Revved vs Revied - What's the difference?
revved | revied |
(rev)
reverend
To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
(revie)
(obsolete) To vie with, or rival, in return.
(obsolete) To exceed an adversary's wager in a card game.
(obsolete) To make a retort; to bandy words.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between revved and revied
is that revved is (rev) while revied is (revie).revved
English
Verb
(head)rev
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of (revolution)Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (reverend)Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) (head)Etymology 3
Abbreviation of revolutions, rpmVerb
(revv)- He revved the engine in a rather macho style.
- You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.
Derived terms
* overrevrevied
English
Verb
(head)revie
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Verb
- (Ben Jonson)