Screen vs Vet - What's the difference?
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A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
* (William Shakespeare)
* (Francis Bacon)
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.
* 1977 , Sex Pistols, Spunk , “Problems”:
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
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One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
* 1988 , Marcus Berkmann, Sophistry'' (video game review) in ''Your Sinclair issue 30, June 1988
(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
In mining and quarries, a frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
(architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
To filter by passing through a screen.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing
(film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
To fit with a screen.
(colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 14
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, title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave
, work=Guardian
To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
As nouns the difference between screen and vet
is that screen is a physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous while vet is a veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.As verbs the difference between screen and vet
is that screen is to filter by passing through a screen while vet is to thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.screen
English
Noun
(en noun)- Your leavy screens throw down.
- Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.
- You won't find me living for the screen .
- The idea is to reach the 21st level of an enormous network of interlocking screens , each of which is covered with blocks that you bounce along on.
Synonyms
* (basketball) pickDerived terms
* Chinese screen * flatscreen * moving screen * screenbound * screen door * screen printing * screen wall * silver screen * smokescreen * touch screenReferences
Verb
(en verb)- Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
- The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
- The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
- We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.
Derived terms
* screened-in * screener * screen in * screen outExternal links
* *Anagrams
* * English contranymsvet
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Colin Cameron, a vet who examined the dead animal, said there was "no doubt the kitten would have suffered unnecessarily" before dying.}}
Etymology 2
.Usage notes
Although veteran'' can be used in many contexts such as sports or business to describe someone with many years of experience, ''vet is usually used only for former military personnel.Etymology 3
possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness [of an animal]"Verb
(vett)- The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.
References
OED2