the difference?

prev | rev |

As abbreviations the difference between prev and rev

is that prev is previous while rev is reverend.

As a noun rev is

revolution.

As a verb rev is

to increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.

As a proper noun Rev is

alternative form of Rev.|lang=en.

prev

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • previous
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    rev

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of (revolution)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • revolution
  • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of (reverend)

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • reverend
  • Etymology 3

    Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

    Verb

    (revv)
  • To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
  • He revved the engine in a rather macho style.
    You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.
    Derived terms
    * overrev