different between vetting vs netting

English

Verb

vetting

1. present participle of vet

Noun

vetting (plural vettings)

1. A checking or investigation.
   • 2003, Jean-Paul Brodeur, Peter Gill, Dennis Töllborg, Democracy, Law, and Security

     The Military Intelligence Service in 1997 carried out nearly 18,000 security vettings, which resulted in 43 applicants being turned down because of a criminal record.

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From net +? -ing.

Noun

netting (countable and uncountable, plural nettings)

1. Something that acts as, or looks like, a net.
   • 1673, John Dryden, Amboyna

     Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare

   • January 1965, U.S. Army Air Defense Digest (U.S. Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas), page 44 (part of chapter 3, Army Air Defense Control Systems) (PDF: cover, contents, chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3):

     The term "radar netting" (fig 43) describes the process by which track data derived from several additional or remote radars are gathered at a single center to produce an integrated set of meaningful target information which can be distributed to all AD elements concerned. [...] Radar netting can provide concurrent coverage of a selected area by more than one radar.

Synonyms

• mesh

Etymology 2

From Middle English netting (“urine”). Further etymology unclear.

Noun

netting (uncountable)

1. (Britain, dialect, dated) urine

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 3

From net +? -ing.

Verb

netting

1. present participle of net

Anagrams

• tenting, tingent