What's the difference between argo and quest?

Argo


Definition:

  • (n.) The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.
  • (n.) A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) What did surprise pundits was Hollywood's recognition of this unflinching Austrian film about ageing as a candidate for best picture, among such expected contenders as Steven Spielberg's Lincoln , Ben Affleck's Argo and Tom Hooper's Les Misérables .
  • (2) Clonal analysis indicates that argos acts nonautonomously and can diffuse over the range of several cell diameters.
  • (3) Played out against the backdrop of the 1979 hostage crisis, Argo spins the account of a joint Hollywood-CIA mission to spring six imperiled Americans from revolutionary Iran, using a fake movie production as a decoy.
  • (4) NH2-senktide slightly inhibited angiotensin-induced drinking, while Argo-neurokinin B was ineffective.
  • (5) Argos shoppers are largely drawn from the core mass market – the C2 and D socio-economic groups, which have not benefited as much from big falls in mortgage rates as those on higher incomes.
  • (6) A statement at the end of Monday's meeting condemned Argo as a "violation of international cultural norms" and said that the award was "propaganda attack against our nation and entire humanity".
  • (7) She says it began as a "defence mechanism" – "it gets you out of so many sticky situations" – but it has now become the means by which Delevingne communicates her sense of fun, in a world where most models seem to adopt a bored, peevish expression of someone queuing to return a faulty toaster in Argos.
  • (8) Sainsbury’s has revealed its first quarterly sales growth in more than two years, raising hopes that the supermarket will make a new bid for Argos owner Home Retail Group this week.
  • (9) The supermarket is under pressure from shareholders not to overpay for Argos, as some are sceptical about taking on a business that has struggled to increase sales and profits in recent years.
  • (10) I live with my husband and three-year-old daughter in a two-bed and my office is outside in the garden, in a shed from Argos.
  • (11) Conceptual translation of the argos gene suggests that it encodes a secreted protein.
  • (12) The takeover of Argos is designed to broaden the Sainsbury’s product range and reduce its reliance on the highly competitive grocery market.
  • (13) Last year's prize for ensemble cast went to the Ben Affleck thriller Argo, which went on to claim the best film Oscar.
  • (14) Spotlight is more akin Argo , Ben Affleck’s big winner in 2013: it takes a conventional approach to telling a compelling true story, with assured direction and exemplary performances from its ensemble cast.
  • (15) Last year 12 Years a Slave trod this path ; in the past Slumdog Millionaire, The King’s Speech and Argo (which was runner-up to Silver Linings Playbook at Toronto) also followed suit.
  • (16) However, several analysts said they expected Sainsbury’s to come back with a counter bid because of the strategic and financial benefits of taking over Argos.
  • (17) Chief executive John Walden said that despite the poor performance, Argos was a “strong business”.
  • (18) Terry Duddy, chief executive of Home Retail Group, said Argos had a better than expected festive season with its strongest quarterly sales growth for five years as tablet sales soared more than 50%.
  • (19) Terry Duddy, the chief executive of Home Retail Group, which owns both Argos and Homebase, said the retailer was not seeing any positive effect on furniture sales from a rise in the number of housing transactions.
  • (20) The offer falls under the banner of an overall scheme entitled Everday Offers, giving current account customers up to 15% cashback on everyday spending at a range of retailers including Ocado, Homebase, Morrisons and Argos, with more to join over the coming weeks.

Quest


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
  • (n.) Request; desire; solicitation.
  • (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
  • (n.) Inquest; jury of inquest.
  • (n.) To search for; to examine.
  • (v. i.) To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Broken King by Philip Womack Photograph: Troika Books The Sword in the Stone begins with Wart on a "quest" to find a tutor.
  • (2) Alternative interpretations of these investigations, however, suggest important hypotheses for further research in our quest to understand information-processing deficits associated with schizophrenia.
  • (3) At the time, he described his scientific quest by gesturing to the ocean: "We're just trying to figure out who fucking lives out there."
  • (4) Lula responded by insisting that his government would not stray from its quest to protect the Amazon and appointed another high-profile environmentalist, Green party founder Carlos Minc, as his new minister.
  • (5) The American president at the time, George HW Bush, captured the mood well in his September 1990 address to Congress when he articulated his vision of a “new world order … freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace”.
  • (6) While it is not directly related to the name issue, the plaintiffs were hoping that Abe’s quest to raise the profile of women in the workplace would help their cause.
  • (7) I can’t see they’d be able to ameliorate this.” Malcolm Turnbull’s quest for power leaves him at odds with the electorate | Peter Lewis Read more Xenophon said the aspects of the plebiscite that troubled him were the cost, the amount of “national oxygen” spent on the issue and its non-binding nature.
  • (8) There’s a lot to break down with the NCAA Tournament, what with 68 teams playing a tournament that lasts several weeks, but this FAQ should at least clear a few things up about college basketball’s month-long quest to crown a champion.
  • (9) The country’s post-Soviet history has been defined by two diplomatic disputes with its neighbours: a quest to get Turkey to agree that the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Armenians during the late Ottoman era constituted genocide; and the search for a political settlement to a conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh territory .
  • (10) A suppression of questing activity with increased ambient temperature was evident at the highest observed temperatures, implying an upper temperature limit for this activity.
  • (11) Evidently fuelled by the agony of losing a series twelve months ago when the trophy was almost within their grasp, they also had the teamwork, technique and experience to turn their quest for revenge into a reality.
  • (12) With Ukip's clear "in-out" referendum pledge snapping at his heels and devastation beckoning at this year's European elections, Cameron needs a form of words that honours his quest for European reform while calming his party.
  • (13) Most ticks (99%) used grass as questing sites at a height of approximately 45 cm (range 10-97 cm), which correlates with the size of host animals.
  • (14) The quest for a deal in Paris is intensifying, according to Laurence Tubiana, the French ambassador for climate change, speaking during a Google hangout on Friday .
  • (15) In view of the results of CAST, researchers working in the field of experimental arrhythmia have been increasingly focusing on the quest for new anti-arrhythmic modes of action and ways of detecting pro-arrhythmic properties of antiarrhythmic drugs at an early stage.
  • (16) Here's what happened the last time these two sides played here in mid-October: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.27am GMT Preamble Hello, and welcome to the Western Conference semi-final second leg between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders , in which Portland try to defend a slim lead and Seattle continue their annual quest to make a second leg playoff comeback actually count.
  • (17) She put herself above everyone else.” Ultimately, Mayer failed in her impossible quest.
  • (18) Not because of a statistical quest to have every school an academy, but because the academy in which you work will be part of a wider family and the independence this brings creates opportunity for innovation and choice.” The Department for Education defended the changes facing primary schools.
  • (19) "Saturday nights are the World Cup finals for people who create TV formats – it's still the most exciting quest there is – and the premium on new ideas and the next big thing is even higher.
  • (20) In their quest to avoid relegation from the Premier League, Sunderland Association Football Club have appointed a self-declared fascist as manager .

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