What's the difference between callet and pastille?
Callet
Definition:
(n.) A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip.
(v. i.) To rail or scold.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three fermentations were carried out with grape must of the Callet variety.
Pastille
Definition:
(n.) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.
(n.) An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche.
(n.) See Pastel, a crayon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Validation studies, to show that the method is precise, accurate and rectilinear, have been carried out on four linctus formulations and two pastille formulations.
(2) This parallel, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study evaluated the acceptance and effectiveness of the nystatin pastille at two different dosages.
(3) A selective high-performance liquid chromatographic procedure has been developed for the determination of the major Ipecacuanha alkaloids, emetine and cephaeline, in a number of linctus and pastille preparations.
(4) The potential for enhanced drug delivery to the oropharynx suggests that nystatin pastilles may be useful in patients in whom poor compliance seems likely.
(5) I think the very first case on was a 14- or 15-year-old who'd taken, I think it was something like two packets of Fruit Pastilles and a can of Coke from a small store in the city centre.
(6) The flavored pastille was well accepted by the subjects and both dosages were shown to be effective in significantly reducing or eliminating the Candida organism during active therapy.
(7) Fifty consecutive patients with respiratory diseases who developed oropharyngeal candidiasis were assessed clinically and microbiologically before and after seven days' treatment with nystatin suspension or pastilles (a new formulation).
(8) Sample preparation is simple, involving either straight dilution for linctus formulations or simple dissolutions for pastilles.
(9) Pastilles and suspension were equally efficacious both clinically and microbiologically.
(10) Nystatin has been formulated in the form of a flavored pastille (troche) as an alternative to the oral suspension.
(11) Asked if he wants to be prime minister, he tends to throw up chaff, saying that he is more likely to be reincarnated as a doughnut or a Rowntree's Fruit Pastille or whatever takes his fancy.
(12) The qualitative and quantitative composition of microflora was studied in fruit and vegetable juices, pastilles and sauces of sublimation drying.