What's the difference between bench and pew?

Bench


Definition:

  • (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
  • (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
  • (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.
  • (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
  • (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
  • (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with benches.
  • (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
  • (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Welbeck, meanwhile, was not even able to feature on the substitutes' bench.
  • (2) The prediction equations significantly (t = 6.59, p less than 0.01) underestimated bench press performance in the more extensively weight trained subjects.
  • (3) The bench rejected the petition seeking prosecution for offending Hindus, saying it was a work of art and citing India's tradition of graphic sexual iconography.
  • (4) Bench testing of forces produced at the probe tip was performed with an electronic balance.
  • (5) But she had particular backing from those on the Labour benches who want to stop May’s hardline Brexit plan to leave the single market, customs union and jurisdiction of the European court of justice.
  • (6) Sterling was left out of the team for that match, coming off the bench to win the free-kick from which Wayne Rooney scored the only goal, which led to accusations he had said he did not want to play.
  • (7) The other method allowed the castings to bench cool to room temperature.
  • (8) Sometimes I play with two, one on the bench, sometimes someone will be injured or suspended.
  • (9) When, against Real Madrid, Nani was sent off, Ferguson, jaws agape, interrupting his incessant mastication, roared from the bench, uprooting his assistant and marched to the touchline.
  • (10) "); hopeless self-pity ("Nobody said anything to me about Billy ... all day long") and rage ("You want to put a bench in the park in Billy's name?
  • (11) Josh King restored the lead moments after coming off the substitutes’ bench, but the Hornets levelled for a second time through Isaac Success three minutes later.
  • (12) The XI the Scot sent out featured no Robin van Persie, who was on the bench, while Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Chris Smalling, Danny Welbeck and Marouane Fellaini did not make the squad due to injuries.
  • (13) Oxygenator exhaust capnographic measurements systematically underestimated PaCO2 measured by a bench blood gas analyzer.
  • (14) The technical difficulties can be avoided by en bloc removal, perfusion in situ with Collins solution, and bench surgery during graft preparation.
  • (15) Bench testing for accuracy of volume loss was checked by ventilating the device into another calibrated spirometer and achieving equal volumes.
  • (16) Eva Carneiro, the Chelsea doctor, has had her responsibilities at the club scaled back after being on the receiving end of a rant from José Mourinho on Saturday, and she is not expected to continue being on the bench during games.
  • (17) None of us is locked into a harness on a bench, being made unwillingly acquainted with tobacco products.
  • (18) Droplets of each admixture were placed on stainless steel, laboratory coat cloth, pieces of latex examination glove, bench-top absorbent padding, and other materials on which antineoplastics might spill or leak.
  • (19) If you are on holiday in the local area please come along and have a look, buy a garden bench or a potted plant.
  • (20) Interinstrument variation during treadmill experiments while subjects wore two accelerometers at the same time was on average 22% and was not improved after adjustment for differences found in the bench test.

Pew


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
  • (n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with pews.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that for most people, access to the internet without government censorship is important.
  • (2) The survey by the Pew Research Centre found that 18% now say that the US president is a Muslim, up from 11% in March 2009.
  • (3) Image: Courtesy of Pew Research Center The data also show why autocrats might have reason to fear open discussions in cyberspace.
  • (4) "Users clearly want the option of being anonymous online and increasingly worry that this is not possible," said Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project.
  • (5) Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law.” In a Pew Research poll of Americans earlier this year 57% of 18 to 29-year-olds said Snowden’s leaks had served the public interest but respondents 65 and over disagreed.
  • (6) If it doesn’t, you know, most likely we’re not living what we’re supposed to be living.” Data from Pew released in anticipation of the pope’s US visit corroborates what Dr. Ospino is saying about “authentic Catholics” and US Latinos: unlike many of their white Catholic counterparts, “Latino Catholics tend to be more aligned with the church” and its views on a host of issues.
  • (7) The Pew survey of 1,511 adults was carried out over four days starting on the day after the first presidential TV debate last week.
  • (8) A recent Pew poll showed that 68% of people think privacy protections online don’t go far enough .
  • (9) Based on the findings of the new "Portrait of Jewish Americans" survey from the Pew Research Center , Republicans will need to find a different key.
  • (10) Pew also found that 68% of internet users think current laws are not protecting their privacy enough online, while 50% are worried about the amount of personal information about them that's online – up from 33% in a similar survey in 2009.
  • (11) According to the Pew Research Internet Project 22% of online African Americans are Twitter users, compared with 16% of online whites.
  • (12) My colleague guided me across the threshold into Ntarama church and steadied me on the first-row pew.
  • (13) Pew’s motivation for funding this work is a general concern that, in a climate of change in the media industry, different funding models are needed for modern journalism – particularly for science and environment reporting.
  • (14) According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Project, 43% of Russian internet users regularly use Facebook and Twitter, up from 33% the year before.
  • (15) Research by Reuters found that Americans support Apple, while polling by Pew found that the public are on the side of the FBI , the complex topic and emotive language used on both sides often confusing respondents.
  • (16) I wish that I could just bask in the knowledge that the pope and the people in the pews share many of my views for a transformed church.
  • (17) Other leaders, though, are in the doghouse, Pew said: "Compounding their doubts about the Brussels-based European Union , Europeans are losing faith in the capacity of their own national leaders to cope with the economy's woes.
  • (18) Yet there he was grinning from a pew in Westminster Abbey, using the occasion to "represent my nation" and boost his presidential aura.
  • (19) But Pew's research also underscores the unfulfilled nature of Latino political power.
  • (20) Contrasting the Pew survey with Sidoti’s comments, a clear picture emerges: western millennials believe that we’re failures – immoral and irresponsible.

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