What's the difference between can and caw?

Can


Definition:

  • () an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]
  • (n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
  • (n.) A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.
  • (v. t.) To preserve by putting in sealed cans
  • (v. t. & i.) To know; to understand.
  • (v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence.
  • (v. t. & i.) To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

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Caw


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.
  • (n.) The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Inbred (C57BL6 X CBA) F1 mice or outbred Ico: OF1 (Caw) mice received a weekly injection of rat erythrocytes for 2-3 months and the (IgM and IgG) antibody levels to autologous erythrocytes were measured by ELISA.
  • (2) The 27Al DOR NMR spectra of CAW measured at 9.4 and 11.7 T and spinning rates of 800-1150 Hz of the outer and 5 kHz of the inner rotor show seven sharp central lines accompanied by a manifold of spinning sidebands.
  • (3) Six airway divisions were identified: four CAW: trachea, main stem, lobar, segmental; and two PAW: subsegmental, and lobular.
  • (4) We attribute the difference in distensibility of the peripheral lobular airways to their lack of cartilaginous support, and their decreased muscular support when compared to the CAW.
  • (5) It is an ensemble piece, set in London in 1936 amid the clamour of Mosley’s Blackshirts and the cawing of newspaper vendors on the latest atrocity: another woman strangled in the west end by the so‑called Tie-Pin Killer.
  • (6) These lines correspond to the seven crystallographically inequivalent Al sites of the CAW framework derived from X-ray structure analysis.
  • (7) The Caw-Hoe-Wiga strain of the Sprague-Dawley rat was observed for a period of ten years (1974--1983).
  • (8) 1,737 compressed air workers (CAWs) were employed in the project.
  • (9) We conclude that networks containing both parallel pathways and Caw are necessary to model ZL over the entire frequency range (2-32 Hz), the effect of Caw is an important determinant of ZL above 8 Hz, and a six-parameter Caw network with the ratio of Caw to parenchymal compliance, Cp, fixed may prove useful in interpreting changes in ZL induced by alterations in lung mechanics in monkeys.
  • (10) Pink-footed geese fly overhead on their way back to Greenland, rooks caw in the beech trees, a charm of chaffinches sing from the dead branches of an alder, and black-headed gulls follow a tractor ploughing in the distance.
  • (11) Despite not modeling the decrease in RL with frequency below 8 Hz, an airway wall compliance, Caw, network in which the airways were separated into central and peripheral components resulted in an even lower Dr (approximately 11%).
  • (12) CAW appeared to be a better extender than SKMEY as revealed by sugar uptake in cold.
  • (13) 160 CAWs developed Type I decompression sickness (DCS) and 4 developed Type II DCS.
  • (14) A gull cawed overhead to cry good morning to this strange tented visitor, while the sea whispered in the distance.
  • (15) Reserpine and prochlorperazine were administered in separate experiments to adult CAW:CF1 mice and to adult LVG:LAK hamsters that had recovered from audiosensitization induced by 30 sec of doorbell sound during a critical period of infantile development.
  • (16) I assume that when he works out , he’s not listening to EDM or podcasts, but the sound of the mighty Mississippi river rushing or the incessant caw of the majestic bald eagle.
  • (17) Vultures perch on his shoulders every day, he says, cawing at him with bad vibes.
  • (18) The dimensional response of central (CAW) (greater than 2 mm diam) and peripheral airways (PAW) (smaller than 2 mm diam) to changes in transpulmonary pressure (Ptp) was determined by progressive increments in tidal volume (VT).
  • (19) QCC values in the range of 5 to 9 MHz are obtained which reflect the strong tetragonal distortion of the AlO4 tetrahedra in CAW.
  • (20) The 27Al NMR spectra of calcium tungstate aluminate sodalite (CAW), Ca8[Al12O24](WO4)2, and the 23Na NMR spectra of sodium aluminosilicate sodalites of general composition Na9[Si6Al6O24]A2 with A = B(OH)4- (SBS), SCN- (SRS) and A2 = SO4(2-) (SSS), MoO4(2-) (SMS) have been measured using magic-angle spinning (MAS) and double-rotation (DOR) techniques.

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