What's the difference between chur and churl?

Chur


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) chuR was not autoregulated, nor was its expression affected by a mutation (46-4) that eliminated the expression of all chondroitin sulfate utilization genes but did not affect the utilization of heparin.
  • (2) 18 patients with humeral shaft fractures underwent open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) using the AO plating technique at the Kantonsspital Chur from 1980 to 1986.
  • (3) The physician Johann Ulrich Bilguer (1720-1796) born in Chur in Graubünden obtained high posts in military medicine in Prussian services.
  • (4) The gemsbok were chased on the interdune plains and darted from a Land Rover with the Palmer powder-charge Cap-Chur gun.
  • (5) Between 1980 and 1986, 30 wrists in 29 patients with intra-articular fractures of the distal radius were stabilized with a buttress plate an the Kantonsspital Chur, Switzerland.
  • (6) Our restrospective study concerns 30 patients from the region of Chur, Switzerland, injured between 1965 and 1976.
  • (7) Transcriptional fusion studies showed that the expression of chuR occurred at the same level under inducing and noninducing conditions, in contrast to the regulated expression of structural genes of the chondroitin sulfate utilization system.
  • (8) The gene encoding ORF1 has been designated chuR, for regulation of chondroitin sulfate and heparin utilization.
  • (9) In the operative treatment of 93 lower leg and ankle fractures at the Kreuzspital Chur cancellous bone from the head of the tibia of the same leg was used to brigde bone defects.

Churl


Definition:

  • (n.) A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
  • (n.) A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
  • (n.) A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
  • (a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They leave the zoo, and close the door and we are left ... " He trails off, the professional churl and pretend misanthrope.
  • (2) Now stop canting, churling and excusing and bring back the World Cup to God's own country."

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