Yet vs. Jet

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  • Yet (adverb)

    Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.

    “He has never yet been late for an appointment;”

    “Iā€™m not yet wise enough to answer that;”

    “Have you finished yet?”

  • Yet (adverb)

    Continuously up to the current time; still.

    “The workers went to the factory early and are striking yet.”

  • Yet (adverb)

    At some future time; eventually.

    “The riddle will be solved yet.”

  • Yet (adverb)

    Not as of the time referenced.

    “I’ve yet to see him. ā€” I have not yet seen him.”

    “I had yet to go to a convention. ā€” I had not yet gone to a convention.”

    “He seemed yet to be convinced. ā€” He seemed not yet to have been convinced.”

  • Yet (adverb)

    In addition.

    “There are two hours yet to go until our destination.”

  • Yet (adverb)

    Even.

    “K-2 is yet higher than this.”

  • Yet (conjunction)

    Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

    “I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.”

  • Yet (verb)

    To melt; found; cast, as metal.

  • Yet (noun)

    A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

  • Jet (noun)

    A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.

  • Jet (noun)

    A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

  • Jet (noun)

    A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.

  • Jet (noun)

    An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.

  • Jet (noun)

    A turbine.

  • Jet (noun)

    A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.

  • Jet (noun)

    A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.

  • Jet (noun)

    Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

  • Jet (noun)

    The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

  • Jet (noun)

    A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.

  • Jet (noun)

    The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

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  • Jet (verb)

    To spray out of a container.

  • Jet (verb)

    To spray with liquid from a container.

    “Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.”

  • Jet (verb)

    To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion

  • Jet (verb)

    To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around

  • Jet (verb)

    To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

  • Jet (verb)

    To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

  • Jet (verb)

    To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

  • Jet (verb)

    To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor id=carb

  • Jet (verb)

    To leave.

  • Jet (adjective)

    Propelled by turbine engines.

    “jet airplane”

  • Jet (adjective)

    Very dark black in colour.

Wiktionary
  • Yet (adverb)

    up until the present or a specified or implied time; by now or then

    “I haven’t told anyone else yet”

    “aren’t you ready to go yet?”

    “I have yet to be convinced”

    “the congress was widely acclaimed as the best yet”

  • Yet (adverb)

    as soon as the present or a specified or implied time

    “wait, don’t go yet”

  • Yet (adverb)

    from now into the future for a specified length of time

    “I hope to continue for some time yet”

  • Yet (adverb)

    referring to something that will or may happen in the future

    “further research may yet explain the enigma”

    “I know she’s alive and I’ll find her yet”

  • Yet (adverb)

    still; even (used to emphasize increase or repetition)

    “snow, snow, and yet more snow”

    “yet another diet book”

    “the rations were reduced yet again”

  • Yet (adverb)

    in spite of that; nevertheless

    “every week she gets worse, and yet it could go on for years”

  • Yet (conjunction)

    but at the same time; but nevertheless

    “the path was dark, yet I slowly found my way”

Oxford Dictionary

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