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Vesting vs Jesting - What's the difference?

vesting | jesting |

As nouns the difference between vesting and jesting

is that vesting is (legal) the entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement while jesting is joking.

As verbs the difference between vesting and jesting

is that vesting is while jesting is .

As an adjective jesting is

facetious.

vesting

English

Noun

(wikipedia vesting) (en noun)
  • (legal) The entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement.
  • (legal) The entitlement of an employee to exercise a stock option after a predetermined period of time.
  • Cloth for making vests.
  • A vest pattern.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • ----

    jesting

    English

    Noun

  • joking
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings .
  • bantering; ridicule
  • mocking

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • facetious
  • humorous
  • * Macaulay
    • He will find that these are no jesting matters.
  • playful; mocking
  • jeering

    • Verb

    (head)