What's the difference between basil and mint?

Basil


Definition:

  • (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.
  • (v. t.) To grind or form the edge of to an angle.
  • (n.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum).
  • (n.) The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nineteen Dacron velour fistula bypasses between the brachial artery and median basilic vein were performed in fifteen selected patients for a total dialysis period of ninety-six months.
  • (2) He let me in on the night of the burglary, he hid keys and codes throughout the building.” Claiming he did not know Basil’s identity, Jones, who has contacted Sky before, said he would not reveal it in any case as “it’s not a done thing where I come from”.
  • (3) "Half-way", Secalon-Seldy, soft venous catheters, 40 cm long, were inserted by basilic (n = 90) and cephalic (n = 31) veins at the fossa cubiti in 121 patients (71 men and 50 women) aged between 19 and 88 years whose heights varied from 152-197 cm.
  • (4) A case of penetrating metal fragment injury to the cubital fossa with subsequent development of a false aneurysm of the brachial artery with a fistulae to the vena comitans and median basilic vein is described.
  • (5) Detectives say when Yeates was in the Tesco Express she had bought a Tesco Finest tomato, mozzarella and basil pesto pizza.
  • (6) One of the suspects, a red-haired man known only as Basil, remains at large.
  • (7) The effect of volatile oils of lavender, monarda, and basil on the course of experimental atherosclerosis was studied in rabbit experiments.
  • (8) Since the rete mirable ofthe eel swimbladder is a pure vascular preparation, it is most useful for the study of themorphology, the permeability, and the metabolism of the endothelial cells and for the analysis of the chemical structure of their basil laminae.
  • (9) The 520,000 sq ft Knightsbridge estate is bounded by Brompton Road, Hans Crescent and Basil Street.
  • (10) Basil Abdul-Latif: 'From the age of 16, when I first went jail, I was a problem.
  • (11) In avian species' common sites for blood sampling include the basilic, jugular, and superficial plantar metatarsal veins, heart and occipital sinus.
  • (12) • Cardinal George Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, born March 2, 1923; died June 17, 1999
  • (13) But the last time it happened to Britain, the annual inflation rate was above 25%, Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the Conservatives and the country was about to be introduced to Basil Fawlty, a man who had as much success running a hotel as Osborne has had running the economy.
  • (14) You need everything.” – Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol on the ‘typical African player’ “The intelligence I wanted to talk about was tactical intelligence.” – Sagnol clears things up “I want to buy your monkey with the square feet.” – What former Marseille president Bernard Tapie reportedly told then Auxerre coach Guy Roux before signing Basile Boli in 1990.
  • (15) St Basil's was like a clown's nose on the face of the evil empire.
  • (16) In Russia, you never call it St Basil's Cathedral, it's Vasily Blazhenny, Vassily the Mad.
  • (17) A case of unusual triple knotting of a central venous catheter inserted through the left basilic vein is reported.
  • (18) Happy 450th birthday to Russia's national symbol, St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square – and it's a good time to step back and consider what a fantastically, psychedelically bizarre symbol it is.
  • (19) The highest success rates (98 per cent) occurred when the basilic vein was used, with the patient positioned so that the upper part of the body was raised at 45-90 degrees to the horizontal and using a Bardic 16 gauge catheter with a special insertion technique, which is described.
  • (20) Is it true you still have scars from your treatment by Basil Fawlty?

Mint


Definition:

  • (n.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
  • (n.) A place where money is coined by public authority.
  • (n.) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
  • (v. t.) To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.
  • (v. t.) To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A matter of minutes after his appointment was announced on Thursday, the newly minted minister for Portsmouth was on his feet answering questions in the Commons.
  • (2) May hopes her fresh-minted “global Britain” will create a new paradigm in international trade.
  • (3) That’s before you even begin to consider the sort of outfits, polite eating and staged photos that guarantee I end up with a bleeding foot, skirt tucked into my knickers, mint in my teeth and a fixed smile last seen on a taxidermied pike.
  • (4) But that’s just false , no matter how many uninformed newly-minted rape pundits claim otherwise.
  • (5) That's just dandy when you're gazing at a lamb chop with mint sauce, but the downside to this technology is that each time you glance at the image of Jamie on the front cover you'll absorb some of him, too.
  • (6) The Royal Mint said earlier this week that sales of its gold coins and bars had surged before the referendum.
  • (7) Some gifted and canny writers have made a mint by appealing to teenagers’ sense of anguish and victimhood, the notion that they are forever embattled and persecuted by a rotten world run by authoritarian bozos.
  • (8) As well as a “bimetallic” construction similar to the existing £2 coin, the new £1 will feature new banknote-strength security pioneered at the Royal Mint’s headquarters in Llantrisant, South Wales.
  • (9) Using skills acquired in his first job with the accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers and his second, buying and selling companies for JP Morgan, he minted a commercial model from the calm opulence of United's discreet Mayfair office that soon became the envy of the football world.
  • (10) This is an everyday tale of two freshly minted governments getting two very different treatments from the heart of Europe.
  • (11) The Royal Mint is constantly looking to the future, however, so, whilst the round £1 has served us well, it is time to turn our attention to the new £1 that in time will be used by millions of people in Britain and become equally well-recognised across the world.
  • (12) A newly minted drachma would be low enough to attract holidaymakers, but without the investment in new hotels, the industry could barely cope.
  • (13) The BRC will engage with both the government and the Royal Mint to support a smooth transition period."
  • (14) Demand for gold bullion has surged as people have snapped up coins and bars while the EU referendum result is too close to call, according to the Royal Mint.
  • (15) Britain’s Royal Mint produces coins on behalf of dozens of other countries’ governments.
  • (16) As a Muslim, she was concerned about the newly minted president-elect and his campaign promises that targeted Muslims, immigrants and women.
  • (17) Playing the California Clasico on Sunday, the Galaxy looked to be back on form after a hiccup in Montreal in midweek, where they had hauled themselves back from 2-0 down to salvage a draw, looking way out of sync playing a recently minted 3-5-2.
  • (18) Here at the Royal Mint, near Llantrisant to the west of Cardiff, production has been ramped up to full capacity.
  • (19) The 18th century minted the magazine, an elegant potpourri of stories and news, instruction and amusement.
  • (20) In a week that has seen the 17-year-old newly minted tech millionaire hit the headlines, give back-to-back interviews across the world, fly to America to appear on primetime TV shows and find time for a quick phone call to me from the back of a New York taxi, he still sounds sparky.