I was out the other night asking some people and they were telling me the difference, but also said that a person could be both. I just don't get it - how they are two different things, but can also be the same. My father is a "veteran" but he doesn't help sick animals. Then does that mean that some "vetenarians" can also be veterans?
2006-12-08 04:31:03 · 17 answers · asked by Reserved 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A veteran is a senior citizen, or if you're in the military, then you're a senior staff, I think.
A veterinarian is an animal doctor... and you can be both, a senior citizen (veteran) who is an animal doctor (veterinarian).
2006-12-08 04:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by xander 5 · 1⤊ 6⤋
A veterinarian is a doctor who helps sick animals.
A veteran is a person who has served in the military.
They're two different concepts, but not necessarily mutually exclusive.
A person could have served in the military, and then gotten his D.V.M. (the degree to become a vet). So he could be both, a vet(eran) and a doctor.
It's just like saying "what's the difference between a doctor (a person who helps sick people) and a person who has their doctorate (a Ph.D., an educational degree)? A medical doctor helps sick people, a person with a Ph.D. is also called Doctor, but can have this advanced degree is just about any art or science. There are some people who have their medical doctorate (M.D.) and also have a Ph.D. So they are different, but the same person can hold both.
Or, even more simplistically, what's the difference between a mother and a construction worker? A mother is someone who has a child; a construction worker is someone who works on construction. A mother can be a construction worker; a construction worker can be a mother. But a mother doesn't HAVE to be a construction worker, and a construction worker doesn't HAVE to be a mother.
It's the same with the veteran and veterinarian.
2006-12-08 04:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by Perdendosi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oftentimes a veteran is a guy or woman who served interior the protection rigidity throughout conflict time. A veteran is additionally a guy or woman who has an prolonged term of provider in any field. A veterinarian is largely an animal physician. So somebody who has been an animal physician for some years must be mentioned to be a veteran vetrinarian. additionally im specific there are or have been veterinarians interior the protection rigidity as animals including mules have been used even throughout conflict time. So those veterinarians are additionally veteran veterinarians. the two words are often shortened to the term "vet". The context is the variety you distinguish between the two.
2016-10-17 23:50:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A veteran is someone who fought in a war. A vetenarian is a doctor for animals. What they are saying is that someone could have fought in a war when they were younger then went to school and become a doctor for pets after they got out of the war.
2006-12-08 04:34:35 · answer #4 · answered by Dana B 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
A veteran is a person who fought in a war, or who has a war history. A vetenarian is a person who specializes in animals. We also call vetenarians, a "Vet" for short. Hope that helps!
2006-12-08 04:43:19 · answer #5 · answered by Runningforthegold 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Veteran-- 1 a : an old soldier of long service b : a former member of the armed forces
2 : a person of long experience usually in some occupation or skill (as politics or the arts)
Veterinarian-- a person qualified and authorized to practice veterinary medicine ( relating to, practicing, or being the science and art of prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease and injury in animals and especially domestic animals).
So, yes a veteran could also be a veterinarian.
2006-12-08 04:40:59 · answer #6 · answered by Heather H 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
LOL, yes, some veterans can be veterinarians. It just means that is their job. They went to school after serving in the military and now are "pet doctors." These are two different words really having nothing to do with each other, unless like I said above, the person who left the military goes to veterinarian school to work with animals.
2006-12-08 04:34:55 · answer #7 · answered by Kaaren1969 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A veteran is any soldier who have served in the armed forced. A veterinarian is an animal doctor.
2006-12-08 08:18:39 · answer #8 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a veteran has fought in a war, whilst a veterinarian heals sick animals. He may have been a veterinarian in a war-looking after the sick dogs etc.
2006-12-08 05:05:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Veterinarians are animal doctors! They deal specifically in animal medicine and anything related to it.
Veterans, are people who've fought in a war. They're ex-soldiers and military personnel.
They have the same root word, so it's not surprising to get them mixed up. Just remember that the -arian means that its someone who practices something based on the books and written knowledge.
2006-12-08 04:37:31 · answer #10 · answered by sir_camm 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A verteran is someone who fought in a war. And a vertenarian is someone who takes care of sick animals.
2006-12-08 04:39:15 · answer #11 · answered by J M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