What's the difference between carom and rebound?

Carom


Definition:

  • (n.) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
  • (v. i.) To make a carom.

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Rebound


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
  • (v. i.) To give back an echo.
  • (v. i.) To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
  • (v. t.) To send back; to reverberate.
  • (n.) The act of rebounding; resilience.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The failure rates of the 2 regimens to suppress lactation were similar; however, rebound lactation occurred in a small proportion of women treated with bromocriptine.
  • (2) Acute and chronic experiments were performed and, in both, the hepatic concentration of GSH fell during the first 6 h after haemorrhage; this fall was followed by a significant rebound elevation at 24 h. In the chronic haemorrhage experiment the hepatic GSH level was normal at 1 week after haemorrhage.
  • (3) One might expect that a similar news spike and rebounding of support for stricter gun control can happen, given President Obama's new push.
  • (4) During a postcyclophosphamide rebound neutrophilia, serum CSA was undetectable; inhibitor levels were similar to those measured in untreated controls.
  • (5) Repeated flashes above a few per second do not so much cause fatigue of the VEPs as reduce or prevent them by a sustained inhibition; large late waves are released as a rebound excitation any time the train of flashes stops or is delayed or sufficiently weakened.
  • (6) Britain will be the best performing of the world's major economies this year with growth of 2.9%, according to the International Monetary Fund, as consumer spending rebounds, inflation remains low and unemployment continues to fall steadily.
  • (7) A REM-rebound was seen in the first night of withdrawal with an increase of per cent REM from 19.9%-25.1%.
  • (8) The present investigation was carried out to determine whether a controlled-release formulation of 60 mg isosorbide-5-mononitrate (5-ISMN) would produce such a rebound phenomenon.
  • (9) A number of professionals have projected a rebound in the frequency of mental retardation associated with PKU since the discovery of MPKU.
  • (10) Six of the 12 subjects experienced partial reversal of luteolysis; the decline of ir-inhibin and the rise of FSH during the first 2 days were arrested for 4 days, which corresponded to the rebound increases in E2, P4, and LH.
  • (11) Normal or minimally involved bone marrow and a rapid rise in leukocyte count during recovery were independent variables correlated to the peak of the rebound increase in PB CFU-GM levels.
  • (12) Postinhibitory "rebound excitation" has also been recorded, supporting the concept that synchronized hippocampal outputs are important for seizure genesis.
  • (13) But this issue cannot be addressed through short-term stimulus alone.” Japan: private domestic consumption rebounded in the third quarter of 2015.
  • (14) Factors influencing the vagally induced rebound contraction and its role in gastric inhibitory motility were studied in the anaesthetised rabbit.
  • (15) The recent rebound in economic growth is expected to have been even stronger than first estimated after news that Britain's construction industry enjoyed its biggest surge in business for almost half a century in the second quarter.
  • (16) Alexis Sánchez slipped a pass through to Welbeck, the flag stayed down, Speroni saved and Giroud swept the rebound into the empty net.
  • (17) The initial effort was poor, hit straight into the wall, but Sánchez took out his anger on the rebound, lashing it through the wall on the volley and past Silvio Proto.
  • (18) This change has been made possible by: -techniques of anaesthesia using drugs which are eliminated rapidly without any rebound phenomenon, -medical attitudes, such as prior examination of the patient by an anesthetist; this is much better than a rapid examination at night or in the morning on admission of the patient, thus precise control of awakening by tests of psychomotor activity.
  • (19) The drug reduced the frequency of transitions into wakefulness and stage 1 (drowsiness) and reduced the time spent in stage 1; there was a withdrawal rebound.
  • (20) Of 225 patients followed, 52% rebounded to fertile levels followed by pregnancy in the wives of 25%.