What's the difference between bunting and munting?
Bunting
Definition:
(n.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).
(n.) Alt. of Buntine
Example Sentences:
(1) 4.11am BST Dodgers 2 - Cardinals 2, bottom of 7th Jay bunts!
(2) 3.56am BST Rays 4 - Rangers 2, bottom of 8th Martin tries to lay down a bunt but he gets hit on the knuckle, which is not a hit by pitch because Martin was offering.
(3) "We sold nearly 300 miles of bunting, 159,000 flags and 49,000 mugs.
(4) It is concluded that photosensitive and photorefractory female redheaded bunting monitor the photoperiodic time by means of a circadian rhythm.
(5) In the glow of the thing's own flame they saw edificial flanks, the concrete and rust of them, the iron of the pylon barnacled, shaggy with benthic growth now lank gelatinous bunting.
(6) On Amazon, seven of the top 10 bestselling home and garden products are jubilee-related – flags, bunting, hats and balloons.
(7) @ClaridgesHotel apologies needed.” Lucy Bunting said : “Under the 2010 discrimination act, asking a bf’ing mother to cover up is illegal and disgusting behaviour!!!
(8) 4.51am BST Cardinals 5 - Nationals 6, Bottom 8th The "aggressive" (read: kind of impatient and often frustrating) shortstop Ian Desmond is up and he's definitely not bunting here.
(9) Madeleine Bunting makes some important points ( Our children really are facing a mental health crisis , 21 May).
(10) The situation is not pleasant,” the weekly, Bunte , quoted Blatter as saying in an interview.
(11) Ekkehart Gurlitt, a great cousin, told Bunte magazine that the collection belonged to Germany rather than the “small-town province” of Bern.
(12) In mainland Europe species said to have thrived thanks to the scheme include the little bustard in France, corn buntings in Denmark and birds of prey in Austria.
(13) On Bedloe’s Island, the centre of attraction, a large platform decorated with bunting in which the tricolour was conspicuous, was erected, and hither after the parade was over President Cleveland and the most distinguished American and French representatives were conducted.
(14) In the group of the so-called "bunte Atrophie" an alteration could be described which is of interest not only because it accounts for a quarter of all testicular atrophies but also because there is a difference between the slight histological alterations and the obviously serious clinical consequences.
(15) Our habitats are slowly dying and our natural capital – reflected by species such as birds and butterflies – is being put under enormous pressure from unsustainable agriculture and land use policies.” Ortolan bunting numbers have fallen by around half.
(16) It is too early to hang out any bunting but quietly, tentatively, a more upbeat mood is spreading in Detroit's downtrodden, downsized motor industry.
(17) Daniel Descalso greets him with a base hit, then Furcal moves him over to second with a sac bunt.
(18) In winter they often form mixed flocks and this can be a great way to spot them, although take extra care over identification of the group as finches and other buntings may also mix in with the flock.
(19) 11.33pm BST Rays 1 - Red Sox 3, bottom of the 3rd Shane Victorino lays down an uncharacteristically awful bunt, but Loney can't corral it in foul territory.
(20) Nor is it a justification for the bogus notions about sovereignty, the militarisation of immigration and customs functions, politicians dressing up as airforce pilots, bunting and flags and all the other manifestations of fear mongering and political insecurity.
Munting
Definition:
(n.) Same as Mullion; -- especially used in joiner's work.
Example Sentences:
(1) He said: "I was aware that he was conducting other polls around the country and I was certainly told in general terms what the trends were, and in one particular case concerning … Tessa Munt from Wells, we sat down and discussed the details with her.
(2) In an interview with the BBC after Oakeshott's resignation, Cable denied knowing about the Sheffield or Inverness polls but admitted being "aware" of others and the general trends they showed, as well as having had a detailed discussion about the results relating to Munt, his parliamentary private secretary.
(3) One missing part of the jigsaw is what happened when Oakeshott discussed some of the poll results with Cable and Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt, whose Somerset constituency of Wells was surveyed.
