What's the difference between betrap and entrap?

Betrap


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent.
  • (v. t.) To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.

Example Sentences:

Entrap


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although alum adsorbed allergen could induce IgE synthesis in mice primed with liposome entrapped allergen the increase in serum specific IgE levels was lower than the animals primed and challenged with alum adsorbed allergen.
  • (2) While acromioclavicular joint injury is not uncommon, a complete posterior dislocation in which the distal clavicle penetrates and is entrapped by the trapezius muscle is among the most rare.
  • (3) DNA is entrapped in polyacrylamide gel particles which can then be used in standard column chromatographic procedures.
  • (4) Urate oxidase from hog liver (urate: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.7.33) has been entrapped in a crosslinked 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate gel with a 47% retention of activity.
  • (5) A case of entrapment in the right ventricle after repair of a ventricular septal defect is presented and a method for percutaneous removal described.
  • (6) Entrapment of the ring finger flexor digitorum in the ulna following fracture of both forearm bones is very rare.
  • (7) Early complications included disc entrapment against the ventricular wall in three cases, wedging of chorda between disc and valve rim in two and posterior perforation of the left ventricle in three patients.
  • (8) Renal excretion of 3H from liposome-entrapped [3H]methotrexate was considerably less than that of 3H from free [3H]methotrexate.
  • (9) Trawling through the private telephone conversations of royals, politicians and celebrities in the hope of picking up scandalous gossip is not seen as legitimate news gathering and the techniques of entrapment which led to the recent Pakistani match-fixing scandal , although grudgingly admired in this particular case, are derided as manufacturing the news.
  • (10) When a supercoiled substrate bearing two FLP target sequences in inverse orientation is treated with FLP, the products are multiply knotted structures that arise as a result of random entrapment of interdomainal supercoils.
  • (11) Accelerating test at a constant temperature indicates that liposome-entrapped Ara-A has certain chemical stability.
  • (12) One patient was submitted to surgical exploration, and 'entrapment neuropathy' was found to be the cause.
  • (13) Liver microsomes from phenobarbital induced rats are entrapped in capsules prepared from polyelectrolytes.
  • (14) To assess the immunomodulating effect of allergen entrapped in liposomes, Swiss strain mice (made IgE responders) were injected with either free allergen or liposome-entrapped allergen (LEA) and their immune response was measured in terms of specific IgG and specific IgE levels.
  • (15) The results of double-label staining suggest the formation of LDL-DNA-IgG complexes which seem to be entrapped in cells more actively than free LDL.
  • (16) The damning comments by Judge Alistair McCreath both vindicated Contostavlos – who insisted she was entrapped by the reporter into promising to arrange a cocaine deal – and potentially brought down the curtain on the long and controversial career of Mahmood, better known as the "fake sheikh" after one of his common disguises.
  • (17) The effect of stabilization temperature, protein concentration and stabilization time on the entrapment and recovery of adriamycin in microspheres have been investigated using a 2 x 4 x 4 factorial design.
  • (18) The popliteal artery entrapment syndrome can be diagnosed by computer tomography with a greater degree of certainty than by angiography.
  • (19) A penile problem that physicians are confronted with in the emergency room is entrapment of the foreskin by a zipper fastener.
  • (20) That pulmonary entrapment had taken place was shown by a 3-fold increase in lung specific radioactivity.