different between privet vs prevet

English

Wikispecies

Etymology 1

Unknown origin, but possibly connected to prime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??v.?t/
• Rhymes: -?v?t

Noun

privet (countable and uncountable, plural privets)

1. Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.

Derived terms

• Amur privet, Amur River privet (Ligustrum amurense)
• California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
• Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense)
• common privet, Cheyenne privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
• Egyptian privet (Lawsonia inermis)
• European privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
• evergreen privet (Rhamnus alaternus)
• glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum)
• ibolium privet, ibota privet (Ligustrum ibolium)
• Japanese privet (Ligustrum lucidum and Ligustrum japonicum)
• mock privet (Phillyrea spp.)
• oval-leaved privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
• pipe privet (Philadelphus coronarius)
• waxleaf privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
• wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Russian ??????? (privét, “hello, hi”)

Interjection

privet

1. (informal) hello, hi

Translations

Latin

Verb

pr?vet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of pr?v?

English

Etymology

pre- +? vet

Verb

prevet (third-person singular simple present prevets, present participle prevetting, simple past and past participle prevetted)

1. (transitive) To vet or check in advance.
   • 2009, Lee A. Bygrave, Jon Bing, Internet governance: infrastructure and institutions (page 210)

     The first is that, in part, Nominet took over the operation of .uk precisely because prevetting of domain names was not working.