What's the difference between bound and liable?

Bound


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Bind
  • (p. p.) of Bind
  • (n.) The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.
  • (v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
  • (v. t.) To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
  • (v. i.) To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.
  • (v. i.) To rebound, as an elastic ball.
  • (v. t.) To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
  • (v. t.) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
  • (n.) A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
  • (n.) Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
  • (n.) Spring from one foot to the other.
  • () imp. & p. p. of Bind.
  • (p. p. & a.) Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
  • (p. p. & a.) Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
  • (p. p. & a.) Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
  • (p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
  • (p. p. & a.) Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
  • (p. p. & a.) Constipated; costive.
  • (v.) Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
  • (2) The results demonstrated that K2PtCl4 was bound to a greater degree than CDDP in this system with 3-5 and 1-2 platinum atoms respectively, bound per transferrin molecule.
  • (3) Extensive studies during recent years have shown that the interaction between hormone and membrane-bound receptor can affect the receptor characteristics in at least two ways.
  • (4) These results are discussed in relation to the possible existence of enzyme-bound intermediates of nitrogen fixation.
  • (5) In the second approach, attachment sites of DTPA groups were directed away from the active region of the molecule by having fragment E1,2 bound in complex, with its active sites protected during the derivatization.
  • (6) For similar inotropic responses, normo- and hyperkalaemic dogs had similar levels of (Na+, K+)-ATPase inhibition and microsomal-bound digoxin.
  • (7) The penicillin-resistant Enterococcus hirae R40 has a typical profile of membrane-bound penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) except that the 71 kDa PBP5 of low penicillin affinity represents about 50% of all the PBPs present.
  • (8) Electron spin resonance studies indicate the formation of two vanadyl complexes that are 1:1 in vanadyl and deferoxamine, but have two or three bound hydroxamate groups.
  • (9) Treatment of the bound F1-ATPase with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan prevented complete release of the enzyme by ATP.
  • (10) Only estrogenic hormones are bound with high affinity.
  • (11) Plasma for beta-endorphin assay was preincubated with sepharose-bound anti-beta-lipotropin to remove beta-lipotropin that cross-reacted with the beta-endorphin RIA.
  • (12) I think part of it is you can either go places where that's bound to happen.
  • (13) Freshly isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles contain 0.05 mol of tightly bound ADP and 0.03 mol of tightly bound ATP per mol of Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3).
  • (14) Agarose-albumin beads may be useful for removing protein-bound substances from the blood of patients with liver failure, intoxication with protein-bound drugs, or specific metabolic deficits.
  • (15) Immunoabsorption studies showed that these four antibodies bound to the same molecule as OKT9, an antibody to the transferrin receptor.
  • (16) We investigated this suppression quantitatively, using a chemical assay for cell-bound and dissolved capsular polysaccharide.
  • (17) Only IgG2a and IgG2b myeloma proteins bound readily to IC-21 Fc-receptors, the former in nonaggregated as well as aggregated form, the latter only as aggregated complexes.
  • (18) When antibodies were bound to cell-surface DPP IV at 4 degrees C, the immune complex remained stable for more than 1 h after rewarming to 37 degrees C, despite ongoing metabolic and membrane transport processes.
  • (19) Plasmids containing the inverted repeat alone bound ER, though less efficiently than did plasmids containing the entire sequence.
  • (20) Inhibition of fast axonal transport by an antibody specific for kinesin provides direct evidence that kinesin is involved in the translocation of membrane-bounded organelles in axons.

Liable


Definition:

  • (v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  • (v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The ACT’s opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday’s debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.
  • (2) The possibility of being liable if an incompetent student becomes registered and causes harm is also discussed.
  • (3) The pathologist should be aware that he is still liable for errors induced by the technician, even without having the possibility of responsibility or any supervision.
  • (4) More suppliers have told the Guardian of extensive negotiations with Amazon staff in Slough, adding to the impression that the company carries out important trading activities in the UK and so could be liable for tax.
  • (5) From these facts, it was concluded that the follicular, as well as acanthomatous, ameloblastoma is liable to undergo squamous differentiation, whereas the plexiform ameloblastoma remains in primitive stage of tumor differentiation.
  • (6) Folch extraction before phospholipid assay was found to be unnecessary and, unless fresh samples are used, it is liable to give misleadingly low values.
  • (7) The Düsseldorf Supreme Court ruled on 30 January 1986 that the respondent was liable to compensation.
  • (8) This combination of factors renders old people particularly liable to develop disorders of water homeostasis during episodes of acute or chronic ill health.
  • (9) David Tracey claims the lack of a standard policy is liable to create a system that is "arbitrary, variable between hospitals and open to abuse" – and, in the case of his wife, failed to offer "a minimum degree of protection" of her human rights.
  • (10) In this investigation no single factor was discriminatory and it was not possible to predict with any degree of certainty those kidneys liable to delayed function or to non-function.
  • (11) Both, stimulatory and inhibitory effects of naloxone are not liable to represent noticeable side-effects of this drug, but they both might play some role in the mechanisms of precipitated abstinence.
  • (12) If you are now liable for bedroom tax, for example, you could share a picture of your 'spare' bedroom and tell us how you use it.
  • (13) This flow of funding is liable to stop at some point, provoking an old-fashioned sterling crisis .
  • (14) On Friday, Hacked Off called for an urgent correction to one of the major sticking points for Fleet Street: the unintended vulnerability of the amateur blogger who, due to "bad government drafting", could have found themselves liable for exemplary damages.
  • (15) Demented patients were more liable to be placed in an institution, as were unmarried or widowed persons and people unable to prepare their own meals.
  • (16) Consequently, plaque-covered resin restorations may be liable to pronounced surface staining.
  • (17) He said Assange remained in breach of his bail conditions, adding: "Failing to surrender would be a further breach of conditions and he is liable to arrest."
  • (18) It would also be beneficial to analyze prognostic variables so that patients liable to an unfavorable outcome could be identified before commencement of treatment.
  • (19) Some have speculated that it may be a clever trap because, if the children are liable for capital gains tax and are forced to sell their shares, the only person they can sell to is a lineal descendent of Lang Hancock – that is, Gina Rinehart.
  • (20) Chemotherapeutic regimens that are toxic to rapidly dividing malignant cells, are liable to be particularly harmful to lymphoid tissues, bone marrow and the epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract.