Ret vs Rep - What's the difference?

ret | rep |

As a noun ret

is net.

As an initialism rep is

repose en paix/rip.

ret

English

Etymology 1

Precise origin uncertain; perhaps related to Middle Dutch ).

Verb

(rett)

To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.

* 1989 , (Keith Bosley), translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala , XLVIII:

the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].

* 2006 , (Thomas Pynchon), Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 621:

the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring

Derived terms

* retter

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Adjective

(head)

retired

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rep

English

(wikipedia rep)

Etymology 1

Clippings of various words beginning with "rep".

Noun

(en noun)

(countable) .

Try not to make it easy for the tabloids to ruin your rep .

(weightlifting, countable) .

I get a better bicep workout if I use less weight and more reps .

(countable) .

When I requested tickets for Nassau, my rep just put me on hold.

John Doe is a participant in the House of Rep s.

(theater, uncountable) .

She did her time in reps before she made the grade in West End theatre.

Verb

(repp)

To represent; to act as a representative for.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Hal G. Evarts, title=The Settling of the Sage, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Bentley, the man who repped for Slade, carried the air and the rest joined in. }}

* {{quote-news, year=1994, date=November 4, author=Bill Wyman, title=Evanston's New Music Hall/Veruca Salt Grow Up/Schmitsville, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=He left to help the Reader set up its national advertising arm, went back to Rolling Stone for five years, repped other magazines, and finally set up his own company, which currently scouts ads for the Atlantic, Spin, Discover, and a publication called Disney Adventures. }}

(knitting) repeat

* 2011 , Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love (page 44)

Rep' neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, ' rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more

Etymology 2

Back-formation from (reps), misinterpreted as a plural.

Noun

(en noun)

(textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.

* 1923 , Theodore Dreiser, The Color of a Great City

Underfoot is a rich brown marble from the shores of Lake Champlain. The wainscoting is of green rep and red Numidian marble.

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