What's the difference between cigarette and incense?

Cigarette


Definition:

  • (n.) A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In addition, control experiments with naloxone, ethanol, or cigarette smoking alone were performed.
  • (2) Do [MPs] remember the madness of those advertisements that talked of the cool fresh mountain air of menthol cigarettes?
  • (3) The results indicated that smoke, as opposed to sham puffs, significantly reduced reports of cigarette craving, and local anesthesia significantly blocked this immediate reduction in craving produced by smoke inhalation.
  • (4) Cigarette consumption has also been greater in urban areas, but it is difficult to estimate how much of the excess it can account for.
  • (5) It has been speculated that these cigarette smoke-induced alterations contribute to the depressed pulmonary defense mechanisms commonly demonstrated in smokers.
  • (6) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.
  • (7) Chemical data are presented from a comparison study of the smoke of cigarettes and little cigars.
  • (8) Further significantly positive associations to the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) were found for the following parameters: Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, family history of premature MI, cigarette smoking, plasma levels of triglycerides, VLDL-cholesterol and blood glucose.
  • (9) In contrast to many other studies, cigarette smokers were at elevated risk (OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 0.9-3.0).
  • (10) CSCs from the 1R4F, ULT, and ULT-menthol cigarettes were cytotoxic in the CHO-HGPRT assay, both with and without metabolic activation, while TEST and TEST-menthol CSCs were not cytotoxic under either condition.
  • (11) We conclude that cigarette smoking does interfere with the treatment of hypertension in general, and especially with reduction of blood pressure by propranolol in black patients.
  • (12) After controlling for age and cigarette smoking status, BMI was significantly related to education, income, occupation, and marital status in both men and women.
  • (13) Previous studies in the rat, mouse and duck had suggested that agents present in cigarette smoke might induce a cytochrome P450-mediated detoxication pathway, leading to protection against aflatoxin-induced primary liver cancer.
  • (14) As was true of cigarette smoking, the eventual public health consequences of marihuana use may become apparent only after large numbers of individuals have smoked marihuana for two or three decades.
  • (15) "It looks as if the noxious mix of rightwing Australian populism, as represented by Crosby and his lobbying firm, and English saloon bar reactionaries, as embodied by [Nigel] Farage and Ukip, may succeed in preventing this government from proceeding with standardised cigarette packs, despite their popularity with the public," said Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the health charity Action on Smoking and Health.
  • (16) Cigarette smokers did not differ significantly from users of smokeless tobacco regarding hypercholesterolemia.
  • (17) It was shown, that the rate of disaccustoming was higher for light smokers than for smokers with a high consumption of cigarettes.
  • (18) From these results, we conclude that Apo A-II may be effective as a biological marker for alcohol drinking independent of Apo A-I and HDLC, while cigarette smoking may affect Apo B through a certain direct mechanical effect.
  • (19) Mineral fibers represent the greatest cause--after cigarette smoke--of respiratory cancer due to air pollutants.
  • (20) The urinary HOP ratio immediately after abstinence from smoking was proportional to the mean daily number of cigarettes smoked in the past.

Incense


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
  • (v. t.) To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
  • (n.) To offer incense to. See Incense.
  • (n.) To perfume with, or as with, incense.
  • (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
  • (n.) The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.
  • (n.) Also used figuratively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Liverpool manager was incensed by Lee Mason's performance at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day, when a 2-1 defeat cost his team the Premier League leadership and Raheem Sterling had a first half goal disallowed for an incorrect offside call.
  • (2) Brown’s parents were incensed, accusing Jackson of mounting a smear campaign.
  • (3) He’s not the first Tory MP to speak out about the problem of housing yourself while rich: Johnny Mercer told the Telegraph that he was so incensed by the cost of London property that he brought his family boat up from the south coast, moored it in east London, and stays there several nights a week.
  • (4) That displaced machinists on the banks of Lake Erie were so incensed by the Podesta emails that they voted for Trump instead of Clinton?
  • (5) Sir Roger Gale, Conservative MP for North Thanet in Kent, whose constituents include Hermitage and Middleton, has lobbied successive Foreign Office ministers for Africa over the years and is incensed that the British government is encouraging British companies to invest in Tanzania despite what happened at Silverdale.
  • (6) It was therefore attempted to combat the hospital infections by all means with desodorizing procedures, thus trying primarily to suppress the stench by frequent whitewashing of the rooms, spraying of vinegar, by burning powder and even using precious incense.
  • (7) Incensed by Sánchez, he went to remonstrate with Dean.
  • (8) I still don’t know if my brother is alive.” He said he was incensed by the intrusion.
  • (9) Ghani’s predecessor, Hamid Karzai, incensed the Obama administration by refusing to sign the basing deal, rebuking the country that installed him as Afghanistan’s leader after the US drove the Taliban from Kabul in 2001.
  • (10) The only souls around are a small group of Buddhist pilgrims, lighting incense at the rear of the spectacular Khmer temple.
  • (11) Hugh Morgan Williams, chairman of North East Access to Finance, was incensed.
  • (12) At the time, the sonic experimentation didn’t just divide opinion, it incensed some people.
  • (13) Incense Bata túise Lipstick Béaldath Shut your mouth!
  • (14) Comparisons with a year ago – when the bank incensed politicians by announcing £39.5m of bonuses on budget day – are difficult, as the composition of the management team has changed dramatically and the share price has fallen from 308p to 232p.
  • (15) MQM officials were incensed at the death of party activist Waqas Ali Shah, who was shot dead during the raid, although the Rangers denied they were responsible for firing the bullet that killed him.
  • (16) Mourinho was incensed that Clattenburg did not award his team a penalty and show a red card to Claudio Bravo after Manchester City’s new goalkeeper, at fault for Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s goal, dived into a challenge on Wayne Rooney 11 minutes into the second half.
  • (17) While contact was made, Mourinho was incensed on the bench and strode down the touchline to berate the visiting striker as he complained to the officials.
  • (18) By nightfall, an incensed Lisa told an officer at a nearby police station that she intended to file a missing persons report, and said “the media is gonna be in here” unless Stephanie was freed within a half an hour.
  • (19) Fusillades of incensed Times columnists from Finkelstein to Parris have the freedom to write what they believe.
  • (20) Dershowitz, who spoke to Epstein over the weekend, said the multi-millionaire was incensed by the the Florida court motion.