What's the difference between candle and cosmetic?

Candle


Definition:

  • (n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light.
  • (n.) That which gives light; a luminary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Okawa, who became the world's oldest person last June following the death at 116 of fellow Japanese Jiroemon Kimura , was given a cake with just three candles at her nursing home in Osaka – one for each figure in her age.
  • (2) Inoculating sputum on modified Thayer-Martin medium and extending the initial incubation period of 3 days at 35 degrees C under 10% carbon dioxide to a further 3 weeks at room temperature in a candle jar, led to the diagnoses, which otherwise would have been missed, of pulmonary nocardiosis in 3 patients and pulmonary infections due to Neisseria meningitidis, Pseudomonas cepacia, and Serratia marcescens in a further 22 patients.
  • (3) No clear gross or histological distinctions between the ventricular "candle gutterings" and "tumors" have been identified.
  • (4) Oscar Wilde's grave in Paris has put up with a lot in its first century - the flying angel headstone has been castrated (twice), commemorative candles have scorched the front, and multilingual graffiti are regularly scrawled over the tomb.
  • (5) In London a candlelit vigil – which the government hopes will be emulated in churches, by other faiths and by families across the land – will be held at Westminster Abbey, ending with the last candle being extinguished at 11pm, the moment war was declared.
  • (6) In parts of Russia, the shelves were emptied of fuel, matches, sugar and candles, supposedly in anticipation of something worse than winter in Russia.
  • (7) By the afternoon of the day of the Smolensk catastrophe, the candles that were usually found in cemeteries on the margins of town had appeared en masse in public spaces in the heart of Warsaw.
  • (8) Statistically significant decreases in recovery rate were noted when each system was compared with the traditional plate-candle jar technique.
  • (9) We meet at the headquarters of the Independent and the Evening Standard in Kensington, in an office scented by a Jo Malone orange blossom candle, and groaning with contemporary art.
  • (10) When the bombardment is particularly strong, they sit for hours in the windowless room lit by candles and strewn with mattresses.
  • (11) Cherepinsky writes a popular weekly picks column throughout the year and offers up plenty of fantasy football advice, but none of it holds a candle to the draft.
  • (12) US secretary of state John Kerry lights a candle and lays roses at the 'shrine of the fallen' for protesters killed in Kiev.
  • (13) In the three-minute video, ‘From Candles to Computers: Bringing Electricity to China’s Jing Jin village’, she says: “The coal industry is a major force in eliminating fuel poverty in China but, more importantly, it’s a critical driving force for the phenomenal economic growth China has experienced.” The video comes with a soothing soundtrack of traditional Chinese music, and is beautifully shot.
  • (14) Eggs were set weekly and candled at 7 days of incubation to determine fertility.
  • (15) He has the right idea in combining old and new, like Fulgence Bienvenüe, who built the all-electric Paris Metro , yet lit his house by candles because they're beautiful.
  • (16) The O2 index of flammability is the minimum O2 fraction in nitrogen that will support candle-like flame using a standard ignition source.
  • (17) Fertility was determined by candling eggs after 7 days' incubation.
  • (18) These isolates grew very well on Gonococcal Agar and Mueller-Hinton Agar incubated at 34 degrees C in candle extinction jars containing moistened filter paper.
  • (19) Collective jitters produced by the end of the Mayan calendar have been good business for the suppliers of candles, matches, salt and torches in some parts of Russia, even though, as one psychiatrist noted, what happens every day can be a lot scarier than Armageddon.
  • (20) The transmitral jets presented 4 different appearances: scimitar-shaped (n = 28); candle flame (n = 24); mushroom (n = 9); double-jets (n = 6).

Cosmetic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Cosmetical
  • (n.) Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
  • (2) Breast conserving surgery in patients with small tumors combined with radiation therapy has gained wide popularity due to better cosmetic results without significant changes in survival.
  • (3) A critical attitude towards the use of silicone breast implants, when these are used for purely cosmetic purposes, is recommended at present.
  • (4) Real Labour would not just meddle with a cosmetic charge on rich London mansions .
  • (5) Success is measured not only in terms of cosmetic appearance, but as enhanced capacity of the child's hand in all activities of daily living (Fig.
  • (6) The cosmetic result was judged as excellent in 10 cases, good in 3 and less favourable in 1.
  • (7) To evaluate the cosmetic outcome of conservative surgery (CS) and radiation therapy (RT) for early-stage breast cancer and its stability over time, we reviewed the records of 593 patients treated from 1968 to 1981.
  • (8) No infectious complications, delayed wound healing, or cosmetic problems were seen.
  • (9) The technique is not complicated and gives good cosmetic results.
  • (10) We have attempted to provide an overview of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as it pertains to animal drugs and feed additives.
  • (11) Soap is regarded as a cosmetic rather than an agent for removal of microorganisms.
  • (12) More and more patients are coming to cosmetic and dermatologic surgeons for augmentation of their lips.
  • (13) Psychological benefits resulting from the cosmetic improvement may outweigh the probability of recurrences in this rare condition.
  • (14) Lastly, the proportion of recurrence-free treatment sites with a good or excellent long-term cosmetic outcome after x-ray therapy (63%) was lower than previous reports in this series with curettage-electrodesiccation (91%) and surgical excision (84%).
  • (15) All 5 patients who have undergone the procedure have excellent cosmetic and functional results.
  • (16) The second surgical stage after a three-month reentry procedure was strictly for cosmetic improvement by means of a free gingival graft.
  • (17) Of the patients, 94% reported good or excellent overall satisfaction and 96% reported excellent cosmetic results.
  • (18) Kathon is an anti-microbial agent that is used as a preservative in cosmetics and bodily hygiene products.
  • (19) Thus, a cosmetic-induced berlock dermatitis was suspected.
  • (20) A combined transorbital and transcranial operative approach was used for total tumor removal and cosmetic repair.