What's the difference between almighty and might?

Almighty


Definition:

  • (a.) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.
  • (a.) Great; extreme; terrible.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The evangelical pastor knew he faced an almighty task.
  • (2) Those Lords resisting an elected chamber had better prove their vaunted independence by kicking up an almighty stink at being denied any voice in the main cuts legislation whizzing through Westminster.
  • (3) Even Roberts couldn't dictate terms to the almighty, which may have been why he was an atheist.
  • (4) Worst of all, marketisation ensures that everyone arrives at the challenge of being a carer with an almighty shock, and often a sense of "Why did no one warn me?".
  • (5) Nobody can deprive me of that victory except the Almighty Allah,” Jammeh said.
  • (6) Charlotte Eagles gave Chivas USA an almighty scare, by equalizing in the penultimate minute of regulation time, through Mauricio Salles, only for Jose Correa to break their hearts deep into stoppage time.
  • (7) It was an unusual, and characteristically bold, move at the end of a goalless game in which Los Ticos had given them an almighty scare.
  • (8) There is also a longer term threat: by plunging into the debt markets the government risks inflating an almighty bubble in bonds, which will burst in a few years time once the economy begins to bounce back, driving up interest rates and making the government's massive debt burden extremely costly to service.
  • (9) Almighty God, You created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them.
  • (10) Again there was also a sense that Liverpool had blown it, with the shock departure of Dalglish in February 1991 seen by many as the beginning of the end for an almighty force.
  • (11) 46 min: Brazil, no doubt after an almighty bollocking from Dunga, get the second half under way.
  • (12) We can argue till the cows come home about who should get the credit for this – the administration, former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, shale gas, the dynamism of a huge domestic market, the native entrepreneurial spirit of the American people, God almighty – but it happened on Obama’s watch.
  • (13) My lords and members of the House of Commons, I pray that blessing of almighty God may rest upon your counsels.
  • (14) • In the past week, Chinese authorities arrested around 1,000 members of a group called the Church of the Almighty God for spreading rumours about the apocalypse.
  • (15) Now it almost feels too late, and certainly an almighty mess.
  • (16) "You just know you're a man through the physical talents that were given to you by the almighty."
  • (17) A deal is still possible, although the chances of an almighty mess are getting bigger by the hour.
  • (18) Dwyane Wade (3-13 FG, 10 points) was subdued and perhaps feeling his troublesome knees again and Chris Bosh had just 12 points, while point guard Mario Chalmers’ almighty struggles continued.
  • (19) There's an almighty thud as a piece of rock hits the coffin, everyone gasps and one of them says: "Bloody 'ell, Barry!
  • (20) Fifteen minutes later the same English justice system – in the formidable shape of Mrs Justice Gloster – gave Berezovsky an almighty and devastating kick up the backside.

Might


Definition:

  • (imp.) of May
  • () imp. of May.
  • (v.) Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
  • (2) Since fingernail creatinine (Ncr) reflects serum creatinine (Scr) at the time of nail formation, it has been suggested that Ncr level might represent that of Scr around 4 months previously.
  • (3) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
  • (4) The observed relationship between prorenin and renin substrate concentrations might be a consequence of their regulation by common factors.
  • (5) We report a series of experiments designed to determine if agents and conditions that have been reported to alter sodium reabsorption, Na-K-ATPase activity or cellular structure in the rat distal nephron might also regulate the density or affinity of binding of 3H-metolazone to the putative thiazide receptor in the distal nephron.
  • (6) Since the start of this week, markets have been more cautious, with bond yields in Spain reaching their highest levels in four months on Tuesday amid concern about the scale of the austerity measures being imposed by the government and fears that the country might need a bailout.
  • (7) Blood pressure control was marginally improved during the study and it is thought possible that better patient compliance might explain this.
  • (8) The differences might be due to an arrest of "specialization" in the regional expression of the different MHC isoforms.
  • (9) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
  • (10) Administration of furosemide might result, on occasion, in a false positive test for pheochromocytoma.
  • (11) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
  • (12) DPI 201-106 (DPI) as a positive inotropic drug might be useful in treating dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
  • (13) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
  • (14) In fact, you might read it as a signal … that the president might well lose on this,” she said.
  • (15) She was not aware that it was an assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents.” If at least one of the women thought the killing was part of an elaborate prank, it might explain the “LOL” message emblazoned in large letters one of the killers t-shirts.
  • (16) Hypnosis might be looked upon as a method by which an unscrupulous person could sustain such a state of powerlessness in a victim.
  • (17) These findings suggest that aerosolization of ATP into the cystic fibrosis-affected bronchial tree might be hazardous in terms of enhancement of parenchymal damage, which would result from neutrophil elastase release, and in terms of impaired respiratory lung function.
  • (18) It is widely seen as a counter to China’s economic might in Asia, and the world’s second largest economy is notably absent from the list of signatories.
  • (19) Mechanisms by which a defect in the synthesis of dolichol-oligosaccharides might alter the degree of beta-1,6 branching in N-linked carbohydrates are discussed.
  • (20) But what they take for a witticism might very well be true; most of Ellis's novels tell more or less the same story, about the same alienated ennui, and maybe they really are nothing more than the fictionalised diaries of an unremarkably unhappy man.