What's the difference between acton and actor?

Acton


Definition:

  • (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In extremis, Georgia even turned to an unlicensed company called Dream Pharma that operated out of a driving school in Acton, west London.
  • (2) Mohamed was seen entering the An-Noor Masjid and Community Centre in Acton, west London, in western clothes.
  • (3) Their daughter Asma was born in 1975 and they raised her in Acton, where she grew up as Emma, attending a local school and then Queen's College, a private girls' school on Harley Street.
  • (4) We’ll test the extent to which London really is different by looking at Labour’s pulling power in Ealing Central and Acton and who is winning the battle for the progressive vote.
  • (5) Though Koum is only in his late 30s and Acton in his early 40s, the men are older than many of their Silicon Valley brethren: Zuckerberg is only 29.
  • (6) In an al-Sweady hearing this summer, Jonathan Acton Davis QC, counsel to the inquiry, said IHAT had purchased a newly designed forensic computer system called the Forensic Data Handling Capability (FDHC).
  • (7) But Acton says age brings perspective as investors salivate over fast-growing services such as Snapchat : "Great, teenagers [on Snapchat] can use it to get laid all day long," he told one interviewer.
  • (8) People didn’t see that as an attempt to undermine the convention, and a pragmatic solution was found,” Acton said.
  • (9) That adventure involved Acton and partner Jan Koum, a Ukrainian immigrant whose childhood experience of Soviet era surveillance inspired the WhatsApp messaging service.
  • (10) A 22-year-old from west London who went from filming local rapping talent on the streets of Acton aged 16 to running a major online broadcaster covering comedy, sports and business as well as music.
  • (11) That would be a catastrophic decision,” Acton said.
  • (12) The Piccadilly line was operating a service between Acton Town and Heathrow, and the Hammersmith & City line was running between Shepherd's Bush Market and Baker Street.
  • (13) There's more in The Guardian's interview with Acton Smith , including his belief that children's apps can build business models based on in-app purchases in an ethical way, despite recent controversies around kids splashing their parents' cash on virtual items without permission.
  • (14) In July 2012, chief executive Michael Acton Smith said that Mind Candy was about to launch an iPad app version of Moshi Monsters .
  • (15) Andrew Slaughter, the Labour MP for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush, whose constituency houses the BBC's building, joined the demonstrators, and criticised the decision to have Griffin on as "appalling".
  • (16) The panel so far ... Karl Blight , general manager, GE Healthcare UK and Ireland Ben Kaner , chief technology officer, BT Global Health Phil O'Connell , NHS global innovator of the year and telehealthcare expert Julia Manning , chief executive, 2020health Anna Geraghty , head of marketing, communications and training, Tinder Foundation Jules Acton , director of engagement & membership, National Voices Louise Rogerson , director of service development, Intelesant Claire Jones , NHS occupational therapist currently exploring technology in facilitating asset-based approaches in health and care This article is published by Guardian Professional.
  • (17) On a uniform swing, these numbers would deliver eight gains for Labour, mostly in the west of the city – where Brentford and Isleworth, Ealing Central and Acton, and Harrow East would all be picked up from the Tories.
  • (18) Earlier this month, CEO Michael Acton Smith talked about the challenges this is presenting.
  • (19) Tucking into a fish and chips lunch in a nearby cafe, Rupa Huq, the Labour candidate for Becca’s Ealing Central and Acton constituency, is clear about what is at stake if she loses these voters to the Greens.
  • (20) The conformational possibilities of the free acton molecule and fragment 31-44 differ essentially.

Actor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
  • (n.) A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
  • (n.) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
  • (n.) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
  • (2) The talent base in the UK – not just producers and actors but camera and sound – is unparalleled, so I think creativity will continue unabated.” Lee does recognise “massive” cultural differences between the US and UK.
  • (3) Three experiments in person perception were conducted to investigate the conditions under which naive observers label an actor as aggressive and to ascertain how this label affects the reactions of the observers to the actor.
  • (4) Along with a lengthy list of cameos, Girls actor Gaby Hoffmann and Party Down star Martin Starr appear as former Neptune High classmates new to the Veronica Mars universe.
  • (5) Notably, while the lead actors were all professionals, most of the cast members and musicians came from Providência itself.
  • (6) She says he wants his actors to be in a "second state", instinctive, holding nothing back.
  • (7) American Horror Story is a paean to the supernatural whose greatest purpose is letting washed-up actors and pop stars chew the scenery on the way to winning awards .
  • (8) Like Morton, Sevigny is an actor who holds nothing back from the camera.
  • (9) While the Spielberg of popular myth is Mr Nice Guy, Lean was known as an obsessive, cantankerous tyrant who didn't much like actors and was only truly happy locked away in the editing suite.
  • (10) The committee's findings include that the attacks were not extensively planned by the perpetrators; the intelligence community did a good job of warning about the risk of an attack but a bad job of summarizing the attack when it happened; the state department screwed up by not beefing up security at the mission; nobody blocked any military response; and that the Obama administration was slow to produce a paper trail but was generally not a sinister actor in the episode.
  • (11) Although it never really has a sense of fun and burns with ill-focused anger, The Paperboy represents a kind of triumph, surely, even if it's just in getting such high-profile actors to do such low-down deeds.
  • (12) Mr Bae stars in a popular drama, Winter Sonata, a tale of rekindled puppy love that has left many Japanese women hankering for an age when their own men were as sensitive and attentive as the Korean actor.
  • (13) An actor dressed like one of the polar bears that figure in Coke ads limped up, wearing a prosthesis on one paw, a dialysis bag and tubing.
  • (14) Ridley and Boyega are part of a swathe of actors – also including Girls' Adam Driver and Ingmar Bergman regular Max von Sydow – who were confirmed by studio Disney in May.
  • (15) Braff will direct and play the lead role of a father, actor and husband struggling to find his identity.
  • (16) The actor and his fee have become the news story, and there's no credible reason to believe that Downey is a HTC fan.
  • (17) Three female actors, including former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko , are rumoured to be in the running for the lead female role in the upcoming sequel to superhero reboot Man of Steel, reports Variety .
  • (18) The two groups of actors in this new development--the risk assessors and the strain designers--need the same platform of understanding from the field of microbial ecology, and a number of specific areas which may now be approached by modern technology deserve particular attention.
  • (19) It appeared Dunaway and Warren Beatty had an envelope containing a card naming a previous award won by La La Land, prompting visible hesitation between the two veteran actors before Dunaway went ahead and named La La Land.
  • (20) According to this explanation, aspects of the situation are phenomenologically more salient for actors, whereas characteristics of the actor and his behavior are more salient for observers.

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