What's the difference between avid and fond?

Avid


Definition:

  • (a.) Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The characteristics of an arterial wall chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CS-PG) subfraction that binds avidly to low-density lipoproteins (LDL) was studied.
  • (2) There was found an insignificant prevalance of the antibody avidity in the patients with the forms of the disease of moderate severity and severe.
  • (3) In osteoarthritic cartilage, compared with normal cartilage, there was no increase in water binding but water content increased by 9 per cent and the avidity with which the newly bound water was held also increased.
  • (4) In our studies of the 131I-labeled anti-Thy 1.1 antibody treatment of murine lymphoma we have used cell binding assays with a combination of Lineweaver-Burk analysis to determine immunoreactivity and Scatchard analysis to determine antibody avidity.
  • (5) Potassium and K analogs (Tl, Rb, Cs) are avidly taken up into viable tumor cells whose Na+, K+-ATPase activity is elevated.
  • (6) The percentage of kidney-fixing antibody in each fraction and the degree of proteinuria induced as determined 24 h after injection increased with the avidity of the antibody fraction when equal doses were administered.
  • (7) The results also demonstrated that there was not any apparent correlation between the receptor-binding avidities and in vitro monooxygenase enzyme-induction potencies for the most active polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • (8) We studied techniques to accurately quantify the adherence of L-[35S]methionine-labeled Candida albicans to human umbilical vein endothelial cells in a 96-well microtiter plate system while avoiding specific problems related to Candida coadherence and avid binding to plastic.
  • (9) Furthermore, we conclude that the pre-killer cell is distinct from a memory T cell because: i) its conversion to an effector cell is antigen-independent and ii) because, unlike the memory cell, pre-killers do not bind avidly to allogeneic cell monolayers.
  • (10) Avidity was estimated in liquid phase from the dissociation rate of preformed complexes of antibody and 125-iodinated insulin.
  • (11) Antibodies produced by PC-specific clones have a more restricted pattern of avidities and resemble in quality anti-PC antibodies produced in vivo.
  • (12) Cold target inhibition studies confirmed the cross-reaction, and together with conjugate dissociation studies, indicated that cross-reaction to be of lower "avidity" than the specific recognition of SB2.
  • (13) Avid, Boticca.com is a fashion website, which is about as girly as it gets, but you've come at it from a hard engineering background, haven't you?
  • (14) Thus, the avidity measurement is useful in understanding the immunological events which underlie various clinicopathological features of SLE.
  • (15) The aggregation, although of slow onset, was persistent and of high avidity.
  • (16) Nonopsonized L. pneumophila were avidly phagocytized by alveolar macrophages.
  • (17) Thereafter, 27S species adsorbed avidly to it and collapsed into characteristic configurations containing four globular domains, each linked to the others by three approximately 33-nm struts.
  • (18) High avidity DNP-binding cells gave rise to predominantly high avidity anti-DNP-PFC.
  • (19) Firstly, FcRIII do not cluster lannic acid-modified erythrocytes avidly bound to neutrophils but did not trigger clustering of FcRII.
  • (20) The study has revealed a faintly pronounced inverse correlation between the degree of avidity of serum antibodies and the level of infectious antigenemia.

Fond


Definition:

  • () imp. of Find. Found.
  • (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; weak.
  • (superl.) Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.
  • (superl.) Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife.
  • (superl.) Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of (formerly also by on).
  • (superl.) Doted on; regarded with affection.
  • (superl.) Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.
  • (v. t.) To caress; to fondle.
  • (v. i.) To be fond; to dote.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) People have grown very fond of the first and fifth amendments,” she reports.
  • (2) But the large sums that undercut Hillary’s sudden fondness for economic populism will undercut Biden just as much, especially if raised conspicuously quickly.
  • (3) The original Wednesday Play, succeeded by the long-running Play for Today, is fondly remembered by many of today's best-known writers and directors as the experimental breeding ground for the likes of Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, Tony Garnett, Mike Leigh and Alan Bleasdale.
  • (4) Bomb them,” we tell Pakistan’s army, “crush them, hit them with all you have got.” Taliban were very fond of showing us videos of them killing us.
  • (5) I thought: this is a country of law and they will help me get my rights.” She is so fond of the child she looked after for 18 months that she feels ambivalent about any possible prosecution of the parents, her ex-employers.
  • (6) Another person fondly remembered childhood bed-times when she was comforted by Bournvita.
  • (7) The near-freebie prices amount to an especially generous giveaway to Venezuelans fond of large SUVs and gas-guzzling jalopies from the 1970s and 80s.
  • (8) John Londesborough Helsinki, Finland • We Finns are delighted to learn that Michael Booth is fond of us and would like us to rule the world.
  • (9) Since becoming Denmark's first female prime minister two years ago, Thorning-Schmidt has had to contend with the media nickname of "Gucci Helle", so called because of her fondness for designer clothes.
  • (10) "I have a fond memory of sitting in one of the dressing rooms, talking about Ireland in the 80s, and her showing me as many of her shamrock tattoos as possible.
  • (11) You are fond of citing the views of "the employers", along with horror stories about the significance of the international tables we're slipping down.
  • (12) As evidence of this new-found fondness, the album features a guest appearance from a local Salvation Army band.
  • (13) When France put an end to capital punishment in 1981, it also bid a not-so-fond farewell to the instrument of death that had taken the lives of thousands.
  • (14) But it clashed with other things.” Asked what his reaction would be now, he said: “I’d jump at it.” Blessed – who is also fondly remembered for another sci-fi role, appearing as Prince Vultan in the movie Flash Gordon – appeared to be a little confused about the Doctor’s surname, inaccurately suggesting the “Who” of the title was actually the character.
  • (15) He is fond of recalling what the late Labour leader John Smith told him the last time he appeared on his show - "You have a way of asking beguiling questions with potentially lethal consequences."
  • (16) If I'm extremely fond of a woman, if I think I might really wind up walking down the aisle again… I go in another direction."
  • (17) His knowledge of movies is vast – all kinds of movies, and I remember that he had a special fondness for genre pictures and for the work of Walter Hill and others – and he has always been very generous about sharing it with his readers.
  • (18) These films, of which the British are properly fond and proud, were made possible by a Frenchified Brazilian and the son of recent Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe.
  • (19) Previous chancellor Gordon Brown was fond of his fiscal "golden rule", but the only real golden rule of modern chancellors is never, ever raise the standard rate of income tax.
  • (20) His father, who was fond of humming the popular ballad Keep Right on to the End of the Road, lost his job in the great depression of the early 1930s.