Water vs Get - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between water and get

is that water is (uncountable) a chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula h₂o, required by all forms of life on earth while get is offspring or get can be (british|regional) a git or get can be (judaism) a jewish writ of divorce.

As verbs the difference between water and get

is that water is to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants) while get is (label) to obtain; to acquire.

water

English

(commons) ("water on Wikiquote") (wikiversity)

Noun

(uncountable) A chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula H?O, required by all forms of life on Earth.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}

# (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this chemical; liquid H?O.

#* 1835 , Sir , Sir (James Clark Ross), Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1 , pp.284-5

Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

#* 2002 , Arthur T. Hubbard, Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science (ISBN 0824707966), page 4895:

A water' drop placed on the surface of ice can either spread or form a lens depending on the properties of the three phases involved in wetting, i.e., on the properties of the ice, ' water , and gas phases.

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=80, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The climate of Tibet: Pole-land , passage=Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.}}

# (countable) A serving of water.

(obsolete) Ancient philosophy.

# (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.

# One of the five basic elements (see ).

(often, in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}

A combination of water and other substance(s).

# (sometimes, countable) Mineral water.

# (countable, often, in the plural) Spa water.

# (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.

# Urine.

# Amniotic fluid; used in the plural in the UK and in singular in North America.

(UK)

(North America)

# (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.

(figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.

(colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.

(uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.

The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.

A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "water")

Synonyms

* See also * See also

Antonyms

* ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * (basic elements) earth, air/wind, fire; wood, metal; void/ether

Hypernyms

* chemical, substance * liquid, fluid * (basic elements) element * (urine) body fluid, bodily fluid, biofluid

Hyponyms

* heavy water; ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * mineral water; hard water, soft water

Meronyms

* hydrogen, oxygen

Derived terms

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Descendants

Verb

(en verb)

To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

* Milton

tears watering the ground

* Longfellow

Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands.

To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

I need to go water the cattle .

To get or take in water.

The ship put into port to water .

(colloquial) To urinate onto.

Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.

To dilute.

Can you water the whisky, please?

(transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

To fill with or secrete water.

Chopping onions makes my eyes water .

The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water .

To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

to water silk

Synonyms

* (urinate) (see the list of synonyms in the entry "urinate") * (dilute) water down

Antonyms

* (dilute) refine

Derived terms

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get

English

(wikipedia get)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) geten, from (etyl) 'to seize'. Cognate with Latin prehendo.

Verb

(label) To obtain; to acquire.

(label) To receive.

* , chapter=8

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.}}

To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get .

(label) To become.

* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)

His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.

* , chapter=8

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.}}

(label) To cause to become; to bring about.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}

(label) To fetch, bring, take.

* Bible, (w) xxxi. 13

Get thee out from this land.

* (Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)

Heto the strong town of Mega.

(label) To cause to do.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Get him to say his prayers.

*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=5, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”}}

To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

to get rid of fools and scoundrels

(label) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

to get a mile

(label) To cause to come or go or move.

(label) To cause to be in a certain status or position.

* (Dante Gabriel Rossetti), Retro me, Sathana , line 1

Get thee behind me.

(label) To begin (doing something).

(label) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

(label) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

To be subjected to.

* '>citation

Do you mind? Excuse me / I saw you over there / Can I just tell you ¶ Although there are millions of / Cephalophores that wander through this world / You've got something extra going on / I think you probably know ¶ You probably get that a lot / I'll bet that people say that a lot to you, girl

(label) To be.

(label) To become ill with or catch (a disease).

To catch out, trick successfully.

To perplex, stump.

(label) To find as an answer.

To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

(label) To hear completely; catch.

(label) To .

To beget (of a father).

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

I had rather to adopt a child than get it.

* 2009 , (Hilary Mantel), (Wolf Hall) , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 310:

Walter had said, dear God, Thomas, it was St fucking Felicity if I'm not mistaken, and her face was to the wall for sure the night I got you.

(label) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out .

* (1625-1686)

it being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty

Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

*2007 , Tom Dyckhoff, Let's move to ..., The Guardian :

Money's pouring in somewhere, because Churchgate's got lovely new stone setts, and a cultural quarter (ooh, get her) is promised.

Usage notes

In dialects featuring the past participle gotten, the form "gotten" is not used universally as the past participle. Rather, inchoative and concessive uses (with meanings such as "obtain" or "become", or "am permitted to") use "gotten" as their past participle, whereas stative uses (with meanings like "have") use "got" as their past participle http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/gotten.html] and [http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/gotten.htm http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/gotten.htm, thus enabling users of "gotten"-enabled dialects to make distinctions such as "I've gotten (received) my marks" vs. "I've got (possess) my marks"; a subtle distinction, to be sure, but a useful one. The first example probably means that the person has received them, and has them somewhere, whereas the second probably means that they have them in their hand right now.

Synonyms

* (obtain) acquire, come by, have * (receive) receive, be given * (fetch) bring, fetch, retrieve * (become) become * (cause to become) cause to be, cause to become, make * (cause to do) make * (arrive) arrive at, reach * come, go, travel * : go, move * (begin) begin, commence, start * : catch, take * : answer * be able to * dig, follow, make sense of, understand * : be * : catch, come down with * con, deceive, dupe, hoodwink, trick * confuse, perplex, stump * (find as an answer) obtain * : catch, nab, nobble * (physically assault) assault, beat, beat up * catch, hear * (getter) getter

Antonyms

* (obtain) lose

Derived terms

* beget * forget * from the get-go * get about * get a charge out of * get across * get across to * get action * get after * get ahead of oneself * get a look in * get along * get along with * get around * get around to * get at * get away * get away from * get away with * get back * get back to * get behind * get better * get beyond * get by * get carried away * get done * get down * get going * get in * get in with * get into * get into trouble * get it * get it across one's head * get it into one's head * get it on * get it over with * get knotted * get lost * get moving * get off * get off easy * get off lightly * get off with * get on * get one over on * get one's end away * get one's rocks off * get on in years * get on to * get on with * get out * get out of * get over * get-rich-quick * get round * get round to * get some air * get someone's goat * get stuffed * get the goods on * get there * get the time to * get through * get through to * get to * get to be * get together * get under * get up * get up in * get up to * get well soon * get with the program, get with the programme * go-getter * go-getting * got * have got

Noun

(en noun)

Offspring.

* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 755:

‘You were a high lord's get . Don't tell me Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell never killed a man.’

Lineage.

(sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.

Something gained.

* 2008 , Karen Yampolsky, Falling Out of Fashion (page 73)

I had reconnected with the lust of my life while landing a big get for the magazine.

Etymology 2

Variant of

Noun

(en noun)

(British, regional) A git .

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)

(Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "get")

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