different between typesetter vs stet

English

Etymology

type +? setter

Noun

typesetter (plural typesetters)

1. (historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.
2. (historical) A machine that combines type in the correct order for printing.

Synonyms

• (person who sets type): compositor

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?t/

Noun

stet (plural stets)

1. A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out should still remain.
   • 2005, Douglas Rushkoff, "Commodified vs. Commoditized", 2005-09-04:

     And my copyeditors at HarperCollins want me to use the word “commodified” exclusively, since it’s the only one in Websters. But I see the words as very different, and have issued a big STET on that one.

Usage notes

Usually used by writing and circling the word stet above or beside the unwanted edit and underscoring the selection with dashes or dots. Alternatively, a circled checkmark may be used in the margin.

Translations

Verb

stet (third-person singular simple present stets, present participle stetting, simple past and past participle stetted)

1. (transitive) To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was.

   Stet that colon.

Translations

See also

• stet docket
• stet processus

References

Anagrams

• ETTs, Etts, TEST, TETS, TETs, Test, Tets, sett, test, tets

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?t/

Adjective

stet (not comparable)

1. steady
2. constant, continuous
3. perpetual

Declension

Further reading

• “stet” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

stet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of st?

Related terms

• stare
• statio
• status