What's the difference between betting and butting?

Betting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bet

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.

Butting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of But
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butt
  • (n.) An abuttal; a boundary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Now it’s time for clarity on the skyline.” Looming 160m above Fenchurch Street, towering over several conservation areas and butting into the background of most views of London, the Walkie-Talkie is perhaps the most egregious example of such incoherence.
  • (2) There seems to have been a bit of an argument between the pair moments before the incident, then Meyler went to retrieve went to the Newcastle technical area to retrieve the ball for a throw-in and was head-butted by Pardew.
  • (3) There are lots of ifs and buts, a lot of factors that nobody can control,” he said.
  • (4) In 2010 David Cameron made a “no ifs, no buts” promise to reduce annual net migration below 100,000.
  • (5) In an extract from his book Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography, in Sydney's Daily Telegraph , Tyson says he was furious that Evander Holyfield had head butted him: "I just wanted to kill him.
  • (6) Alan Pardew denied head-butting Hull's David Meyler in a touchline altercation but conceded he would be "stupid" not to expect the Football Association to come down hard on him in the coming days.
  • (7) Anyway, Peter had grabbed me, I’d head-butted him – we’d been fighting for ages.
  • (8) And, for the record, his latest speech included 35 ifs and 44 buts.
  • (9) Mailer responded at a Manhattan dinner party in 1977 by throwing a glass of whiskey in Vidal's face, head-butting him and then throwing a punch.
  • (10) When an officer arrived at the Enghien-les-Bains casino and asked him to leave, Sharif, 71, grew angrier still, began swearing, and then head-butted the policeman.
  • (11) Speaking as both pro- and anti-independence camps traded fresh claims and counter-claims, Davidson said: "No ifs, no buts – those are the rules for any new member.
  • (12) Net migration rose to 260,000 in the year to June – an increase of 78,000 on the previous year, making a mockery of Cameron’s critical 2010 election “no ifs, no buts” pledge to bring net migration down below 100,000 before the 2015 election.
  • (13) "We want to talk more about those things and less about the 'ah, buts'," he said.
  • (14) There’s a difference – I had nothing to apologise for.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Roy Keane head-butted Peter Schmeichel on a 1998 pre-season tour in Asia.
  • (15) He was sitting in a cafe, telling a friend how he’d recently met two Silicon Valley power couples, each with a profoundly autistic child, when a teacher at the next table overheard and butted in: “There’s an epidemic of autism in Silicon Valley.
  • (16) "He hasn't head-butted him but he has gone through the action and when you are 10 yards away from the referee you are going to be red-carded and rightly so.
  • (17) Fernando Llorente double steers Swansea to vital win over Sunderland Read more With Tom Huddlestone back to something approaching his imperious best in central midfield, Hull would have won had Fraizer Campbell not rescued Palace courtesy of an 89th-minute equaliser as Pardew made his first return to this ground since he infamously butted David Meyler here in March 2014.
  • (18) Newcastle United last night fined Alan Pardew £100,000 after the manager lost control on the touchline and head-butted the Hull City midfielder David Meyler during his side's 4-1 win at the KC Stadium on Saturday .
  • (19) Apparently, the cause can be attributed to the helmet-face mask that has encouraged the use of the head as the primary point of contact in blocking, tackling, and head butting.
  • (20) If Heathrow is picked, it will mean a reversal in Conservative policy since David Cameron as opposition leader ruled out backing a third runway with “no ifs, no buts”.