What's the difference between almond and nut?

Almond


Definition:

  • (n.) The fruit of the almond tree.
  • (n.) The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
  • (n.) Anything shaped like an almond.
  • (n.) One of the tonsils.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The likes of almond, blackberry and crocus first made way for analogue, block graph and celebrity in the Oxford Junior Dictionary in 2007, with protests at the time around the loss of a host of religious words such as bishop, saint and sin.
  • (2) He looks younger than even the freshest-faced incarnation: skin smooth and honeyed, sipping an almond milk cocktail in one of London's few raw-food vegan restaurants ("I plan to live into my hundreds").
  • (3) Society needs a villain and right now we’re convenient.” “ I will carefully admit there has been an awful lot of almonds planted that maybe shouldn’t have been because outside money came in and wanted to plant,” he says.
  • (4) beta-D-Glucopyranosyl-(1S and 1R)-epoxyethanes (I and II), 1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-(2R and 2S)-2,3-epoxypropanes (III and IV), beta-D-glucopyranosyl isothiocyanate (V) and beta-D-galactopyranosylepoxyethane (VI) are active-site-directed irreversible inhibitors of sweet-almond beta-glucosidase B (beta-D-Glucoside glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.21).
  • (5) During the chewing of an almond the relative masticatory forces of the masseter muscle below the peak load were higher for patients than referents.
  • (6) Almond lamb curry: Atul Kochhar This dish derives its main flavour from a spice blend called vadagam, which can be a little tedious to make.
  • (7) Serves 4 100g butter, at room temperature 150g flour 50g ground almonds 30g suet 1 egg yolk 50g cooked chestnuts, chopped 5 tbsp chopped fresh thyme Salt and black pepper For the leeks 1kg leeks, trimmed 100g butter Salt and pepper 200ml double cream 1 tsp nutmeg 1 To make the crumble topping, work the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs, then add the ground almonds and suet.
  • (8) Of the dried fruits the almond was the most sensitizing (89%, 87% and 68% of correlation between the clinical history and "in vivo" tests--skin tests--and "in vitro" tests--histamine release test and RAST--, respectively).
  • (9) Ruth Joseph and Sarah Nathan's crumbly little almond and lemon tarts are the perfect example of its charms, to my mind – not too sweet, not too sour, just intensely, deliciously zesty.
  • (10) We bartered for almonds and olives in the market, where there wasn't another tourist to be seen, and sat on the ramparts, watching the sun fall away beyond the horizon.
  • (11) HRP sugar moieties released by almond glycopeptidase A digestion of HRP pepsin digests were subjected to pyridylamination.
  • (12) Dry matter intake and weight gain were highest for the diet containing 35% almond hulls and 1% urea.
  • (13) But Howitt says that while it is a problem that so much farmland has shifted from more adjustable crops to perennials like almonds, he has a simpler solution: better management of groundwater.
  • (14) Each animal was again offered simultaneous choice tests between marshmallows and almonds.
  • (15) It’s a lot easier, and more fun, to experience the war as a passive form of entertainment than as a source of moral distress requiring citizen activism,” Almond wrote.
  • (16) However, Richard Howitt, a co-author of the study, cautions against singling out particular crops: "Don't blame almonds for the problem.
  • (17) In the UK, sales of almonds increased by 45% over 2012-13 after a marketing blitz in lifestyle magazines.
  • (18) The third enzyme is the beta-glucosidase from almond emulsin.
  • (19) A dystrophy of the eye fundi was observed (whitish puncta of the macula); except for the "almond shaped eyes", there was no obvious dismorphism.
  • (20) We have evaluated the radioallergosorbent test (RAST) for the in vitro measurement of the specific IgE antibodies to nuts, including Brazil nut, almond, walnut, pecan, cashew, and the legume, peanut.

Nut


Definition:

  • (n.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
  • (n.) A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt.
  • (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock.
  • (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
  • (v. i.) To gather nuts.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The prevalence of kola nut chewing and the effects attributed to it are briefly reviewed.
  • (2) It also hydrolyzes (Man)2-GlcNAc from the urine of an alpha-mannosidosis patient, 1,4-D-mannobiose and mannotriose isolated from ivory nut mannan, 4-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl-L-rhamnose, 6-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl-D-galactose and 4-O-beta-D-mannopyranosyl-N-acetylglucosamine.
  • (3) But she noticed Mohamed getting smaller and sicker, until she eventually brought him to the centre, where the nuns give him F-75 – an enriched formula adapted for malnourished children, fortified porridge, plumpy nut, and soup with meat and fish.
  • (4) Boric acid, propionic acid and potassium metabisulphite were used for the control of aflatoxin B1 on betel nuts.
  • (5) Increased slippage torques of approximately 100 per cent were noted in all interfaces at low values of tightening torque (6 and 8 N m) of the wing-nut clamp and improvements of not less than 50 per cent were obtained at higher tightening torques (10 and 12 N m) on the wing-nut clamp.
  • (6) The effects of addition of ethanol to diets containing rapeseed or ground nut oil on the metabolic conversions of 14 14C erucic and 9-10 3H oleic acid were studied in the rat liver.
  • (7) Twenty-three fruits, 33 vegetables, 41 grain products, 7 legumes, 4 nuts, and 9 miscellaneous foods were analyzed by an accurate chemical method to determine their dietary fiber content and composition.
  • (8) Woodcock said: “The way [Miliband] was trying to appeal to people … was nuts.
  • (9) Electrophoresis of the piñon nut extract demonstrated 30 bands, three of which (in the 66 to 68,000 dalton range) bound IgE in the patient's serum in an immunoblot.
  • (10) Nuts, tomatoes, milk, eggs and cereals were most frequently involved.
  • (11) Powdered slaked lime applied to the chewed Areca nut with Piper betle inflorescence at the corner of the mouth causes the mean pH to rise to 10, at which reactive oxygen species are generated from betel quid ingredients in vitro.
  • (12) So should we indulge our nut cravings or will that just add inches to the waist?
  • (13) Peter Spence (@Pete_Spence) Haldane, Goodhart, and more on "Is this nuts?"
  • (14) Because there is no known nut site cis to 'trpA, we suggest that the 'trpA segment itself fortuitously contains a nut sequence that is able to function with excess N of any of the types tested and with either NusAEc or NusASal.
  • (15) Onto one of the harder nuts to crack this season is best foreign film .
  • (16) My mum thought it was a bad idea, because the chefs were nuts, always drunk.
  • (17) In the Russian gallery, for example, the courageous Vadim Zakharov presents a pointed version of the Danaë myth in which an insouciant dictator (of whom it is hard not to think: Putin) sits on a high beam on a saddle, shelling nuts all day while gold coins rain down from a vast shower-head only to be hoisted in buckets by faceless thuggish men in suits.
  • (18) Toxicological study was carried out in rats with chloroform-soluble fraction of the nuts of Semecarpus anacardium to determine its safe non-toxic dose.
  • (19) The specificity and cross-reactivity of IgE antibodies to different nut antigens was investigated by RAST inhibition with serums from 5 patients having high levels of IgE antibody.
  • (20) Fresh fruit and vegetable sales rose by about 5% while fish, poultry and nuts saw similar growth.