What's the difference between bogy and fogy?

Bogy


Definition:

  • (n.) A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The catch is that the wine has been spiked with an extinguished cigarette, bogies, phlegm, piss and maggots; Ryle tackles it with vigour.
  • (2) Furthermore, sphingosine prevents the PMA-induced increase in pHin in BoGi cells, and phosphorylation of an 80 kDa protein in 3T3 cells, but not the serum-induced alkalinization in either BoGi or 3T3 cells.
  • (3) There were pathological findings only in liver, presenting manifested parenchymatous distrophy involving hepatocytes centraly located after administration of 250 mg of basfungine per kg of bogy weight, but after administration of 125 mg per kg of body weight there was only acute venous stasis.
  • (4) In the Salt Bistro , I chat to Stefán Bogi Sveinsson who was president of the council at that time.
  • (5) He was also the bad-ass bogie-monster who presided over the Mayan’s popular ballgame, an event which more often than not culminated in a ritual human sacrifice.
  • (6) Addition of serum to BoGi cells, on top of saturating doses of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), results in a further cytoplasmic alkalinization.
  • (7) The erstwhile champion collapsed in a flurry of missed strokes and more bogies than a flu-ridden primary school assembly to throw away a chance of victory at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Fogy


Definition:

  • (n.) A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) fOGI can detect as little as 100-200 pg of O. gibsoni DNA.
  • (2) A clone--fOGI--has been isolated which does not interact with DNA prepared from O. gutturosa, O. lienalis, O. ochengi, O. cervicalis or O. volvulus (both Liberian and Mexican isolates).
  • (3) It is thus concluded that fOGI has the sensitivity to detect microfilariae of O. gibsoni found in the skin of cattle and the specificity to differentiate them from closely related species living in the same environment.

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