What's the difference between amount and utmost?

Amount


Definition:

  • (n.) To go up; to ascend.
  • (n.) To rise or reach by an accumulation of particular sums or quantities; to come (to) in the aggregate or whole; -- with to or unto.
  • (n.) To rise, reach, or extend in effect, substance, or influence; to be equivalent; to come practically (to); as, the testimony amounts to very little.
  • (v. t.) To signify; to amount to.
  • (n.) The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue.
  • (n.) The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Combinations of maximum amounts of glucagon and the cyclic nucleotide did not produce a greater effect than either agent alone.
  • (2) IT can, therefore, be excluded almost with certainty that the meat would contain such large amounts of hormone residues.
  • (3) Quantitative determinations indicate that the amount of PBG-D mRNA is modulated both by the erythroid nature of the tissue and by cell proliferation, probably at the transcriptional level.
  • (4) The amount of stearic acid liberated was much larger than that of arachidonic acid between 30 s and 1 min of ischemia.
  • (5) Paradoxically, each tax holiday increases the need for the next, because companies start holding ever greater amounts of their tax offshore in the expectation that the next Republican government will announce a new one.
  • (6) By 24 hr, rough endoplasmic reticulum in thecal cells increased from 4.2 to 7% of cell volume, while the amount in granulosa cells increased from less than 3.5% to more than 10%; the quantity remained relatively constant in the theca but declined to prestimulation values in the granulosa layer.
  • (7) It has also been used to measure the amount of excision repair performed by non-replicating cells damaged by carcinogens.
  • (8) In addition, KM231 could detect a small amount of the antigen ganglioside in human gastric normal and cancerous mucosa and in gastric cancer cell lines by HPTLC-immunostaining.
  • (9) Significant amounts of 35S-labeled material were lost during the alkali treatment.
  • (10) Only small amounts of 3H oleic acid were converted.
  • (11) It was also shown that after a shock at 44 degrees C teratocarcinoma cells were able to accumulate anomalous amounts of hsp 70 despite hsp 70 synthesis inhibition.
  • (12) In these liposomes, the amounts and molecular states of SL-MDP were determined from ESR spectra and are discussed in connection with its immunopotentiating property.
  • (13) We analyzed the amounts and types of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) from peripheral blood lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes isolated by counter-current elutriation.
  • (14) Lysis of EAC4b,3b cellular intermediates formed to contain a low surface amount of C3b was more inhibited than was lysis of cells formed with a standard amount of C3b on the surface.
  • (15) The level of significance of the statistical estimate of the change in the number of phonoreactive units (its increase due to deprivation) amounts to 92%.
  • (16) At low concentrations of TFIC there is a more or less direct relationship between the amount of the factor and the number of initiated complexes formed.
  • (17) Investigations on the influence of the diuresis effect on the results of quantitative estrogen and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) determination revealed that the estrogen values increase with the 24-hour amount of urine.
  • (18) In both experiments, Gallus males were placed on a commercial feed restriction program in which measured amounts of feed are delivered on alternate days beginning at 4 weeks of age.
  • (19) Project grants to selected State and local agencies amounted to about $.8 billion.
  • (20) Malondialdehyde was undetectable in cerebrospinal fluid after subarachnoid placement of agarose alone, although it was present in similar amounts in all groups that received subarachnoid placement of OxyHb.

Utmost


Definition:

  • (a.) Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
  • (a.) Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
  • (n.) The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Differentiation between these two types of lesions is of utmost importance since the surgical approach will be different.
  • (2) In order to achieve guineaworm eradication in 1990s, the Guineaworm Eradication Programme (GWEP) should operate with utmost efficiency; and needs to be concurrently evaluated for timely corrective measures.
  • (3) The pH of the extraction buffer was of the utmost importance, since it was demonstrated that a pH greater than 5 would give rise to false signals.
  • (4) Whereas live Toxoplasma "vaccines" may be effective in sheep and goats, the eventual preparation of a killed vaccine capable of inducing long-term protection is of the utmost importance.
  • (5) Despite advantages and technological advances in the techniques of dental casts and ceramics attachment to metal, plastic materials for crown and bridge facetting are still of utmost importance for prosthetic procedures.
  • (6) * * * Stalker, meanwhile, having made his decision, pursued Tape 042 with the utmost vigour.
  • (7) Early recognition of the major peroxisomal disorders in which functional peroxisomes are virtually absent, leading to a generalised impairment of peroxisomal functions, is of utmost importance, as this will enable the prenatal diagnosis of these severe diseases in future pregnancies.
  • (8) It is incumbent on the US, Britain and France to do their utmost to help the country win the peace.
  • (9) We conclude that the stimulation of Pk-C is of utmost importance for OL regeneration.
  • (10) However, it is of utmost importance that the institutes in "Eastern Europe" establish these standards as soon as possible in order to be competitive and to be able to join research-projects with "Western" universities - a necessary source of income.
  • (11) A consultant knowledgeable in the problems of the spinal cord injured can be of utmost benefit especially in the labor and delivery process.
  • (12) Intubation, artificial ventilation, fluid administration (electrolyte-solution) are of utmost importance for their survival and to reduce the frequency of major complications.
  • (13) As such, we treat any such allegations with the utmost seriousness and we will be contacting Jess to offer to discuss her concerns in full.” Sutton, in his own statement, said: “I wholeheartedly deny that I said or did anything other than act with complete professionalism in my dealings with Jess.
  • (14) Incidence of renal hydatid cyst is rare and its diagnosis should be made with the utmost care and after subjecting the patient to intensive investigations to exclude other pathologies.
  • (15) Both numbering systems initiate at the utmost 5' terminus of mRNA synthesis; this 5' initiator nucleotide is assigned 1.
  • (16) He fulfilled a difficult role in a progressive and compassionate way … he has done his utmost to transform the CPS's record on rape and domestic violence, delivering improved conviction rates for both.
  • (17) This is of the utmost importance, both epidemiologically and from the individual patient's point of view, and is a prerequisite in preventing the spread of HIV infection.
  • (18) This may be partly due to excessive patient fear according to the general belief that the heart is the utmost important part of life.
  • (19) Vaginal scanning of the ovaries and the uterus is a diagnostic and monitoring tool of utmost importance in assisted conception.
  • (20) In severe cases where hemorrhages play so large a role, albeit infrequently, the specific action of iron in interference with coagulation mechanisms is of the utmost importance.