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Wetting vs Vetting - What's the difference?

wetting | vetting |

As verbs the difference between wetting and vetting

is that wetting is present participle of lang=en while vetting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between wetting and vetting

is that wetting is the act of making something wet while vetting is a checking or investigation.

As an adjective wetting

is that makes (something) wet.

wetting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making something wet.
  • * 1838 , George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)
    • It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings
  • The act of accidental urination on or in something.

    • Derived terms

    * bedwetting

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That makes (something) wet.

    • Derived terms

    * wetting agent

    vetting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A checking or investigation.
  • * 2003 , Jean-Paul Brodeur, ?Peter Gill, ?Dennis Töllborg, Democracy, Law, and Security
    • The Military Intelligence Service in 1997 carried out nearly 18,000 security vettings , which resulted in 43 applicants being turned down because of a criminal record.