What's the difference between chaser and steeplechasing?
Chaser
Definition:
(n.) One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
(n.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.
(n.) One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.
(n.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.
Example Sentences:
(1) High tension and high stakes coursed through this meeting of top four chasers versus relegation facers and it was to QPR’s credit that they attacked their predicament – and Arsenal – head on.
(2) No differences were found in the typical daily doses prior to entering treatment between chasers and injectors.
(3) The eccentric, gonzo-ish path that Vice has chosen to pursue instead has itself come in for sharp criticism from detractors among those he belittles as football-chasers.
(4) Under Paul's leadership – not Sterling's – the Clippers predictably became a top-three team in the Western Conference, re-signing Griffin, luring Rivers, and attracting a bevy of the usual ring chasers.
(5) And I’m sure, if they weren’t afraid of a total economic meltdown, they would have closed the internet totally.” • The 16th inaugural Chaser Lecture is at Sydney Town Hall on 9 November
(6) Shark Chaser of World War II, a useful psychological crutch for the times, has been deemed inefficacious, and its procurement has been cancelled.
(7) "Banks are now much more likely to turn you down if you are deemed to be a rate chaser.
(8) Three-step pretargeted immunoscintigraphy (binder, chaser, tracer) with 111In- or 67Ga-Co(III) Janus produced excellent mouse tumor images in 3 hr with high tumor-to-background ratios.
(9) And some punctured bravado Before kick-off, Mourinho said Chelsea were different to other title-chasers, who might fancy being knocked out so they could focus on the league.
(10) However, even with a water chaser of 120 mL, pill entrapment occurred at the second segment of the esophagus in 1 of 18 volunteers.
(11) Your mates in the pub will now have turned to chasers and cigars.
(12) Forbes, 57, is a "wheat chaser", focused on saving ancient varieties from extinction and, where possible, bringing them back into circulation.
(13) Since almost any pill may produce oesophageal lesions, care has to be taken that tablets, capsules and other pills are always taken in an upright position together with a fluid chaser of at least 120 ml.
(14) The 41-year-old is in Sydney this week to deliver the Chaser lecture.
(15) "I think of myself not just as a dreamer, but as a dream chaser," she said.
(16) Water drinking occurred at negligible levels except by one monkey at 16 and 32% who followed ethanol drinking bouts by water bouts (chasers) in a manner similar to that reported in other studies.
(17) He had a fat bruise.” On the same street on Tuesday morning were the remains of a Triple Chaser-branded CS gas canister and empty magazines for 60 Cal.
(18) The N-1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-indazole-3'5'-cyclophosphate(I) proved a very poor chaser and activator of both isoenzymes, but when indazole was attached at its N-2 to ribose (IV) or when its H at C-4 (equivalent to the position of amino-group in adenine) was substituted by an amino-(III) or especially nitro-group (II) its efficiency was dramatically increased.
(19) We conclude that the esophageal transit time of a gelatin capsule is related to the volume of fluid chaser.
(20) The remains of “triple chaser” grenades have been found on the streets.
Steeplechasing
Definition:
(n.) The act of riding steeple chases.
Example Sentences:
(1) When I had that keyhole surgery, I thought: ‘Maybe, if I come back, it won’t be to that top level.’ But with the support I have been getting from my coach, family and friends, I think that really motivated me to come back strong.” Kenya is more famed for its distance runners and steeplechasers than its hurdlers, but the country was left celebrating a surprise gold medal in the 400m hurdles when Nicholas Bett powered home from lane nine to smash his personal best to win in 47.79sec.
(2) He also promised Thatcher a new crackdown on immigrant male fiances, saying that he was thinking of "a kind of steeplechase designed to weed out south Asians in particular".
(3) Raising achievement in schools means leaving room for these differences and not prescribing a standard steeplechase for everyone to complete at the same time and in the same way.
(4) Agency: Grey London Director: Marcus Söderlund Crabbie's Grand National: "O'Callaghan and Blake" (Starts at 02:59) – UK This big, loud, adrenaline-fuelled trail (appropriately soundtracked by speedpunk band Cerebral Ballzy) offers a representation of the first steeplechase event ever recorded, which apparently came about as a result of a wager in 1752 between two fiery chaps named Cornelius O'Callaghan and Edmund Blake.
(5) The Tories have raffishly gathered at the country's best loved steeplechase race course this weekend, on the northern edge of town.
(6) "There are reasons to be concerned about our families because the regime is unpredictable and is likely to treat my actions as a betrayal," the 3000m steeplechase runner said.
(7) In 2013, the 3,000m steeplechase world champion Moses Kiptanui alleged that there was widespread doping among Kenyan athletes.
(8) A place where patriotism is heartfelt, but of the soft and civic rather than naked and aggressive variety; a place that welcomes visitors from abroad and cheers louder for the Turkish woman who came last in a 3,000m steeplechase heat than it did for the winner.
(9) Racing has been an important part of the BBC's sporting portfolio since the early 1960s, with the Grand National in particular bringing both the nation and the world together in front of the TV for the 10 minutes it takes to run the world's most famous steeplechase.
(10) Two older steeplechasers were lame owing to degenerative joint disease.
(11) For the 5000 m-runners, a multiple correlation of age and AnT accounted for 77% of the variance (p less than 0.02); for the 3000 m steeplechase runners, body weight alone and body weight and AnT accounted for 94% (p less than .01) and 98% (p less than .05) of the variance, respectively.
(12) The runners were training for competition in the 1984 Olympic Games in either the 5000 m or the 3000 m steeplechase events.
(13) Five steeplechase race horses were observed during incremental and constant-load exercises with the aim of separating effects of work rate and time on blood lactate.