(4) Asked about the poll by the Guardian, Munt said she could not comment because she was on holiday and "does not know what's going on".
(5) Quentin Willson Motoring journalist and FairFuelUK campaigner, Angus MacNeil MP SNP's Westminster spokesperson on transport, Geoff Dunning Chief executive, Road Haulage Association, Jason McCartney MP Conservative member of transport select committee, Naomi Long MP Deputy leader, Alliance party of Northern Ireland, Nigel Dodds MP Deputy leader, Democratic Unionist party, Paul Sanders Chairman, Association of Pallet Networks, Pete Williams Head of external affairs, RAC, Rob Flello MP Labour, Rob Shuttleworth Chief executive, UKLPG, Sammy Wilson MP DUP parliamentary spokesman on economic and finance matters, Tessa Munt MP Liberal Democrat, PPS to the secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, Theo de Pencier Chief executive, Freight Transport Association, Howard Cox FairFuelUK campaign founder
(6) Wells MP Tessa Munt , Downton Abbey screenwriter and new member of the House of Lords Julian Fellowes and Anne Chisholm , chair of the Royal Society of Literature, are also set to take part in the six-minute film.
(7) He resigned the day after being named by Cable as the senior party figure who had commissioned the surveys from pollsters ICM that showed Clegg in Sheffield Hallam, Munt in Wells, Swales in Redcar and Cable in Twickenham were likely to lose their seats under the current leadership.
(8) Asked about the poll by the Guardian, Munt said she could not comment because she was on holiday and did not "know what's going on", although her Twitter feed suggested she had attended a business networking event in her constituency on Thursday morning.
(9) Whip Mark Hunter and PPS Tessa Munt also missed the vote.
(10) Junior Lib Dem minister Tess Munt resigned after backing a ban.
(11) One missing part of the jigsaw is what happened when Oakeshott sat down and discussed some of the poll results with Cable and the Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt, whose Somerset constituency of Wells was surveyed.
(12) Lib Dem Tessa Munt has yet to complete a sentence that anyone in the House can recall.
(13) He added: "I was aware that he was conducting other polls around the country and I was certainly told in general terms what the trends were, and in one particular case concerning my parliamentary private secretary, Tessa Munt from Wells, we sat down and discussed the details with her, but I had absolutely no knowledge of, or certainly was not involved in any commissioning of the surveys that were done in Sheffield Hallam and Inverness, and indeed I criticised them very severely yesterday."
(14) The motion of the bases in poly(dA).poly(dT) is also similar to that previously reported for poly(dA-dT).poly(dA-dT) and poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) [Assa-Munt, N., Granot, J., Behling, R. W., & Kearns, D. R. (1984) Biochemistry 23, 944-955; Mirau, P. A., Behling, R. W., & Kearns, D. R. (1985) Biochemistry 24, 6200-6211].
(15) The MPs endorsing the report included Alan Whitehead (Lab), Tessa Munt (LibDem), Mike Weatherley (Con), Martin Horwood (LibDem), Joan Walley (Lab) and Caroline Lucas (Green).
(16) You’re munted mate, you’re never going to make it.
(17) Therefore the interaction of HMG I with the muNTS elements may play a role both in the stimulation of DNA amplification and transcription.
(18) He said: “All of them are robust, progressive, rooted Lib Dems, with whom I was or would have been proud to sit and vote in parliament.” The seven sitting Liberal Democrat MPs to whom he has given cash are Norman Baker, Lorely Burt, Tessa Munt, John Pugh, Martin Horwood, Adrian Sanders and Jenny Willott – all, he believes, need support to win.
(19) A synthetic oligonucleotide encompassing the AT-rich stretch from muNTS1 is able to substitute for the muNTS elements.
(20) He resigned the day after being named by Cable as the senior party figure who commissioned the surveys from pollsters ICM that showed Clegg in Sheffield Hallam, Tessa Munt in Wells, Ian Swales in Redcar and Cable in Twickenham were likely to lose their seats under the current leadership.