What's the difference between applicant and petitioner?

Applicant


Definition:

  • (n.) One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
  • (2) Application of 40 microM NiCl2 reversibly blocked It while leaving Is intact, whereas 20 microM CdCl2 reversibly blocked Is, but not It.
  • (3) This should not be a serious limitation to the application of the RIA in the detection of venous thrombosis.
  • (4) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
  • (5) An application is made to the validity of cancer risk items included in a cancer registry.
  • (6) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
  • (7) Furthermore, all of the sera from seven other patients with shock reactions following the topical application of chlorhexidine preparation also showed high RAST counts.
  • (8) Effects of OT injection and OT application were independent.
  • (9) After a discussion of the therapeutic relationship, several coping strategies which have been used successfully by many women are described and therapeutic applications are offered.
  • (10) While stereology is the principal technique, particularly in its application to the parenchyma, other compartments such as the airways and vasculature demand modifications or different methods altogether.
  • (11) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
  • (12) This paper has considered the effects and potential application of PFCs, their emulsions and emulsion components for regulating growth and metabolic functions of microbial, animal and plant cells in culture.
  • (13) Local application of 8-OH-DPAT (0-5 micrograms) into the median raphe nucleus, facilitated male rat sexual behavior, as evidenced by a decrease in number of intromissions preceding ejaculation and in time to ejaculation.
  • (14) It was established that nonsurgical methods of transplantation with laboratory animals were less time-consuming and were more readily applicable.
  • (15) High-dose oral and intrathecal applications of viatamin B12 are also possible in the individual case.
  • (16) Total body dose of 2,4-D was determined in 10 volunteers following exposure to sprayed turf 1 hour following application and in 10 volunteers exposed 24 hours following application.
  • (17) Some dental applications of the pressure measuring sheet, such as the measurement of biting pressure and balance during normal and unilateral biting, were examined.
  • (18) If black people could only sort out these self-inflicted problems themselves, everything would be OK. After all, doesn't every business say it welcomes job applicants from all backgrounds?
  • (19) Eddy current transducers measured relative displacements under application of static loads, serially applied in the axial, mediolateral, and craniocaudal directions.
  • (20) Many examples are given to demonstrate the applications of these programs, and special emphasis has been laid on the problem of treating a point in tissue with different doses per fraction on alternate treatment days.

Petitioner


Definition:

  • (n.) One who presents a petition.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The present catamnestic study covers 100 petitioners, who either applied for the first time for a driving licence or for readmission to traffic after confiscation of their license by the police.
  • (2) And people such as the Lewis petitioners help with the dividing.
  • (3) The issue pitted over 2 million environmental petitioners against pesticide manufacturers such as Bayer Crop Science, which condemned the ban as “draconian” and a drag on competitiveness.
  • (4) Currently, the Fisa court has only one petitioner: the government.
  • (5) If higher residue limits are requested, the petitioner must perform lifetime testing in two rodent species including in utero exposure and a minimum of three dose levels.
  • (6) For this reason, I accept Petitioners’ argument that in the remaining five weeks before the general election, the gap between the photo IDs issued and the estimated need will not be closed.
  • (7) Apart from a half-victory for the eurosceptics in 2009, the judges have generally ruled against the petitioners.
  • (8) The petitioners proposed specifically that OPP use the neurotoxicity guidelines developed by EPA's own Office of Toxic Substances.
  • (9) The petitioners argued that the order suppressed their right to free speech and that their internet protocol addresses should be considered private information.
  • (10) The petitioners, four local people, are assembling their evidence, included sworn statements.
  • (11) The e-petitioners are likely to find themselves frustrated, if not by parliament then by the courts.
  • (12) The petitioners argue that academics provide publicly funded research articles to the journals free of charge, and also provide their peer review services for free, then they must pay Elsevier and similar publishers to access that same research once it has been put into a journal.
  • (13) Information about the grand jury that decided not to bring charges against a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner was “cherry-picked” by a district attorney facing public scrutiny over the case, petitioners told an appeals court on Tuesday.
  • (14) Presumably, the petitioners would prefer Lewis to stick to helping out with the various children’s festivities laid on by the dominant elite.
  • (15) There's also DC, where petitioners are pushing for full-on legalization .
  • (16) We are essentially operating guerrilla warfare and could be raided by the police at any minute.” Mugisha is one of the activists who, together with nine other petitioners, is seeking to overturn a tough anti-gay law that was signed by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni in February , threatening anyone convicted of homosexuality with a life sentence, and banning the promotion of gay rights.
  • (17) Before listening to the debate, I ducked into the oak-panelled Walpole Room, where the HS2 committee were listening to petitioners.
  • (18) Other stories literally turned up on my doorstep – such as the petitioner who arrived at my office a few weeks before I left.
  • (19) No evidence for a discernible pattern justifying these rulings emerged from an examination of petitioner and court characteristics such as age, length of hearing, number of weeks pregnant, or presiding judge.
  • (20) "Does the sentiment of the petitioner get scandalized by the large number of photographs of erotic sculptures which are in circulation?"