What's the difference between buffeting and pounding?
Buffeting
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buffet
(n.) A striking with the hand.
(n.) A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity.
Example Sentences:
(1) I think the heart of good comedy really lives in truth and reacting to the absurdities, hypocrisies, abuses of power in the world.” Late night television is a no longer a glass of warm milk before bed, it’s a lunch buffet And as TV viewership declines and internet virality becomes as important as real-time eyeballs, cable networks might find that topical comedy is a smart, cost-effective way to grab cross-platform attention.
(2) The public, buffeted by weather fluctuations and economic turmoil, has little time to analyse decadal changes.
(3) Instead, it comes down to how prepared donors and others are to disrupt the current development model; how prepared we all are to smash the “ charitable industrial complex ”, as Peter Buffet once called it.
(4) The buffet option will be put on the table in Lima in December when negotiations enter the final stretch aimed at reaching an international climate deal by the end of 2015.
(5) Food intake was assessed at a buffet lunch that began 38 min after the preload was completed.
(6) Images of rain, snow and hail buffeting Northern Ireland’s six counties would appear to miraculously avoid both the Republic and Scotland!
(7) A key issue for Channel 4's new chairman is how much change the buffeted broadcaster can handle, whether the chief executive needs to be an outstanding creative leader, and how much the advertising model needs to be shaken up.
(8) Still, with the many different stairways charting looping courses around the buffeted white peaks of the galleries, this rooftop landscape will be a kids’ nirvana for hide and seek.
(9) The Communist party leader, Marie-George Buffet, said the party was recommending a pro-Chirac vote in the May 5 runoff "to ensure that the candidate Le Pen gets as low a score as possible", while the Green candidate Noel Mamère said his party had resolved to vote Chirac in the second round "because, although this choice is unimaginable, we have a responsibility to society".
(10) The back crewmember did experience problems such as loss of communications, loss of vision, helmet lift, high frequency head buffet, and exhalation difficulties.
(11) The human rights award comes as Saudi Arabia is buffeted by international criticism, not just for its domestic record but for its airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen , which have led to many civilian casualties.
(12) Run on Brazil's popular self-service, per-kilo model, the buffet features a fine variety of savoury, salad and vegetable dishes, as well as a coffee counter, where you can polish off an espresso and a slice of cake before ducking in to one of the exhibitions elsewhere in this tall building.
(13) But a decade later, buffeted by oil shocks and rising industrial militancy, and weakened by strategic errors, Fiat stood on the verge of bankruptcy.
(14) She described her term, over the life of a hung parliament after the 2010 election, as a “perfect political storm”, buffeted by a “hard-hitting opposition campaign” by Abbott and the leadership instability, though she did not name Kevin Rudd.
(15) Updated at 6.42pm GMT 6.22pm GMT With the global development session over, Davos attendees are now enjoying a spot of food themselves - an oriental-style buffet.
(16) At lunchtime, the Serco staff gathered in a meeting room and ate from a cold buffet.
(17) So we will not allow those on middle and modest incomes to be buffeted about in a storm not of their making.
(18) The airline industry, buffeted first by high oil prices and now the downturn in the global economy is undergoing a period of consolidation as carriers seek to take out capacity and cut costs.
(19) The party has been buffeted by a weakening economy, and a string of controversies and blunders in recent weeks.
(20) Visiting Sousse’s hotels these days is an eerie experience, with empty pools, deserted bars and buffets laden with uneaten food.
Pounding
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pound
(n.) The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
(n.) A pounded or pulverized substance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Stringer, a Vietnam war veteran who was knighted in 1999, is already inside the corporation, if only for a few months, after he was appointed as one of its non-executive directors to toughen up the BBC's governance following a string of scandals, from the Jimmy Savile abuse to multimillion-pound executive payoffs.
(2) Any MP who claims this is not statutory regulation is a liar, and should be forced to retract and apologise, or face a million pound fine.
(3) It would cost their own businesses hundreds of millions of pounds in transaction costs, it would blow a massive hole in their balance of payments, it would leave them having to pick up the entirety of UK debt.
(4) "It will mean root-and-branch change for our banks if we are to deliver real change for Britain, if we are to rebuild our economy so it works for working people, and if we are to restore trust in a sector of our economy worth billions of pounds and hundreds of thousands of jobs to our country."
(5) The cull in 2013 required a policing effort costing millions of pounds and pulling in officers from many different forces.
(6) Each malnourished child was given 1 pound of dried skimmed milk (DSM) per week.
(7) The pound was also down more than 1% against the US dollar to $1.2835, not far off a 31-year low hit in the wake of June’s shock referendum result.
(8) I paid 200,000 Syrian pounds (£695) to leave Syria.
(9) "A pound spent in Croydon is of far more value to the country than a pound spent in Strathclyde," Johnson told the Huffington Post in an extraordinary interview this weekend.
(10) We continue to offer customers a great range of beer, lager and cider.” Heineken’s bid to raise prices for its products in supermarkets comes just a few months after it put 6p on a pint in pubs , a decision it blamed on the weak pound.
(11) Sir Ken Morrison, supermarkets Jersey trusts protect the billion-pound wealth of the 83-year-old Bradford-born Morrisons supermarket founder and a large number of his family members.
(12) "If we are going to turn our economy around, protect our NHS and build a stronger country, we will have to be laser-focused on how we spend every pound," he will say.
(13) From Tuesday, the Neckarsulm-based grocer will be the official supplier of water, fish, fruit and vegetables for Roy Hodgson’s boys under a multimillion-pound three-year deal with the Football Association.
(14) Hunt’s comments were, in many senses, a restatement of traditional, economically liberal ideas on relationships between doing wage work and poverty relief, mirroring, for example, arguments of the 1834 poor law commissioners, which suggested wage supplements diminished the skills, honesty and diligence of the labourer, and the more recent claim of Iain Duncan Smith’s Centre for Social Justice that the earned pound was “superior” to that received in benefits.
(15) Detailed analysis of the resources used revealed that the mean cost to the NHS of each case of NSAP was 807 pounds, the bulk of which was attributable to the hospital stay.
(16) Current obstetric recommendations call for 22-27 pound weight gain.
(17) She also complained of occasional night sweats, a 6-pound weight loss, vaginal discharge, and a low-grade fever for 6 weeks prior to admission.
(18) Correcting all this would cost hundreds of millions of pounds, a sum which councils and other housing providers simply cannot afford, they say.
(19) A total weight gain of 22 to 26 pounds is recommended, with the pattern of weight gain being more important than the total amount.
(20) Labour is exploring radical plans to give local councils and new regional bodies a central role in shaping the way billions of pounds of welfare funding is spent in order to bring down the benefits bill.