Vent vs Vet - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between vent and vet

is that vent is an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass while vet is a veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.

As verbs the difference between vent and vet

is that vent is to allow gases to escape while vet is to thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.

vent

English

Etymology 1

Partly from (etyl) vent, from (etyl) ventus and party from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.

the vent''' of a cask; the '''vent of a mould

A small aperture.

* Shakespeare

Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents .

* Alexander Pope

Long 'twas doubtful, both so closely pent, / Which first should issue from the narrow vent .

The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.

A verbalized frustration.

The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.

A slit in the seam of a garment.

The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.

In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.

Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.

Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

* Milton

without the vent of words

* Shakespeare

Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.

Derived terms

* ridge vent

Verb

(en verb)

To allow gases to escape.

The stove vents to the outside.

To allow to escape through a vent.

Exhaust is vented to the outside.

(intransitive) To express a strong emotion.

He vents his anger violently.

Can we talk? I need to vent .

* 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

But the demonstrators remained defiant, pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics.

To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.

(Spenser)

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

Ventriloquism.

Derived terms

* vent puppet

Etymology 3

(etyl) vente, from (etyl) (lena) .

Noun

sale; opportunity to sell; market

(Shelton)

* Sir W. Temple

There is no vent for any commodity but of wool.

Verb

(en verb)

To sell; to vend.

* Sir Walter Raleigh

Therefore did those nations vent such spice.

Etymology 4

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A baiting place; an inn.

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vet

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

(colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian 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

Noun

(en noun)

(colloquial, US) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces).

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)

To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.

The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

References

OED2

Synonyms

* evaluate

Derived terms

* vetter

Anagrams

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