What's the difference between angel and selfless?

Angel


Definition:

  • (n.) A messenger.
  • (n.) A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.
  • (n.) One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.
  • (n.) A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
  • (n.) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
  • (n.) An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.
  • (n.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We report a retrospective study of 107 cases of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon and upper rectum treated for primary cure at the University of California at Los Angeles Hospital between 1955 and 1970.
  • (2) He missed the start of the season while rehabbing from last season's ankle injury, played exactly six games with the Los Angeles Lakers before getting hurt again and even if he's healthy he may still sit the game out .
  • (3) Cooper, who was briefly a social worker in Los Angeles, also suggests working hard to build a rapport with colleagues in hotdesking situations.
  • (4) 75 min: Real Madrid substitution: Angel Di Maria off, Ricky Kaka on.
  • (5) McQueen later worked for Gieves & Hawkes and the theatre costumiers Angels , before being employed, aged 20, by Koji Tatsuno , a Japanese designer with links to London.
  • (6) In a statement the Los Angeles County department of public health said: "Though legionella bacteria was identified in a water sample taken from the Playboy Mansion, this bacteria has not been determined as the source of the respiratory outbreak.
  • (7) This relative safety is largely unaffected by the interval since migration, even after decades of residence in Los Angeles.
  • (8) Brodetsky, Anna M. (University of California, Los Angeles), and W. R. Romig.
  • (9) The results of these studies were compared with those obtained in a sample of nonfiremen residing in the Los Angeles area who were matched by computer with the firemen for anthropomorphic characteristics and smoking status.
  • (10) Los Angeles were relentless in their vicious pursuit of a game-tying goal on Wednesday, bidding to send Game 4 into overtime.
  • (11) Ten of the 45 reviewed were court cases, and 32 workers acutely exposed at University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) were studied with routine four views of the chest.
  • (12) Prosecutors in San Francisco and Los Angeles alleged that it was false for Uber to say it was the leader in screening drivers when its background checks were inferior to the process taxi drivers undergo, since Uber does not include fingerprint checks.
  • (13) Endocervical cultures for Neisseria gonorrhoeae were taken from 4,285 new patients attending the emergency room and outpatient clinics at Women's Hospital, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center.
  • (14) To test these competing hypotheses, a series of health, income, life satisfaction, and social participation variables (interaction with family, kin, neighbors, and friends) was examined with data from a large (N = 1269) sample of middle-aged and older blacks, Mexican Americans and whites in Los Angeles County.
  • (15) The marquee event on Thursday, considering recent off the court events, was the sixth game between the Los Angeles Clippers.
  • (16) A new portable model of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) instrumented clinical knee testing apparatus and the KT-1000 knee arthrometer were used to measure anterior laxity in normal and anterior cruciate absent knees.
  • (17) London might have Nelson’s column, the north its angel, Manchester its Alan Turing .
  • (18) Uribe strikes out to end the inning, an eventful one in Los Angels.
  • (19) He had huge eyes, a wide, deep brow, an angel's mouth, with the upper lip crested.
  • (20) The raids came after three separate federal indictments in the biggest investigation to date into trade-based drug money laundering, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the US attorney’s office in Los Angeles.

Selfless


Definition:

  • (a.) Having no regard to self; unselfish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And we owe [Hickox] better than that and all the people who do this work better than that.” The White House indicated that it was urgently reviewing the federal guidelines for returning healthcare workers, “recognising that these medical professionals’ selfless efforts to fight this disease on the front lines will be critical to bringing this epidemic under control, the only way to eliminate the risk of additional cases here at home”.
  • (2) For now, Shimizu will not allow the children in her care to be interviewed and brushes off praise for her selflessness.
  • (3) It was a difficult decision because he has been continuously supportive of the direction that we have wanted to take the club, and he has worked tirelessly and selflessly for Inter, with both belief and passion.
  • (4) Ted Cruz reaches the dramatic climax of his pitch to voters with a flourish that is as subtle as it is selfless.
  • (5) SDLP councillor John Boyle said: "This selfless heroine put the lives of her passengers and people living around ahead of herself."
  • (6) But even more than this bravura dramatic writing, the story of Dr Rieux's selfless struggle with the illness, and the different responses of other citizens, colleagues and chance acquaintances, unfolds an urgent allegory of war.
  • (7) Announcing his death, his mother Jane said: "My heart is bursting with pride but breaking with pain for my courageous, selfless, inspirational son."
  • (8) I have never met or spoken with him, and it’s rare in this life to find such a selfless benefactor.
  • (9) In contrast, Duncan has been praised as the paragon of selfless basketball, sacrificing his numbers for the good of the team.
  • (10) Usually I send Cousin off on her own, but as it was her birthday, I selflessly went with her and our friend Olga.
  • (11) Aitken spoke of the army's "core values": selfless commitment, courage, discipline, integrity, loyalty and respect for others.
  • (12) Announcing Stephen's death, his mother wrote that "her heart is bursting with pride but breaking with pain for my courageous, selfless, inspirational son", and that the "ongoing support and outpouring of love for Stephen will help greatly at this difficult time, in the same way as it helped Stephen throughout his journey".
  • (13) These achievements are a testament to the courage, selflessness, and teamwork of America's Armed Forces.
  • (14) • Read Kevin McCarra's match report • Read Scott Murray's minute-by-minute report • Paul Hayward: Barça live the dream and nod off • David Pleat: Walcott's introduction turned the tide • Richard Williams: Fábregas was selfless to a fault "I am not good," he said.
  • (15) Four necessary constituents of a caring experience among nursing students emerged: Authentic presencing, selfless sharing, fortifying support, and enriching effects.
  • (16) The transformation is gynaecological, but the expectations are similar – she is selfless, she is a saint.
  • (17) Certainly, Duncan's selflessness has been on full display throughout these Finals, in which he has mostly been in the background while some of his less celebrated team-mates have shone.
  • (18) The MEK leadership moved swiftly to distance itself from Saddam Hussein, emphasising its opposition to the Islamic government in Tehran and casting its supporters as selfless and long suffering supporters of freedom and democracy.
  • (19) He never returned to politics, but on his death in 2006 was widely saluted for his selfless contribution to society.
  • (20) "They get our derision when they deserve our compassion and a political selflessness we've been unable to muster," it said.