What's the difference between abc and acrostic?

Abc


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The PUP leader told the ABC his announcement would have international significance.
  • (2) HLA-DR and -ABC antigens on adenoma and cancer cells of the colon and rectum were investigated.
  • (3) The blood flows of the kidneys, small intestine, liver, spleen and skin were less compromised in group ABC.
  • (4) In a follow-up study of 38 patients with low grade, low stage, initial transitional cell carcinoma, 9 of the 24 patients positive for ABC expression (37.5%) showed recurrence during the 1 to 6 year follow-up period, whereas 10 of the 14 patients negative for ABC expression 10 (71.4%) did.
  • (5) Tipping petrol on a fire isn’t going to get the heat out of it,” he told ABC radio.
  • (6) As ABC reports, Adam Bandt, the only Greens MP in the lower house, won his Melbourne seat with the help of Liberal preferences at the last election, and may struggle to hold it on 7 September.
  • (7) We made it clear we don’t support extending hours to do anything other than debate the important issue of Senate voting reform and we won’t do anything to bring on the ABCC legislation,” Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, told ABC TV.
  • (8) Responding during the ABC compound was also found to be slower after training with the A+ AB0 BC+ than an A0 AB+ BC+ discrimination.
  • (9) The tissue was Bouin's fixed, and stained immunohistochemically using the Vectastain ABC technique.
  • (10) The treasurer, Joe Hockey, defended the government's planned changes to higher education during an appearance on the ABC's Q&A program on Monday night.
  • (11) The method was more sensitive than the ordinary ELISA as the final enzyme reaction was amplified through the use of the ABC system.
  • (12) Chondroitinase ABC, nitrous acid, and heparinase degraded approximately 76%, 17%, and 7%, respectively, of the HBM-M cell-derived 35S-labeled proteoglycans.
  • (13) Using a probe shown to detect mRNA encoding the alternatively spliced abc, ab, bc, and b exon isoforms of CD45, the expression of CD45 was analyzed.
  • (14) Therefore, ABC method of HDC is thought to be a useful technique for the detection of enterochromaffin-like cells using paraffin sections.
  • (15) This was followed by incubation with avidin-biotin-peroxidase (ABC method).
  • (16) The suitability of the HAB technique in combination with a modified three-step ABC technique for the simultaneous demonstration of glutamate-like and GABA-like immunoreactivity in the rat brain was demonstrated.
  • (17) In 2013, he told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl that the Texas senator might not be eligible to be president.
  • (18) Although leukaemic B cells with a demonstrable non HLA-ABC-associated beta 2m component expressed detectable levels of CD1c, and insignificant levels of CD1a and CD1b, the antigen density was insufficient to account for the excess beta 2m.
  • (19) We’ve given various undertakings to the court which we have honoured in every aspect and we’ll continue to do that,” he told ABC radio.
  • (20) He claimed the board was acting "under pressure" from other medical professionals after the ABC report about Brayley's death screened.

Acrostic


Definition:

  • (n.) A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
  • (n.) A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
  • (n.) Alt. of Acrostical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mr Elton's flourishing of "Augusta" is made the more repellent by Mrs Elton's mock-coy revelation that he wrote an acrostic on her name while courting her in Bath.
  • (2) With these factors in mind, health educators may set them out as an acrostic, based on the 1st letters of a slogan which could be taught to attendants: A Child Needs Personal Love With Which To Enjoy Protein.
  • (3) Top Gear's James May was once sacked by Autocar for working an acrostic (a message spelled out in the initial letters of each line) into a special supplement, which explained how editing the pull-out was a "real pain in the arse".
  • (4) Campaign strategies this time around have included an acrostic poem attacking a local Fairfax Regional paper, the Mandurah Mail, for being “Malicious Asshole Nutcases Dickheads” (it goes on, but we won’t).