What's the difference between approbation and sanction?

Approbation


Definition:

  • (n.) Proof; attestation.
  • (n.) The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
  • (n.) Probation or novitiate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Experiments on animals have found the stabilization of the structure of approbated canned goods modified with phosphate starches, such as maze, amylopectin and potato (TY 18 RSFSR 279-73) ones, causes lowering of the biological value of the product by comparison with analogous native starches.
  • (2) New spin-labels based on iodine and hydrargirum containing imidazolids were approbated on the bovine serum albumin (BSA) molecule.
  • (3) The clinical approbation of the method gave similar results of the capacitance blood flow with the literature data and with the rheographic method of determination of the cerebral blood flow.
  • (4) Garthoff observes that "in the United States, there was almost universal approbation for President Kennedy's handling of the crisis."
  • (5) In the light of the mentioned data, the author considers it expedient to work out a programme of special researches for development of a method of prognosticating initial myopia and a correction of several ways for approbation of existing methods of prevention of progressive myopia.
  • (6) Clearly moved by the support his family and daughter have received, he said the attack, in which Malala was shot by a Pakistan Taliban gunman while making her way home on a school bus, had united his nation in approbation.
  • (7) It is established that urine from healthy control cigarette smokers and from non-smoking greenhouse workers contacting with a complex of different pesticides significantly increased frequency of chromosome aberrations in the approbated test-system.
  • (8) They made such strides against ignorance and the unknown, firm in their sense of divine approbation, it seems a belief in progress came naturally to them.
  • (9) In the process of approbation on clinical material the method revealed an elevated level of CIC in the sera of patients in comparison with their level in the sera of healthy donors.
  • (10) The approbation of her fellow peers means a lot to Trumpers, for she believes that it's the House of Lords, which she still attends every day when it's sitting, that has kept her going all these years.
  • (11) To receive Beijing's approbation is something of a novelty for Taiwan.
  • (12) The main results of the ALDA approbation are given account of, which demonstrated a high level sensitivity and specificity of the algorithm and its applicability to most USSR-produced computers.
  • (13) It was approbated in 23 patients with duodenal ulcers, postvagotomy syndromes, and gastroduodenitis.
  • (14) The method was approbated in experiment with 10 adult dogs and used in 3 patients with long-standing marginal fractures of the acetabulum.
  • (15) Comparison with an earlier study revealed that although the rate of approbation for mental and psychosomatic work-related illnesses (about 30%) is much lower than for all work-related illnesses (about 90%), there has been a considerable increase over the years.
  • (16) The data on the approbation of the diagnostic value of the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) system for the determination of diphtheria toxin in the blood sera of diphtheria patients and persons suspected for diphtheria are presented.
  • (17) Approbation of the system at industrial enterprises contributed to the improvement of the social-medical and social-economic effectiveness of the diet therapy under industrial conditions.
  • (18) The morphometrical index of viability of the conserved kidneys can be used in experimental transplantology for approbation of new solutions before their application in clinical practice.
  • (19) But while some medical interventions such as organ transplants to replace malfunctioning livers and kidneys, or vaccines to boost the immune system, command wide social acceptance, others invite moral approbation.
  • (20) The final approbation or disapproval of a drug after NDA approval (phase 4) will continue to be in the hands of the participating physician as long as he can establish scientifically that the drug is the best possible agent for him to use in healing the sick and comforting the dying.

Sanction


Definition:

  • (n.) Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.
  • (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
  • (v. t.) To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed.
  • (2) Documents seen by the Guardian show that blood supplies for one fiscal year were paid for by donations from America’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) – and both countries have imposed economic sanctions against the Syrian government.
  • (3) As the US and the European Union adopted tougher economic sanctions against Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine and downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 , Russian officials struck a defiant note, promising that Russia would localise production and emerge stronger than before.
  • (4) Much of the week's music isn't actually sanctioned by the festival, with evenings hosted by blogs, brands, magazines, labels and, for some reason, Cirque du Soleil .
  • (5) Sechin warned the west earlier this week that expanding sanctions over Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region would only make the political situation deteriorate further, according to Reuters.
  • (6) • Criminal sanctions should be introduced for anyone who attempts to manipulate Libor by amending the Financial Services and Market Act to allow the FSA to prosecute manipulation of the rate • The new body that oversees the administration of Libor, replacing the BBA, should introduce a "code of conduct" that requires submissions to be corroborated by trade data • Libor is set by a panel of banks asked the price at which they expect to borrow over 15 periods, from overnight to 12 months, in 10 currencies.
  • (7) But sanctions and mismanagement took their toll, and the scale of the long-awaited economic catharsis won’t be grand,” he says.
  • (8) Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani held the first direct talks between American and Iranian leaders since the 1979 Islamic revolution, exchanging pleasantries in a 15-minute telephone call on Friday that raised the prospect of relief for Tehran from crippling economic sanctions.
  • (9) The government's civil partnership bill to sanction same-sex unions was thrown into confusion last night after a cross-party coalition of peers and bishops voted to extend the bill's benefits to a wide range of people who live together in a caring family relationship.
  • (10) The US and its allies are balking at Iranian demands for all UN sanctions to be lifted at the start of a deal.
  • (11) At the end of the article the Department for Work and Pensions is quoted as saying that it’s “misleading to link food bank use to benefit delays and sanctions”.
  • (12) Despite his misgivings, Griffith-Jones agreed to draft new legislation that sanctioned beatings, as long as the abuse was kept secret.
  • (13) Maybe he was simply obeying orders, since Gordon Brown is not about to sanction a radical overhaul of the tripartite system of financial regulation he created.
  • (14) What is needed is decisive action, and a clear and unequivocal policy on maintaining and fully enforcing UN sanctions against the Eritrean regime.
  • (15) The sanctions that could be levied in the aftermath of the Geneva meeting were expected to focus on Putin's close associates, including oligarchs who control much of Russia's wealth, as well as businesses and other entities they control.
  • (16) That is the bottom line.” Others described the need for a policy of containing Iran, especially with the lifting of economic sanctions.
  • (17) Abe’s attempts to build closer ties with Russia since he took office in 2012 registered some success until Tokyo threw its weight behind G7 sanctions following Russia’s annexation of Crimea last year, and increased aid to Ukraine.
  • (18) The adoption of restrictive measures is not our choice; however, it is clear that the imposition of sanctions against us will not go without an adequate response from the Russian side.
  • (19) How, we might ask, can homophobic bullying be tackled when implicitly sanctioned by the school’s own literature?
  • (20) UN sanctions were imposed on Libya to hand over two Libyan nationals for arrest in relation to the terrorist attack.