What's the difference between bye and lye?

Bye


Definition:

  • (n.) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.
  • (n.) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.
  • (n.) A dwelling.
  • (n.) In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) • The Kansas City Chiefs remain undefeated as they head into their bye week, moving to 9-0 with a victory in Buffalo.
  • (2) Even Ed Miliband had a polite pause before the assault, but now they are more crassly brutal than ever: “Red and Buried” (Daily Mail); “Bye, Bye Labour” (Express); “Leader Nightmare” (Sun); “Death of Labour” (Telegraph).
  • (3) With the win, Carolina clinched both the NFC South title as well as the second seed in the conference, giving them a bye week and guaranteeing them home field advantage in their first postseason game.
  • (4) Someone once said that the best Raymond Chandler novel is the first one you read, because between the debut of Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep (1939) and his last significant appearance in The Long Good-bye (1953), the books are pretty even in quality and there's nothing quite like the initial impact of Chandler's style, Marlowe's company and their colourful southern California locale.
  • (5) "I'll be happy if I can get to 84, and then just say: 'Bye-bye.'"
  • (6) Rival internet service provider BT submitted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about one of the TV ads, which featured Bolt promising that customers could say "bye-bye to buffering and hello to a superfast broadband".
  • (7) Bye then went on to argue that given “the absolute dearth of information Missouri has disclosed to this court, the ‘pharmacy’ on which Missouri relies could be nothing more than a high school chemistry class.” He added: “I once again fear Missouri elevates the ends over the means in its rush to execute Taylor.” Bye’s dissent was backed by two other judges on the appeals court.
  • (8) When each interaction with a grandchild or good-bye kiss to a spouse may be the last, a sense of poignancy may permeate even the most casual everyday experiences.
  • (9) The Everly Brothers' breakthrough hit was Bye Bye Love (1957), still regarded as one of their most impressive creations.
  • (10) Photograph: Jason Bye Wayne Lawrence, from Norfolk bought a Mercedes in 2003 and insured it through Mercedes-Benz.
  • (11) But we fear some evil spirit might take hold of the British, and that in the referendum they will say “bye” to the EU.
  • (12) I don't think people realise what it's like to say to your family and friends, 'Right, good-bye, I'll see you in two months'."
  • (13) Our jury gave Rasoulof the director's prize for his anguished film Good-Bye, and I'm very proud of this.
  • (14) So I invited my friends to my "Bye Bye Boobies" Party.
  • (15) Our jury prize went to the Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev 's gripping drama Elena, while the director's prize went to Iranian film-maker and campaigner Mohammad Rasoulof for his courageous movie Good Bye.
  • (16) The truth is, you don’t really need to … Okay, gotta go, bye.
  • (17) From 1957 the plangent voices of the Everly Brothers rang out to herald the birth of the rock'n'roll age in America, with songs such as Wake Up Little Susie, Bye Bye Love, Cathy's Clown and All I Have to Do Is Dream.
  • (18) Bye bye, Boris, the man who wouldn’t clear up his own mess | Marina Hyde Read more But in hindsight, the Machiavellian move was perhaps not totally unpredictable.
  • (19) 4.36pm BST Oh no he didn't … Kristof Terreur (@HLNinEngeland) Bye bye Afro.
  • (20) I guarantee if I go on a mission those little fuckers are going bye-bye.” At their next meeting, in August, the group decided on their final target, a converted apartment that serves as a community mosque, embedded in the heart of a complex populated entirely by refugees.

Lye


Definition:

  • (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
  • (n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
  • (n.) A falsehood.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The success of conservative treatment has been higher in patients younger than 8 years of age, and in strictures due to caustics other than lye involving upper third portion and less than five cm of an esophageal segment.
  • (2) They may be used to irrigate oropharyngeal burns, but are contraindicated in the face of respiratory compromise, shock, liquid lye ingestion, and perforation of the esophagus or stomach.
  • (3) In the small number of patients with a nodular lye than in the other two histiocytic type, associated with diffuse areas, the prognosis is less favorable than in the other two histologic groups.
  • (4) In view of these findings, it can be postulated that LSD may be diagnosed and prognosed through LYE changes in the serum.
  • (5) Hypopharyngeal strictures, either isolated or in conjunction with laryngeal and esophageal strictures, can occur following lye ingestion.
  • (6) Mechanical homogenization of sputa before making the smear, carried out by shaking the sputum with glass beads, had a significant effect on the number of detected mycobacteria while homogenization using soda lye did not influence the positivity in any direction.
  • (7) It is well known, that in the group of high- supralevator deformities, the lower rectum, anal canal and internal sphincter are absent, and the terminal pouch lyes above the puborectalis sling.
  • (8) In a 16-year-old female, complete stenosis of the larynx and hypopharynx developed as a consequence of the ingestion of lye cristals.
  • (9) Clinical findings and lysosomal enzymes (LYE) in eight lumpy skin diseases (LSD) cows and same number of healthy ones were reported in Tal-El Baker village and Tal Alkabir centre, Ismailia province, Egypt.
  • (10) Forty-eight had gastroesophageal reflux disease and 2 had chronic lye strictures.
  • (11) Upon ingestion of lye and its compounds severe corrosive lesions may develop not only in the oesophagus but also of the stomach.
  • (12) The 5-year survival rate was 34% for the patients with a local tumour at operation and 44% for those in whom the carcinoma developed at the site of a previous lye stricture.
  • (13) Paediatric microstomia may occur congenitally in the whistling face syndrome but is more often acquired after accidental thermal injuries such as biting an electrical extension cord or ingesting household lye.
  • (14) Ten patients had ingested lye and one had an esophageal atresia.
  • (15) The inferiorly based platysma myocutaneous flap was used in two of our patients with lye burns, and bilateral superiorly based flaps were used in one.
  • (16) Treatment of lye ingestions by antidotes recommended on product labels includes the use of acid neutralizers.
  • (17) The most common indications for operation were esophageal strictures that developed after lye ingestion and reflux strictures not responding to other treatment.
  • (18) Herein, we report our experience with sucralfate in the treatment of a case of lye-induced esophagitis.
  • (19) Among 77 dogs surviving standardized transmural esophageal lye injury for at least 2 weeks and as long as 12 weeks, 24 were untreated, 26 received corticosteroids and bougienage (S&B), and 27 received only the lathyrogen beta-aminoproprionitrile (BAPN).
  • (20) Lyes claimed that 10 minutes after she returned to her seat a steward told her to surrender the flag and that, when she refused, she was told to leave the stadium.

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