What's the difference between beet and bet?

Beet


Definition:

  • (n.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.
  • (n.) The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Their contour lengths varied from 0.28 to 51 micron, but unlike in the case of maize, a large difference was not observed in the distribution of molecular classes greater than 1.0 micron between N and S cytoplasms of sugar beet.
  • (2) The aim of this study was to follow the changes in the levels of nitrates and nitrites throughout the process of fermentation of sauerkraut from white and red cabbage and red beets.
  • (3) The presented results proof in tendency that oilseed-rape (00-rape seed), wheat, and barley as green plants can contribute in clostridial toxicosis in hares, whereas grass and beets are involved only partially, and clover is practically completely atoxigenic.
  • (4) Britain had just joined what was then the common market and the kind of cane sugar the company processed was being challenged by French-grown sugar beet.
  • (5) The concentration of copper in the concentrate and other feedstuffs (grass, hay, straw, kale, dried sugar beet pulp) could not explain the development of Cu-toxicosis.
  • (6) The ionophore was fed at 250 mg daily per head incorporated in 1 kg dry sugar beet pulp on pasture and at 65 mg per kg concentrate afterwards (corresponding with 27 ppm in the ration DM).
  • (7) The results suggest that the diminished glycemic response after the beet-fibre meal is associated with an increased response of somatostatin, giving a reduced glucose absorption and a delayed gastrointestinal transit time.
  • (8) Sugar beet suspension cells and protoplasts were exposed to 20 kHz ultrasound and the amount of 35S-methionine incorporated into cellular protein was determined after 2 days of culture.
  • (9) The results indicated that the optimal cropping pattern for the minimum-cost diets for auto consumption include traditional foods (corn, beans, broad bean, wheat, potato), non-traditional foods (carrots, broccoli, beets) and foods of animal origin (milk, eggs).
  • (10) Fruit, wheat, rye and beet fibre were studied in isoenergetic meals for NIDD patients and healthy volunteers.
  • (11) Northern blot analysis demonstrates that the coxII gene exhibits altered transcript patterns in CMS compared with normal sugar beet.
  • (12) Only 4 of the analysed 21 vegetables exhibited fluorine contents exceeding those admitted by the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (2.5 mg F per 1 kg of vegetable wet weight); they included: young beet leaves, parsley tops, lettuce and sorrel.
  • (13) Comparison of sugar beet samples in ELISA and immuno-electronmicroscopy showed good correlation, demonstrating the good performance of B103 antibody for broad application in BNYVV diagnosis.
  • (14) DNA gel blot analyses indicated the presence of at least two copies of BADH in the haploid sugar beet genome.
  • (15) With ileum cannulated sows were tested the apparent precaecal and faecal digestibility of crude nutrients from raw and thermically treated fodder sugar beets of size "Rosamona".
  • (16) A soybean shoot cDNA expression library was screened with polyclonal antibodies raised against red beet complex I and several clones were identified.
  • (17) The influence of the replacement of cereals by sugar beet in the rations was tested with 6 calves supplied with re-entrant duodenal or ruminal cannulae in 4 measuring periods between their 11th and 17th weeks of life.
  • (18) The addition of 1 g sugar-beet fibre (Beta Fibre) to 3 g semi-synthetic diet resulted in a 54% increase in iron and a 39% increase in zinc absorption in rats.
  • (19) A cDNA clone of beet yellows viral RNA expressed the viral coat protein gene in E. coli.
  • (20) The working conditions of female beet growers and their health effects were studied.

Bet


Definition:

  • (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager.
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Bet
  • (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
  • () imp. & p. p. of Beat.
  • (a. & adv.) An early form of Better.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Then a handful of organisers took a major bet on the power of people – calling for the largest climate change mobilisation in history to kick-start political momentum.
  • (2) But he lost much of his earnings betting on cards and horses, and he has readily admitted that it was losses of up to £750,000 a night that compelled him to make some of his worst films.
  • (3) One of them, mAb 3F10, was used to affinity-purify the Bet v I.
  • (4) A week after the New York Film Critics Circle gave the movie its top award, a liberal political commentator wrote: "I'm betting that Dick Cheney will love [the film, which is] a far, far cry from the rousing piece of pro-Obama propaganda that some conservatives feared it would be."
  • (5) It adds that the number of deals signed in relation to betting shops alone in 2012-13 was 77% greater than the number signed in in 2007-08.
  • (6) It would be foolish to bet that Saudi Arabia will exist in its current form a generation from now.” Memories of how the Saudis and Opec deliberately triggered an economic crisis in the west in retaliation for US aid to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur war still rankle.
  • (7) Cameron put all of his betting chips on what seemed to be the party's trump card: the "vote for us, we're tough on migration and tough on migrants" strategy.
  • (8) There's a lot of money betting that you soon will and that device will look a lot like something you own already – a belt, a watch, glasses.
  • (9) In a burst of defiance, I wanted to answer: “Yes, you bet I can get around safely!” Over a cup of tea, I discussed the problem with my wife.
  • (10) And yesterday, it began its privatisation programme by selling a €652m stake in a betting firm.
  • (11) Two new cardenolides were structurally elucidated: strophanthidin-3-O-beta-D-digitoxosido-alpha-L-cymarosido-be ta-D-glucoside and strophanthidin-3-O-beta-D-digitoxosido-beta-D-digoxoside-bet a-D-diginosido-beta-D-glucoside.
  • (12) In the past couple of years, it has purchased portfolios of loans from RBS, National Australia Bank, Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and Lloyds Bank, betting on a recovery in European property markets.
  • (13) While Discovery has not made a major acquisition in the UK, aside from a relatively small investment to takeover Betty, the independent producer that makes shows including The Undateables , Zaslav is not afraid to make big bets when the opportunity presents itself.
  • (14) The court heard how all of these areas and more are gambled on in the unregulated Asian markets, in so-called "fancy bets".
  • (15) I have been under audit, I’ll bet you 12 or 13 or 14 years in a row.
  • (16) If you look at teams around the league I bet you’ll find the number of injuries has definitely increased.” Liverpool’s walking wounded Philippe Coutinho Hamstring Dejan Lovren Hamstring Divock Origi Hamstring Daniel Sturridge Hamstring Martin Skrtel Hamstring Jordan Rossiter Hamstring Mamadou Sakho Knee Jordan Henderson Foot Joe Gomez Knee Danny Ings Knee
  • (17) You can bet your bottom dollar that we are well on the way to escalating [our protest campaign],” she added.
  • (18) Bet v I, the major birch pollen allergen, could be extracted easily from pollen, and in low amounts from callus and leaves.
  • (19) But while the betting industry claims it would like to encourage “responsible gambling”, these semantics imply that those who become addicted to their products are entirely to blame, and that their products are not.
  • (20) It’s a seismic moment for the industry and particularly the big European manufacturers who have done a lot of work on diesel: technologically, they have they made the wrong bet.” Some analysts believe fears of brand damage in Europe are overstated but Bailey says: “In the US it’s very different: VW have killed their diesel market and it has left them in a very difficult position.” For British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, the timing of VW’s woes was ominous, as it unveiled two new diesels in America.

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