different between wetting vs vetting

wetting

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?w?t??/, [?w????]
  • Homophone: wedding

Verb

wetting

  1. present participle of wet

Noun

wetting (plural wettings)

  1. The act of making something wet.
    • 1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)
      It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings []
  2. The act of accidental urination on or in something.

Derived terms

  • bedwetting

Translations

Adjective

wetting (not comparable)

  1. That makes (something) wet.

Derived terms

  • wetting agent

wetting From the web:

  • what's wetting agent
  • wetting meaning
  • wetting what does it mean
  • what does bedwetting mean
  • what causes wetting the bed in adults
  • what does wetting agent do
  • what is wetting in soldering
  • what is wetting agent in soil


vetting

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

vetting From the web:

  • what vetting means
  • what vetting process
  • what vetting do the police do
  • what vetting do puppies need
  • what vetting means in arabic
  • vetting what does it mean
  • vetting what do they check
  • what does vetting troops mean
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like