What's the difference between butting and rutting?

Butting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of But
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butt
  • (n.) An abuttal; a boundary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Now it’s time for clarity on the skyline.” Looming 160m above Fenchurch Street, towering over several conservation areas and butting into the background of most views of London, the Walkie-Talkie is perhaps the most egregious example of such incoherence.
  • (2) There seems to have been a bit of an argument between the pair moments before the incident, then Meyler went to retrieve went to the Newcastle technical area to retrieve the ball for a throw-in and was head-butted by Pardew.
  • (3) There are lots of ifs and buts, a lot of factors that nobody can control,” he said.
  • (4) In 2010 David Cameron made a “no ifs, no buts” promise to reduce annual net migration below 100,000.
  • (5) In an extract from his book Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography, in Sydney's Daily Telegraph , Tyson says he was furious that Evander Holyfield had head butted him: "I just wanted to kill him.
  • (6) Alan Pardew denied head-butting Hull's David Meyler in a touchline altercation but conceded he would be "stupid" not to expect the Football Association to come down hard on him in the coming days.
  • (7) Anyway, Peter had grabbed me, I’d head-butted him – we’d been fighting for ages.
  • (8) And, for the record, his latest speech included 35 ifs and 44 buts.
  • (9) Mailer responded at a Manhattan dinner party in 1977 by throwing a glass of whiskey in Vidal's face, head-butting him and then throwing a punch.
  • (10) When an officer arrived at the Enghien-les-Bains casino and asked him to leave, Sharif, 71, grew angrier still, began swearing, and then head-butted the policeman.
  • (11) Speaking as both pro- and anti-independence camps traded fresh claims and counter-claims, Davidson said: "No ifs, no buts – those are the rules for any new member.
  • (12) Net migration rose to 260,000 in the year to June – an increase of 78,000 on the previous year, making a mockery of Cameron’s critical 2010 election “no ifs, no buts” pledge to bring net migration down below 100,000 before the 2015 election.
  • (13) "We want to talk more about those things and less about the 'ah, buts'," he said.
  • (14) There’s a difference – I had nothing to apologise for.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Roy Keane head-butted Peter Schmeichel on a 1998 pre-season tour in Asia.
  • (15) He was sitting in a cafe, telling a friend how he’d recently met two Silicon Valley power couples, each with a profoundly autistic child, when a teacher at the next table overheard and butted in: “There’s an epidemic of autism in Silicon Valley.
  • (16) "He hasn't head-butted him but he has gone through the action and when you are 10 yards away from the referee you are going to be red-carded and rightly so.
  • (17) Fernando Llorente double steers Swansea to vital win over Sunderland Read more With Tom Huddlestone back to something approaching his imperious best in central midfield, Hull would have won had Fraizer Campbell not rescued Palace courtesy of an 89th-minute equaliser as Pardew made his first return to this ground since he infamously butted David Meyler here in March 2014.
  • (18) Newcastle United last night fined Alan Pardew £100,000 after the manager lost control on the touchline and head-butted the Hull City midfielder David Meyler during his side's 4-1 win at the KC Stadium on Saturday .
  • (19) Apparently, the cause can be attributed to the helmet-face mask that has encouraged the use of the head as the primary point of contact in blocking, tackling, and head butting.
  • (20) If Heathrow is picked, it will mean a reversal in Conservative policy since David Cameron as opposition leader ruled out backing a third runway with “no ifs, no buts”.

Rutting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rut

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our results were compared with those obtained with other therapeutical options, and it was demonstrated that prostatectomy (both retropubic and RUT) are, clinically and urodynamically, the most effective procedure in the treatment of obstructive prostate hypertrophy.
  • (2) Labour is in danger of being left behind, of becoming stuck in an anti-pluralist rut.
  • (3) Here are our tips for breaking out of the rut: Find a mentor Is there a female leader in your organisation you admire?
  • (4) The higher producer strain T. reesei RUT C-30 exhibited a higher conidial level of CBH II than T. reesei QM 9414.
  • (5) Perhaps that was the break that Swansea so badly needed to get them out of their rut.
  • (6) The results provide direct evidence for a primary binding contact between Rho protein and the rut segment of cro RNA and demonstrate that this binding contact remains stable when the cro RNA is serving as a cofactor for ATP hydrolysis, an observation that is consistent with a mechanism in which Rho maintains contact with the rut region while it makes additional interactions with RNA that are coupled to ATP hydrolysis.
  • (7) The subsequent post-rut profiles of treated bucks were characterized by lower basal plasma LH concentrations, and reduced frequency and amplitude of plasma testosterone surges.
  • (8) The results provide evidence for altered plasticity of synaptic morphology in memory mutants dnc and rut and suggest a role of cAMP cascade in mediating activity-dependent synaptic plasticity.
  • (9) We have to stick together and keep believing we are good enough to get ourselves out of this rut that we’ve been in.
  • (10) Elevated concentrations of SUN in adult males killed in December were attributed to an increased catabolism of muscle protein caused by low dietary intake and high energy requirements during the rut.
  • (11) The extreme increase in size of certain muscles in the neck in connection with the rutting season (e.g.
  • (12) H. pylori positivity or negativity was defined as the concordance of two of the following tests: RUT, microbiologic culture, and histologic examination on bioptic samples.
  • (13) Acetylcholinesterase (ACE) activity was studied by the Karnovsky-Ruts method from the 5th to the 30th day in the brain of young rats born to chronically alcoholized animals receiving ethanol for 3 to 5 months prior to conception as well as during pregnancy and breast feeding.
  • (14) Park at the main overlook at Goosenecks and hike south and west along the old, increasingly rutted road for about a mile out to the tip of the mesa.
  • (15) In prostaglandin-treated animals, progesterone concentration was high at the time of the rut and remained so until late February 1990.
  • (16) The Guardian’s Michael Billington said it offered “a rutting rake’s modern progress” but it lacked the “subversiveness” of Molière’s original.
  • (17) We show, using a filter retention assay technique, that rho protein binds with about 10-fold lower affinity to variants of cro RNA lacking both parts of rut or to normal cro RNA having one or the other part of rut bound to a complementary DNA oligonucleotide than it binds to unmodified cro RNA.
  • (18) The predictivity value of combined RUT and nodular antritis, whether positive or negative, was 100%.
  • (19) Undeniably one of the best roads in a part of the world where rutted single-lane highways still link many major cities, it joins the international airport with Colombo, the political and commercial capital.
  • (20) For supporters, high-speed rail is the solution to California's future transportation needs, when the state's already jammed, rutted highways and busy airports won't be enough for a population expected to hit 46 million by 2035.