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Vet vs Validate - What's the difference?

vet | validate |

As verbs the difference between vet and validate

is that vet is to thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval while validate is to render valid.

As a noun vet

is a veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.

vet

English

Etymology 1

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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

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    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

    * * * ----

    validate

    English

    Verb

    (validat)
  • To render valid.
  • To check or prove the validity of; verify.

    • Antonyms

    * disprove * invalidate

    Related terms

    * valid * validation * validator