What's the difference between bogue and brogue?

Bogue


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.
  • (n.) The boce; -- called also bogue bream. See Boce.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In all the preparations tested DAPI consistently stained nuclei in the ganglion cell layer, and three levels of nuclei could be observed from IPL (inner plexiform layer) to INL (inner nuclear layer) in the bogue, goldfish and frog retinae.
  • (2) Total lipids from liver, head, skin and muscle of Bogue were separately isolated and their composition was investigated by a combination of analytical determinations, and column and thin layer chromatography.
  • (3) Bogue donated it in 1916 to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington.
  • (4) Ever since the announcement of her detention on suspicion of murdering Neil Heywood , officials have referred to her as "Bogu Kailai", in what some have seen as a hint she had obtained foreign residency or even a foreign passport.
  • (5) This exceptional medical document was designed by a Parisian dentist, J. Porter Michaels and was brought to the United States by Edward A. Bogue, an American dentist who worked in Paris.
  • (6) Bogue, Skid Row in American Cities, University of Chicago Press, for a comprehensive definition of these areas) than in a comparison group that did not experience meningococcal disease (61%), suggesting that their presence may be associated with resistance to acquisition of meningococci or to meningococcal disease.
  • (7) It is not clear why the agency referred to Gu as "Bogu", which is not normal practice on the mainland.
  • (8) "According to investigation results, Bogu Kailai, wife of comrade Bo Xilai, and their son were on good terms with Heywood.
  • (9) "The existing evidence indicated that Heywood died of homicide, of which Bogu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun, an orderly at Bo's home, are highly suspected."

Brogue


Definition:

  • (n.) A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.
  • (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is clear the teenagers – including Pickles – love Matthew Burton, one of the school's assistant heads, who, with his skinny-fitting suit, brown brogues, shaggy hair and loose floral tie, looks more like the singer in an indie group than an English teacher.
  • (2) Photograph: Thomas Karlsson Writer Will Coldwell put on his best hipster brogues, turned up his jeans, and sought out a different side of Europe’s major cities in covering these innovative walking tours that revel in art, history, food, drink – and even financial mismanagement.
  • (3) He looks like a disgusted George Clooney, or a man arguing about brogues in a hotel foyer in a Tom Ford film.
  • (4) Open Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, plus Sun noon-6pm in July and August The Oxford Bar Photograph: Alamy When the Inspector Rebus ITV series was relaunched in 2006, with Ken Stott stepping into the scuffed brogues of John Hannah, there was a feeling they had finally got the right man to play Ian Rankin's bruised copper.
  • (5) But last Friday his gravelly brogue was inescapable, at least for anyone tuned to BBC radio news bulletins.
  • (6) She leans back, arms crossed, blue-rimmed glasses nestling in thick blonde waves on top of her head, every now and then interjecting with a quip and a delighted kick of her blue, brogued feet.
  • (7) You don't see enough people running around in brogues and bowler hat these days.
  • (8) Then there are the accents, as bad a representation of the Brummie brogue as you’re ever likely to hear on TV.
  • (9) That it's also one of the best things to have appeared on the BBC in years is almost by the by: this, it booms in its enormous, barrel-lunged Irish brogue, is how to make a relentlessly original, consistently gripping, vast-brained five-part psychological thriller with a gimmick (in essence: let's devote equal attention to the hunter and the hunted) that never feels like a gimmick, but rather the perfect means of exploring the banality of evil, the nature of obsession, and the niggly-squirmy minutiae of everyday, common-or-garden murder.
  • (10) Photograph: Barbie After a survey on the fashion desk, we have decided that we particularly like the vibe of Everyday Chic Curvy Barbie, who has boldly teamed distressed cropped jeans with lace-up black brogues.
  • (11) Just in case we hadn't got the message while sitting (and getting a bit hot and bored) for about an hour for the show to start, Danny himself appeared and spoke unto us in his matey, charismatic Lancashire brogue.
  • (12) shouts out one of the troops, who range from a retired chap of military bearing, wearing a tweed jacket and brown brogue shoes, to a dishevelled fan of Viz comics.
  • (13) The tepid sunshine wobbles in, polishes his shabby brogues, moves shyly across the surface of the dressing table.
  • (14) They dressed accordingly, in blazers and brogues appropriate to a Cape Cod country club, and Koenig sang about Ivy League campuses populated by characters with names like Blake and Bryn.
  • (15) A 65-year-old women developed an Irish brogue immediately after a deep left hemisphere stroke.
  • (16) Crucially, the three banks who placed higher valuations on the Royal Mail and were all ignored by the government didn't take the opportunity to put the leather brogues in.
  • (17) I think she is very good in it, though connoisseurs of the lilting London brogue may disagree.
  • (18) "Yes," you think, as you watch his brogues clacking along another forlorn cobbled boulevard to the strains of a throttled theramin.
  • (19) As well as Céline, a pair of splattered trousers in the J Crew collection already have a buzz about them and Martin Margiela has a pair of very smart brogues covered in paint.
  • (20) The hair is neatly combed and he wears a grey pinstriped suit with a blue shirt and tie, black socks, black brogues and distinct air of civility.

Words possibly related to "bogue"

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