different between vetter vs getter

English

Etymology

vet +? -t- +? -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vetter (plural vetters)

1. Agent noun of vet: one who vets.
   • 2007 April 10, "Who Killed Ashraf Marwan?," The New York Times (retrieved 18 September 2015):

     Mr. Marwan, the excited vetters discovered, was married to a daughter of Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser."

Anagrams

• trevet

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Akin to English winter.

Noun

vetter m (definite singular vetteren, indefinite plural vetrar, definite plural vetrane)

1. Alternative form of vinter

Swedish

Verb

vetter

1. present tense of vetta.

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