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Vet vs Vext - What's the difference?

vet | vext |

As verbs the difference between vet and vext

is that vet is while vext is (archaic) (vex).

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

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    vext

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (vex)
  • * What happiness to reign a lonely king,
    Vext' — O ye stars that shudder over me,
    O earth that soundest hollow under me,
    '''Vext     with waste dreams?
    — Tennyson, ''Idylls of the King     , "The Coming of Arthur"
  • * And that same night, the night of the new year,
    By reason of the bitterness and grief
    That vext his mother, all before his time
    Was Arthur born [...]
    — Tennyson, Idylls of the King , "The Coming of Arthur"
  • * [...] and thence
    Taking my war-horse from the holy man,
    Glad that no phantom vext me more, return'd
    To whence I came, the gate of Arthur's wars.
    — Tennyson, Idylls of the King , "Holy Grail"
    • English irregular simple past forms