different between stet vs suet

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s(j)u??t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

suet (countable and uncountable, plural suets)

1. The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.

Translations

References

• suet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “suet”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

Further reading

• Suet in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Suet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Suet on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• ETUs, TEUs, TUEs, Tues, Utes, tues, utes

Latin

Verb

suet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of su?

Middle English

Noun

suet

1. Alternative form of sute