different between spet vs spec

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?t/

Noun

spet (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) spittle

Verb

spet (third-person singular simple present spets, present participle spetting, simple past and past participle spetted)

1. To spit; to throw out.

   • the dragon […] spets her thickest gloom

Anagrams

• EPTs, ESTP, PETs, Pest, STEP, Sept, Sept., TPEs, Teps, pest, pets, sept, sept-, step, step-

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spé?t/

Adverb

sp??t

1. again, once more

Further reading

• “spet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English spit.

Noun

spet

1. saliva

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English spit.

Noun

spet

1. saliva

Volapük

Noun

spet (nominative plural spets)

1. hope

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?k/
• Homophone: speck

Noun

spec (plural specs)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of specification.

2. (colloquial) Clipping of speculation.
3. Clipping of specialization.
4. Clipping of specialist.
5. Clipping of special.
6. (linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier.
7. (linguistics) Clipping of specifier.
8. (dialect) a special place (for hiding or viewing)
9. (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

Derived terms

• on spec

Translations

Verb

spec (third-person singular simple present specs, present participle speccing, simple past and past participle specced)

1. (transitive) To specify, especially in a formal specification document.

Translations

Anagrams

• CEPs, CPEs, CSPE, ECPs, EPCs, PESC, Pécs, ceps, pecs

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spezie (“spices”), ultimately from Latin speci?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?t?s/

Noun

spec m (indefinite plural speca, definite singular speci, definite plural specat)

1. (botany) pepper (Capsicum annuum)
2. paprika
3. (adjective) cranky

Declension

Synonyms

• piperkë
• gogozhare

References