What's the difference between aft and daft?

Aft


Definition:

  • (adv. & a.) Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All values for the AFT were on an equal level for normal subjects younger than 65 years.
  • (2) This caused variations in fore-and-aft motion with position along the vertical axis of the head and variations in vertical motion with position along the fore-and-aft axis of the head.
  • (3) Here, we report a combined biochemical and microscopical attempt to determine whether the protein reduction occurs throughout the excised, in vitro-cultured root and whether the plasmalemma proteins which are affected by AFTs can be both solubilized and characterized.
  • (4) The impulses of fore-aft force were closely correlated with step length.
  • (5) The design considerations and trade-offs associated with the choice of slit width, slit separation distance, and aft slot depth are discussed along with the effect of these parameters on the SMSA's performance.
  • (6) A total of 792 ATCs and 2,366 AFTs completed the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) and questionnaires concerning job satisfaction and job attitudes.
  • (7) The data indicate that the biological activity of AFT-6 is partly due to the molecules having antigenic determinants of AgT-1.
  • (8) Electronic scanning-slit fluorography involves replacing paired fore and aft slits for scatter rejection with only one beam-defining tantalum fore aperture.
  • (9) Since the vestibulospinal level of vestibular function is frequently neglected in the evaluation of vertiginous patients, we developed a new posture equilibrometer for recording body swaying X (left-right) and Y (fore-aft) components of angular displacement, velocity, and acceleration with its transducer on the head of the subject.
  • (10) During the assault, which began in earnest 40 miles from the coast, several journalists continued to broadcast from the aft deck, sharing a microphone in a relay as they broadcast to the world.
  • (11) Using the transducer AFT was monitored noninvasively over extended periods in about 200 normal and sick neonates.
  • (12) These results indicate that for a period of approximately 5 days afte r ovulation, the development of the rabbit ectopic corpus luteum and the secretion of progesterone are autonomous from estradiol secreted by ovarian follicles.
  • (13) There was no rebound decrease in AFT up to 65 minutes.
  • (14) Onsets and magnitudes of lateral and fore-aft reactive forces associated with the movement and of electromyographic (EMG) activity of the ipsilateral deltoid and external abdominal oblique and contralateral paraspinal muscles were monitored.
  • (15) At sacrifice there was extensive bile ductule cell proliferation and numerous precancerous changes evident in AFT-treated animals.
  • (16) Substituting the IM fat estimate at the 12th rib for adjusted fat thickness (AFT) in the equation explained 60% of the variation in percentage of chemical fat.
  • (17) No changes in AFT or VFT were noted in control experiments.
  • (18) UK defense hardware firm BAE Systems makes the airplane’s aft section; Californian company Northrop Grumman makes the plane’s center fuselages, as does Ankara’s Turkish Aerospace Industries.
  • (19) The body sway response signals are digitized for the calculation of the following parameters by a computer: average velocity of body sway, mean value for fore-aft and lateral body sway, and maximal amplitude of body sway.
  • (20) For the frontal patients, significant correlations were found between the number of prompts on the AFT and the number of perseverative errors on the WCST.

Daft


Definition:

  • (a.) Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft.
  • (a.) Gay; playful; frolicsome.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Does he really think, like those daft gender essentialists, that women are innately gentle and men are big brutes out for a ruck?
  • (2) I am of a similar vintage and, like many friends and fans of the series, bemoan the fact that we are generally treated by society as silly, weak, daft, soppy, prejudiced (even bigoted), risk-averse and wary of new situations.
  • (3) Album of the year: Random Access Memories - Daft Punk Daft Punk snatches record of the year from Macklemore's tiny fists.
  • (4) Osborne and Alistair Darling would be daft to rule out a 20% VAT band; don't expect them to admit as much this side of polling day.
  • (5) • Sign up for our Money Talks email , which each week features a daft deal and some real offers
  • (6) The comedian Stephen Mangan called Cameron’s warning “panicky” and “daft”, while another comedian, Vikki Stone, shared a picture of herself hiding in the shed with a colander on her head and said: “Dear David Cameron I’m frightened.
  • (7) Daft Punk will make their first televised performance since 2008 , playing with artists including Stevie Wonder and Get Lucky collaborators Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.
  • (8) It would be unfair – daft, even, and demeaning to the winner – to suggest Murray threw the match away after coming back from 2-5 in the fifth set and failing to convert any of three break points that would have left him serving for the match.
  • (9) I wanted to make something that, daft as it is, you could see it loads of times and spot something new each time.
  • (10) The clue is in the title: it takes a lot of work and rehearsal for a comedian to appear spontaneous, and this is a daft, enjoyable and impressively polished show from a comic with a natural flair for the absurd.
  • (11) Nile says: “The robots had an amazing vision!” Nile Rodgers accepts Daft Punk's International Group Award.
  • (12) So, yes, Daft Punk are very famous indeed, but the two Frenchmen sitting side by side on a sofa in a luxurious Paris hotel suite – Thomas Bangalter, 38, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, 39 – are very much not.
  • (13) He also helpfully presented the former prime minister with a way the policy could be made less daft.
  • (14) The more that other people sounded like Daft Punk, the harder it become for Daft Punk to do something new.
  • (15) Frankly, if anyone is daft enough to spend £1,000 on a handbag, it’s no skin off anyone else’s nose.
  • (16) At this perilous juncture, there's not much to be gained from saying that monetary union was always a daft idea.
  • (17) "Apart from anything else, with Superman returning to a cinematic landscape that now also has that other god-alien Thor, not to mention Iron Man, Hulk – hell, all the Avengers – it wasn't a daft move to avoid any winks to his inherent absurdity," he writes.
  • (18) Richard Curtis's film is a good-natured fantasy romance of such utterable daftness that it's impossible to dislike.
  • (19) Cycling into the hinterland of a foreign city with a reputation for violence and where few people speak English might sound like a daft idea, but for anyone remotely interested in cycling this is an unmissable experience – perhaps the world's greatest city bike ride.
  • (20) So, let's go back to the original question: is the man in charge of making these changes a bit daft?