different between getter vs gether

English

Etymology

get +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???t?(?)/, /-??(?)/
• Rhymes: -?t?, -?t?(?)
• Hyphenation: get?ter

Noun

getter (plural getters)

1. One who gets.
   • 1838, William Evans, Thomas Evans, The Friends' Library

     Many times things would open in him to admiration, showing to rich men and the eager getters of this world, the danger they were in of hurting themselves, by hindering their growth in the truth.

   • 2009, Jodi Newbern, Regifting Revival!: A Guide to Reusing Gifts Graciously (page 15)

     In any case, now we have defined the identities and established the unique characteristics of all types of gift givers and gift getters.

2. (object-oriented programming) A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
3. (sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
4. (mining, historical) A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.

Synonyms

• (computing): accessor

Derived terms

• go-getter
• vote getter
• gettering

Translations

See also

• setter

Verb

getter (third-person singular simple present getters, present participle gettering, simple past and past participle gettered)

1. (sciences) To remove gas by sorption.

Synonyms

• get

Translations

Anagrams

• treget

French

Noun

getter m (plural getters)

1. (object-oriented programming) getter

Middle French

Etymology

Specifically from Old French geter, the northern variant of jeter (“to throw”)

Verb

getter

1. Alternative form of iecter

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Swedish

Noun

getter

1. indefinite plural of get

English

Verb

gether (third-person singular simple present gethers, present participle gethering, simple past and past participle gethered)

1. (obsolete or regional) Alternative form of gather

Anagrams

• Gehret, Herget