What's the difference between blown and brown?

Blown


Definition:

  • (p. p.) of Blow
  • (p. p.) of Blow
  • (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas.
  • (p. p. & a.) Stale; worthless.
  • (p. p. & a.) Out of breath; tired; exhausted.
  • (p. p. & a.) Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; fly blown.
  • (p. p. & a.) Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lactate-induced anxiety and symptom attacks without panic were seen more often in the groups with panic attacks, but a full-blown panic attack was provoked in only four subjects, all belonging to the groups with a history of panic attacks.
  • (2) We present a mathematical model that is suitable to reconcile this apparent contradiction in the interpretation of the epidemiological data: the observed parallel time series for the spread of AIDS in groups with different risk of infection can be realized by computer simulation, if one assumes that the outbreak of full-blown AIDS only occurs if HIV and a certain infectious coagent (cofactor) CO are present.
  • (3) In a domino effect, everyone got down, one on top of the other.” A 29-year-old woman described blood and flesh that had been blown on to others.
  • (4) In keeping with an expanded definition of culture-bound syndromes, this paper argues that adolescence in American society has been 'medicalized' into a full-blown symptom complex or pathologic condition.
  • (5) Gerson Zweifach, general counsel for both News Corp and 21st Century Fox , Murdoch’s film and TV business, said: “We are grateful that this matter has been concluded and acknowledge the fairness and professionalism of the Department of Justice throughout this investigation.” It is understood there has been no background settlement with the Department of Justice in order to avoid a full-blown investigation, contrary to speculation in New York over a year ago that the company was looking at a possible payment of over $850m.
  • (6) As 1,000 fishing boats were on their way to the islands the Chinese know as Diaoyu and the Japanese call the Senkaku, the People's Daily warned on Monday that the incident could lead to a full-blown trade boycott.
  • (7) Meiosis is too complex to have arisen at once full blown and a stepwise scheme is proposed for its evolution, where each step is believed to have provided an immediate selective advantage: (1) The first step in this tentative sequence is the development of a haploidization process by means of a rapid series of mitotic non-disjunctions, turned on under conditions where haploidy is favored.
  • (8) The chancellor deliberately made cautious assumptions for the deficit in the budget, but the 5.6% contraction in the economy has blown an even bigger hole in the public finances than feared in April.
  • (9) During the period February 1987-June 1988, we examined 542 stool samples of 271 HIV positive patients both with and without full-blown AIDS.
  • (10) Now, with cuts biting every community and public service in the UK, the possibility for a full-blown confrontation between the government and an anti-austerity movement has become concrete.
  • (11) What has been blown open, again, is how little we truly know.
  • (12) When air was blown on the dentine, the rate of evaporation increased significantly.
  • (13) would have blown Paddy’s mind; he would have been shocked as well as delighted that we had created this for him.
  • (14) In particular 8 patients with full-blown AIDS, 6 with AIDS related complex (ARC), 7 asymptomatic seropositive for anti-HIV antibodies were evaluated.
  • (15) The very first collection we worked on together was called The Birds, and when he got the Givenchy job and we went to Paris, and he got to see what the Givenchy ateliers could do with feathers, he was just blown away.” The photographer Anne Deniau, who took many portraits of McQueen and whose camera was from 1997 to 2010 the only one allowed backstage at McQueen shows, felt that he loved “the lightness, the delicacy, of feathers.
  • (16) People will see shows that blow their minds and shows written by people whose minds are obviously blown.
  • (17) In three patients painful reddening of a well-circumscribed area of the skin occurred within five days of starting anticoagulant treatment with phenprocoumon (Marcumar), and within a short time it developed into a full-blown picture of coumarin necrosis.
  • (18) Most elements were in continuity but 14 were found "blown apart" and required repair, usually by grafting.
  • (19) The 40%-40%-20% rule (40 each to the majors and 20 to others) has blown out to 30-30-40, with the 40% going to others.
  • (20) Unite's joint general secretary, Derek Simpson said, "This new rescue package appears to be only one step removed from full-blown nationalisation.

Brown


Definition:

  • (superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
  • (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
  • (v. t.) To make brown or dusky.
  • (v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
  • (v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
  • (v. i.) To become brown.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
  • (2) Future Brown have connections in the fashion industry, last year soundtracking a surreal film for the brand Telfar.
  • (3) Phenotypic relationships were examined between final score and 13 type appraisal traits and first lactation milk yield from 2935 Ayrshire, 3154 Brown Swiss, 13,110 Guernsey, 50,422 Jersey, and 924 Milking Shorthorn records.
  • (4) But the wounding charge in 2010 has become Brown's creation of a structural hole in the budget, more serious than the cyclical hit which the recession made in tax receipts, at least 4% of GDP.
  • (5) Brown's model, which goes far further than those from any other senior Labour figure, and the modest new income tax powers for Holyrood devised when he was prime minister, edge the party much closer to the quasi-federal plans championed by the Liberal Democrats.
  • (6) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (7) There was also a significant increase in the mitochondrial proton conductance pathway of brown adipose tissue, assessed from the binding of guanosine diphosphate (GDP) to mitochondria isolated from the interscapular (89% above control) and perirenal and para-aortic depots (130%).
  • (8) When faced with a big dilemma, the time-honoured tradition of politicians is to order an inquiry, and that is what Browne expects.
  • (9) Gordon Brown believes that the fact of the G20 summit has persuaded many tax havens, such as Switzerland and Liechtenstein, to indicate that they will adopt a more open approach.
  • (10) What is Obama doing about the prejudice and violence faced by brown people here at home?
  • (11) His wrists were shown wrapped in tape with “MIKE BROWN” and “MY KIDS MATTER” written on them.
  • (12) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
  • (13) October 27, 2013 7.27pm GMT Around the league And here’s how things look elsewhere, as we head into the fourth quarter: Cowboys 13-7 Lions Browns 17-20 Chiefs Dolphins 17-20 Patriots Bills 10-28 Saints Giants 15-0 Eagles 49ers 35-10 Jaguars 7.25pm GMT End of 3rd quarter: 49ers 35-10 Jaguars The quarter ends with the Jaguars facing a third-and-one at their own 32.
  • (14) The announcement on feed-in tariffs will be welcomed by Labour backbenchers, who staged the biggest revolt of Gordon Brown's leadership over the issue.
  • (15) He was fighting to breathe.” The decision on her father’s case came just 10 days after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, found there was not enough evidence to indict a white police officer for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager called Michael Brown.
  • (16) The morning papers, like many papers last week, were full of stories about Brown's survival chances.
  • (17) Ultimately, both Geffen and Browne turned out to be correct: establishing the pattern for Zevon's career, the albums sold modestly but the critics loved them.
  • (18) Despite tthree resignations and his reputation as a tribal operator in the Blair-Brown wars, however, his belief in the party he joined on his 15th birthday is undimmed.
  • (19) Besides the rough, wrinkled, and brown or black surface of the fingertips, microwrinkles of the epidermis occur on the skin ridges, which have so far not been described.
  • (20) This, Brown jokes, counts as good weather for Scotland.