Veto vs Vet - What's the difference?
veto | vet |
A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
An invocation of that right.
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
* George Eliot
To use a against.
(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
To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
As nouns the difference between veto and vet
is that veto is a political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc while vet is a veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.As verbs the difference between veto and vet
is that veto is to use a veto against while vet is to thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.veto
English
(wikipedia veto)Noun
(en-noun)- This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.
Verb
(es)Anagrams
* ----vet
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
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