What's the difference between amiss and remiss?

Amiss


Definition:

  • (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
  • (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
  • (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "The economy, stupid" is a plausible-sounding answer, but it is stupidly amiss.
  • (2) T-Mobile: ‘Restricted Bling’ (starts at 10:21) Rap star Drake demonstrates extraordinary compliance no matter what’s asked of him in this funny advert for T-Mobile which aims to suggest that the network’s rivals “ruin everything”, but a longer version with him actually incorporating the lines “device eligible for upgrade after 24 months” and “streaming music will incur data charges” into his song wouldn’t go amiss.
  • (3) The coroner found that Ben continued to "play enthusiastically", and "displayed no immediately obvious physical signs that anything was amiss", but in the video, his symptoms clearly tally with those described on the Scat card.
  • (4) How this flora is controlled and what is amiss when virulent or pathogenic bacteria can cause infection are fascinating questions.
  • (5) This is the first time in my reread I've found something amiss: a King novel that doesn't have the story to back itself up.
  • (6) They do seem entirely unaware of contradictions in their arguments – Senator Cory Bernardi, for example, seeing nothing amiss in attacking Turnbull for distracting from the government’s message by responding when commentator Andrew Bolt accused him of leadership manoeuvring on national television and a nationally-syndicated newspaper column.
  • (7) Even the Guardian found nothing amiss in running a story about this and not quoting anyone who currently sells sex .
  • (8) Yes, of course it is, but a bit of humility amongst politicians never goes amiss.
  • (9) But more self-imposed quarantine wouldn't go amiss; more baristas who stay home; more coffee cups that remain untouched by those malign particles.
  • (10) Michael’s mam, my mother-in-law, rang our landline, which was a sign something was amiss, and tearfully delivered the news that Michael had taken his own life.
  • (11) This is not to say grassroot efforts may go amiss but we must not forget the historical socio-economic issues countries are still entrenched in.
  • (12) When the fixture list came out Advocaat would have fancied Sunderland’s chances of having six points by now but something looks seriously amiss within a side requiring a radical rebuild.
  • (13) The residents of Wang Kelian sensed something was amiss when a number of people stumbled on to their streets, weak and injured, and began to beg for food and water.
  • (14) Selby can't hit the yellow, so foul and amiss is called, and then again - this time he gets much closer.
  • (15) That isn’t, of course, because the NHS has taken to medieval blood-letting techniques, but rather because those who showed up at the infirmary door will have disproportionately had something seriously amiss.
  • (16) He is showing encouraging signs of having got the social care message, but a little forceful reminding cannot go amiss.
  • (17) Many new possibilities for treatment which have appeared recently have resulted from the amission of page limitation.
  • (18) Physiocal examination on amission demonstrated revealed a pulsating mass in the midabdomen, absence of pulsation of the right femoral artery and cold pale skin of the right leg.
  • (19) I wouldn’t imagine that people will get enough to cover their whole costs, but I would think that a payment to at least cover some expenses wouldn’t go amiss,” he said.
  • (20) A couple of days off in Blackburn wouldn't go amiss.

Remiss


Definition:

  • (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
  • (n.) The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Definite tumor regression, improvement of some clinical symptoms, and continuous remission over 6 mo or more were observed in six, nine, and three patients, respectively.
  • (2) One hundred and ninety-nine children aged 7-14 and 177 adolescents in remission and minimal manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were examined before and after fangotherapy with allowance for activity of the process, age-related reactivity.
  • (3) The plasma levels of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) were measured both during relapse and remission in 8 patients with idiopathic, minimal-lesion nephrotic syndrome.
  • (4) The objective remission rate was 67%, and a subjective response was observed in 75% of all cases.
  • (5) With a median follow-up of 6 years, 32 (20%) of 156 patients who achieved complete remission have relapsed.
  • (6) Therefore, a mortality analysis of overall survival time alone may conceal important differences between the forces of mortality (hazard functions) associated with distinct states of active disease, for example pre-remission state and first relapse.
  • (7) Seven patients relapsed after a CY-induced remission, but 5 of them became steroid responsive.
  • (8) Many reports of thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) in relation to treatment of Graves' disease have been published and with variable results concerning prediction of permanent remission or relapse after therapy.
  • (9) The purpose of this study was to investigate a tumor cell vaccine delivered via peripheral lymphatics as maintenance therapy after induction of remission with chemotherapy.
  • (10) If severe seizures were prevented by antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) there was complete remission of the syndrome and repeat injection was necessary to reinitiate seizures.
  • (11) About 10% of the patients treated had “complete remission”, with no detectable cancer remaining - considered a cure if the patient is still cancer-free five years after diagnosis.
  • (12) In conclusion, not only TBII but also T3 release-stimulating antibodies may occur in a minority of patients with long-term remission of Graves' hyperthyroidism.
  • (13) In total, 22 out of 29 patients (76%) obtained remission.
  • (14) We observed complete remissions in five patients and partial remissions in 54, for a total remission rate.
  • (15) With a minimum review period of 6 months complete remission of synovitis was obtained in 20%, while 63% gained symptomatic relief, with some reduction of synovitis.
  • (16) A new feature is the highly effectiveness of all-trans retinoic acid treatment, a vitamin A derivative, for inducing complete remission in patients.
  • (17) The impact of this activation on the remission rate and duration, as well as survival in patients with NHL, warrants further investigation.
  • (18) Antiplatelet factors disappear upon achieving a clinical and hematological remission.
  • (19) Age at diagnosis (greater than or equal to 60 years vs less than or equal to 60 years), total number of involved sites, tumor bulk (mass size greater than or equal to 10 cm vs less than 10 cm), serum LDH (greater than or equal to 500 Units) and prompt achievement of complete remission following intensive combination regimens appear to be the most important variables predicting for cure in aggressive lymphomas.
  • (20) Standard criteria for staging and response evaluation, including pathologic documentation of remission status, are crucial.