What's the difference between abc and but?

Abc


Definition:

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  • (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.

But


Definition:

  • (adv. & conj.) Except with; unless with; without.
  • (adv. & conj.) Except; besides; save.
  • (adv. & conj.) Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
  • (adv. & conj.) Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
  • (adv. & conj.) Only; solely; merely.
  • (adv. & conj.) On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
  • (prep., adv. & conj.) The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
  • (n.) A limit; a boundary.
  • (n.) The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
  • (v. i.) See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
  • (v. t.) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  • (v. t.) The thicker end of anything. See But.
  • (v. t.) A mark to be shot at; a target.
  • (v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
  • (v. t.) A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
  • (v. t.) A thrust in fencing.
  • (v. t.) A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  • (v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
  • (v. t.) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
  • (v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
  • (v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
  • (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
  • (v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  • (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

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