Settee vs. Setter — What's the Difference?

A long wooden bench with a back.

The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. In the UK, the four setter breeds, together with the pointers, usually form a subgroup within the gundog group as they share a common function.

A small or medium-sized sofa.

One that sets

(UK) A long seat with a back, made to accommodate several persons at once; a sofa.

Any of several breeds of long-haired hunting dogs originally trained to indicate the presence of game by crouching in a set position.

A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.

A typesetter.

A long seat with a back, - made to accommodate several persons at once.

One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.

A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, - used in the Mediterranean.

A long-haired breed of gundog.

A long wooden bench with a back

(volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

A small sofa

(object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.

A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.

One who hunts victims for sharpers.

One who adapts words to music in composition.

A shallow seggar for porcelain.

To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

One who, or that which, sets; - used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.

A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.

One who hunts victims for sharpers.

One who adapts words to music in composition.

An adornment; a decoration; - with off.

A shallow seggar for porcelain.

To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

One who sets written material into type

A long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point