What's the difference between ameliorate and benefit?

Ameliorate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
  • (v. i.) To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was prompt symptomatic relief and amelioration of signs of nephritis.
  • (2) One patient had amelioration of his symptoms, 5 experienced no change and in 5 their symptoms became worse.
  • (3) We infer from these results that endotoxin ameliorates the cyclical changes in blood cell counts by regulating hematopoietic proliferative activity at the stem cell level.
  • (4) Mild amelioration of sleep-wakefulness cycles and impulse and drive functions could be observed clinically in both groups.
  • (5) In the present experiment, cholinergic-rich grafts implanted into either the neocortex or the hippocampus of aged rats are shown to reinnervate the host neocortex and hippocampus, respectively, and to provide a significant amelioration of the host animals' short-term memory impairments.
  • (6) over at least 3 days can ameliorate 5-fluorouracil (FUra) toxicity; to avoid Urd-induced phlebitis in the peripheral veins of patients, a central vein is used.
  • (7) In spite of technical improvements, there has been no persistent amelioration of results of coronary angioplasty over time.
  • (8) This finding suggests that intracerebral administration of neurotrophic factors may become a generally valuable approach when attempting to ameliorate age-related neuronal deficits in experimental animals and humans.
  • (9) Levothyroxine therapy lowered the monoiodotyrosine and diiodotyrosine levels, ameliorated all her endocrinopathies, started her periods, and shrank the goiter.
  • (10) These findings suggest that health professionals, particularly nurses, who work with families in their homes, must be alert and sensitive to cues and circumstances which could indicate suffering, and in so doing, take the necessary steps to ameliorate their situation.
  • (11) We conclude that the fall in PaO2 that occurs with acetate hemodialysis is due to decreased ventilation secondary to decreased VCO2 and that exercise can ameliorate the fall in PaO2 by increasing ventilation.
  • (12) Prophylactic treatment by intra-articular injections twice weekly for 4 weeks caused amelioration of canine cartilage erosions.
  • (13) As management of HIV infection becomes more proactive, early identification of persons at risk for PCP and initiation of preventive therapy will become more routine, and the clinical impact of P. carinii may be ameliorated.
  • (14) Ultimately, the ideal treatment for the AIDS patient with KS will be a combination of antiretroviral therapy to suppress further effects of HIV, biological therapy to reverse the immunologic defects, chemotherapy to control tumor development, and hematopoietic growth factors to ameliorate treatment toxicities.
  • (15) Large randomized trials now confirm that myelosuppression after intensive chemotherapy can be substantially ameliorated, reducing infections and decreasing hospital days, risks, and costs.
  • (16) Appropriate use of varicella zoster immunoglobulin to prevent or ameliorate maternal or perinatal infection depends on accurate identification of varicella-susceptible women.
  • (17) This letter-writer argues that the salient action of mood elevation is a result of the supplemental pyridoxine (vitamin B) which ameliorates the deficiency induced by oral contraceptive use that leads to depression resulting from inhibition of synthesis of biogenic amines in the central nervous system.
  • (18) A near-total thyroidectomy resulted in rapid amelioration of thyrotoxicosis.
  • (19) The purpose of this study was to examine the possibility that the graft-derived 5-HT hyperinnervation is governed by target-related effects present in the host neostriatum and the question of whether grafts rich in 5-HT cells can ameliorate the drug-induced motor asymmetry resulting from unilateral 6-OHDA lesions.
  • (20) In this article are considered the multiple instruments today employed in cars, in order to prevent or ameliorate the lesions caused to the occupants in case of road accident.

Benefit


Definition:

  • (n.) An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
  • (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
  • (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.
  • (n.) Beneficence; liberality.
  • (n.) Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
  • (v. t.) To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
  • (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Child benefit has already been withdrawn from higher rate taxpayers.
  • (2) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
  • (3) Benefits increase with an individual's initial cholesterol level and decrease with the age at which an intervention is initiated.
  • (4) It ignores the reduction in the wider, non-NHS cost of adult mental illness such as benefit payments and forgone tax, calculated by the LSE report as £28bn a year.
  • (5) This "paradox of redistribution" was certainly observable in Britain, where Welfare retained its status as one of the 20th century's most exalted creations, even while those claiming benefits were treated with ever greater contempt.
  • (6) I fear that I will have to go through another witch-hunt in order to apply for this benefit."
  • (7) Because they generally have to be positioned on hills to get the maximum benefits of the wind, some complain that they ruin the landscape.
  • (8) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
  • (9) In patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, although either sympathomimetic or anticholinergic therapy provides bronchodilatation, no further benefit could be demonstrated from combination therapy.
  • (10) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
  • (11) In France, there is still a meaningful connection between earnings, social contributions paid in, and benefit paid out.
  • (12) The value of benefit-risk, benefit-cost, and cost-effectiveness analyses lies not in providing the definitive basis for a decision on vaccine use or evaluation.
  • (13) The results indicate that the legislated increase in the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits beginning in the 21st century will have relatively small effects on the ages of retirement and benefit acceptance.
  • (14) The chancellor confirmed he would bring in a welfare cap of £119.5bn, with the state pension and unemployment benefits exempted from this.
  • (15) These data suggest that although the major effect of ALP is on the inhibition of the generation of the autoimmune response there appeared to be some therapeutic benefit at a later stage of acute disease.
  • (16) Acetylsalicylic acid has been shown to reduce significantly stroke, death and stroke-related death in men, with no detectable benefit for women.
  • (17) Some women have clinically obvious cervical incompetence and may benefit from a cerclage operation, but criteria for early diagnosis are not universally agreed upon.
  • (18) "If you are not prepared to learn English, your benefits will be cut," he said.
  • (19) Of course it is important to ensure shareholders enjoy the benefits of investing in the company, they are the owners.
  • (20) Considerations on costs and benefits demonstrate that the treatment of severely injured patients, who otherwise would die, results in a considerable social and economic saving (approximately 90 million Swiss francs for the 316 trauma patients analyzed).