What's the difference between brae and brave?

Brae


Definition:

  • (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We identified five cistrons corresponding to these bra genes by complementation analysis with various derivatives of pKTH24, confirming that the braD, braE, braF, and braG genes are required for the LIV-I transport system.
  • (2) The nucleotide sequence of the 4-kilobase DNA fragment was determined and found to contain four open reading frames, designated braD, braE, braF, and braG.
  • (3) Take the left-hand turn for Balmeanach off the Braes road and look out for the parking spot.
  • (4) Analysis with an omega interposon showed that the bra genes are organized as an operon and are cotranscribed in the order braC-braD-braE-braF-braG from a promoter located in the 5'-flanking region of the braC gene.
  • (5) The braD and braE genes specify very hydrophobic proteins of 307 and 417 amino acid residues, respectively.
  • (6) (The walking tours visit the old pier and pontoons, the Brae with its crofts and ancient trees, the Open Air Church and the War Memorial.)
  • (7) While neolithic Skara Brae and Maes Howe on mainland Orkney hoover up the publicity, this astonishingly well-preserved burial chamber is all but unknown.
  • (8) The high affinity branched-chain amino acid transport system (LIV-I) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is composed of five components: BraC, a periplasmic binding protein for branched-chain amino acids; BraD and BraE, integral membrane proteins; BraF and BraG, putative nucleotide-binding proteins.
  • (9) These sites included the 5,000-year-old village of Skara Brae; the giant chambered grave of Maeshowe, a Stone Age mausoleum whose internal walls were later carved with runes by Vikings; and the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar, two huge neighbouring circles of standing stones.
  • (10) Many of the earliest ones, such as the neolithic Scara Brae in Orkney, have single-roomed homes ordered around a central hearth, an arrangement found in traditional societies all over the world.
  • (11) All of the mutants were complemented by plasmid pKTH24, harboring the braC gene, which encodes the branched-chain amino acid-binding protein, and the four open reading frames named braD, braE, braF, and braG (T. Hoshino and K. Kose, J. Bacteriol.
  • (12) Every animal on that brae is likely to have cost taxpayers thousands of pounds a year.
  • (13) Ben Tianavaig, Braes Looking across the Sound of Raasay to Ben Tianavaig.

Brave


Definition:

  • (superl.) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
  • (superl.) Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.
  • (superl.) Making a fine show or display.
  • (n.) A brave person; one who is daring.
  • (n.) Specifically, an Indian warrior.
  • (n.) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
  • (n.) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
  • (v. t.) To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
  • (v. t.) To adorn; to make fine or showy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They were preceded by the publication of The Success and Failure of Picasso (1965) and Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist in the USSR (1969); in one, he made a hopeless mess of Picasso’s later career, though he was not alone in this; in the other, he elevated a brave dissident artist beyond his talents.
  • (2) The Dodgers and Braves are tied 1-1 in the third inning and the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A's ALDS will start at 9:37pm EST.
  • (3) It is because of those brave people that we owe our lives to them.
  • (4) "My wonderful, brave and adored father, Jack Ashley, Lord Ashley of Stoke, has died after a short battle with pneumonia."
  • (5) But the overall drownings seem to be going up and I don’t know if it’s older people, if it’s young men being more brave around water.” Lawrence suggested children may be failing to continue swimming and water safety education once they have basic skills.
  • (6) In fact the aim for many of those braving increasingly chilly nights inside the tents is to be here until Christmas at least.
  • (7) Brain injury from a stroke has an impact on many families in the UK, so this film is not just brave and personal, it will speak to the broadest of audiences.
  • (8) From one of his hospital visits Marr recalls a woman, eight months pregnant, who had suffered a stroke: "There are people far worse off than me who are so incredibly brave and cheerful.
  • (9) Families picnic between games of crazy golf or volleyball, bathers brave the shallows, children splash in the saltwater lido.
  • (10) The artist bravely offers us a more inclusive idea of who and what constitutes kin.
  • (11) Westwood came within an inch of clawing back a shot with a firm, brave putt, but went to the 16th having to birdie his way to the clubhouse to pull off a minor miracle.
  • (12) 2.36pm GMT Still on the luge, Italy’s Armin Zoeggler is praised for “brave sliding” but can’t improve on third place.
  • (13) Our team began 81 years ago – in 1932 – with the name "Boston Braves."
  • (14) But they were brave because they were risking future ministerial careers."
  • (15) "Let me assure you that our brave sentinels on the border will address any issue that happens on the border," said the foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin.
  • (16) It was a particularly brave – or rash – thing to say given that South Carolina is one of the most heavily militarised states in America and is peppered with military bases .
  • (17) Something certainly shifted: perhaps it was a combination of Dave’s reassurance, the hypnosis and seeing my fellow phobics so bravely facing their fears that eventually had an effect.
  • (18) She wouldn't name names, but said: "What male MPs from similar areas to Bradford and Keighley would say to me from time to time was, 'Oh, you're so brave taking up these issues' – either forced marriages or grooming of girls.
  • (19) First, Owen doesn’t mention the most common explanation for this rightwards movement, but it still seems true that, as many people grow older, not only do they lose the brave idealism of their youth, they come to feel they have much more to lose, far more invested in conserving the status quo: homes and property, maybe shares and savings, children etc.
  • (20) The situation today is that artists have to be brave.

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