What's the difference between appreciate and approve?

Appreciate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
  • (v. t.) To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.
  • (v. t.) To be sensible of; to distinguish.
  • (v. i.) To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
  • (2) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
  • (3) Once the normal variations are mastered, appreciation of retinal, choroidal, optic nerve, and vitreal abnormalities is possible.
  • (4) Grisham said she and other aides had not been aware of the trip and “appreciate everyone’s understanding”.
  • (5) The results suggest that involucrin-like proteins have a wider species distribution than originally appreciated.
  • (6) The independent but combined use of both antigens, appreciably raises the diagnostic success percentage with regard to that obtained when only one tumour marker was used.
  • (7) In assessing damaged nets and curtains it must be recognised that anything less than the best vector control may have no appreciable impact on holoendemic malaria.
  • (8) Furthermore, the AMDP-3 scale and its manual constitute a remarkable teaching instrument for psychopathology, not always enough appreciated.
  • (9) In retrospect, this parotid disease has similarity to the sonographic finding of Sjögren's syndrome, except for the finding of cervical adenopathy, an observation not previously appreciated.
  • (10) The rates of oxidation of various substrates and the acceptor control ratios did not differ appreciably between the two types of mitochondria.
  • (11) Faecal excretion of T3 declined appreciably relative to that of T4.
  • (12) During ischaemia M1 stretch responses showed a more rapid and pronounced decline than did M2 responses and were abolished before voluntary power was appreciably affected.
  • (13) No appreciable fusion of vesicles by apocytochrome c is observed.
  • (14) For Burroughs, who had been publishing ground-breaking books for 20 years without much appreciable financial return, it was association with fame and the music industry, as well as the possible benefits: a wider readership, film hook-ups and more money.
  • (15) and the turnover of (22)Na in this fluid it does not appreciably affect the turnover of (22)Na in the brain tissue of either rat or rabbit, the small inhibition observed being probably secondary to the effects on the c.s.f.3.
  • (16) PTH, an inducer of shape change, did not affect the number of gap junctions appreciably.
  • (17) He speeded the process of decolonisation, and was the first British prime minister to appreciate that Britain's future lay with Europe.
  • (18) Only the pyroglutamyl-AMC derivative was appreciably hydrolysed.
  • (19) Diminished pressor responsiveness was considered to be due to concurrent reduction of central sympathetic vasomotor activity, because sympathetic nerve responses to hypothalamic stimulation were appreciably lessened in tripamide-treated SHR.
  • (20) Gynaecological and neurological lesions are reaffirmed as important causes and pathology within the urinary tract is found to be a more frequent component that is usually appreciated.

Approve


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To show to be real or true; to prove.
  • (v. t.) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  • (v. t.) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
  • (v. t.) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
  • (v. t.) To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
  • (v. t.) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Currently, photodynamic therapy is under FDA-approved clinical investigational trials in the treatment of tumors of the skin, bronchus, esophagus, bladder, head and neck, and of gynecologic and ocular tumors.
  • (2) The genome characterization of the typing strains for all 13 species of the genus Staphylococcus, included into the Approval List of the Names of Bacterial (1980), is presented.
  • (3) Currently there are no IOC approved definitive tests for these hormones but highly specific immunoassays combined with suitable purification techniques may be sufficient to warrant IOC approval.
  • (4) The toluene group were more approving in their attitudes towards taking other drugs.
  • (5) No one knows if this drug will be approved for use by American physicians.
  • (6) Britain First applied to use seven slogans in the elections and four were rejected, but the remaining three, including the slogan relating to Rigby, were approved by the watchdog.
  • (7) Yet, polls have Maryland voters approving same-sex marriage by 14 to 20 points.
  • (8) Guidelines are presented for pharmacist coordination of the importation for use by institutionalized patients of drugs not currently approved by the FDA.
  • (9) Mal’s age alone was enough to earn him a significant amount of street cred in our misfit group of teenage boys, yet it was his history of extreme violence that ensured his approval rating was sky high.
  • (10) However, the law minister indicated he would allow the supreme court to approve a draft of the letter.
  • (11) Shenhua Watermark Coal, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned Shenhua Group, is waiting for final approval from Hunt for a $1.2bn open-cut coalmine on the edge of the plains, a little more than three kilometres from Hamparsum’s property.
  • (12) An ‘approved’ poster in the student center at Regent University.
  • (13) The final approved log contained 72 problems, 64 of which received importance ratings greater than or equal to 2 on the three-point scale.
  • (14) Masutha said the parole board had made a mistake when they approved Pistorius for early release, but his intervention has been widely criticised by legal experts.
  • (15) But he argued that Obama entered the agreement without approval from Congress, allowing the president to revoke it.
  • (16) Everton announce plan for new stadium in nearby Walton Hall Park Read more The club has set aside £2.5m to commence work on the stadium should its funding proposals – that Elstone claims will give the council an annual profit – gain approval.
  • (17) I am acutely aware that not all of you, by any stretch of the imagination, will approve of everything I have done.
  • (18) The participants strongly preferred the experimental leaflets to the approved leaflets, both with respect to accessibility of the contents (overall preference 78.1% v 17.8%) and ease of understanding the contraindications of drug use (90.2% v 73.7%).
  • (19) In the following, there will be indicated the approved techniques and methods of suturing the cleft palate and a new method will be discussed related to the reciprocal Z-type plastic operation.
  • (20) Unite, which will have to give seven days' notice before calling a strike after winning approval for industrial action in a ballot of the tanker drivers, is expected to finalise a framework that should allow discussions to begin on Monday.