What's the difference between clarify and ravel?

Clarify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.
  • (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
  • (v. t.) To glorify.
  • (v. i.) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
  • (v. i.) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Such was the mystique surrounding Rumsfeld's standing that an aide sought to clarify that he didn't stand all the time, like a horse.
  • (2) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
  • (3) To clarify the functional roles of His40, Glu58, and His92, we analyzed the consequences of several amino acid substitutions (His40Ala, His40Lys, His40Asp, Glu58Ala, Glu58Gln, and His92Gln) on the kinetics of GpC transesterification.
  • (4) In addition, recent increase of the annual incidence of the above both groups was clarified.
  • (5) I wish to clarify that for the period 1998 to 2002 I was employed by Fifa to work on a wide range of matters relating to football,” Platini wrote.
  • (6) We determined to further clarify the mechanism of this transmural coronary "steal" employing intracoronary DP administration, thereby avoiding systemic hypotension.
  • (7) Although not common, the disorder is the most frequently diagnosed disturbance of porphyrin metabolism in many countries, and further insight into its unusual pathogenesis may clarify the hepatotoxic effects of the 4 etiologic agents.
  • (8) The aim was to clarify the nature of their constituent cells, specifically the giant ganglion-like cells and spindle cells, and to discuss the implications for histogenesis.
  • (9) Recent rapid developments in molecular biology have started to clarify the underlying pathophysiology of various neurological diseases.
  • (10) The results support Kuiper and colleagues' distinction between concomitant and vulnerability schemas, and help to clarify differences between cognitions that are symptoms or correlates of depression and those that may play a causal role under certain conditions.
  • (11) The aim of this study was clarify the physiopathological mechanisms underlying atrial pauses as well as to evaluate the sensitivity of sinoatrial conduction time (SACT) directly measured on SNE and of SACT estimated with the indirect Strauss method with respect to the detection of SSS.
  • (12) This paper employs a rhetorical form designed to clarify and sharpen the focus of the very special stance required--which must be painstakingly learned under careful supervision--in order to effectively tune in to communications coming from the unconscious of the patient.
  • (13) We therefore think that the detailed examination of CALLA(-) non-T non-B ALL cells using myeloid specific antibodies is helpful in clarifying the characteristics of myeloid precursors and the common bipotential stem cell of lymphoid and myeloid progenitors.
  • (14) Discovery of this vectorhost-parasite system in the Americas, and the localization of promastigote flagellates (leptomonads) in the hindgut of the vector, should assist in clarifying interpretative problems associated with infection of wild-caught flies in studies on leishmaniasis in the Americas and elsewhere.
  • (15) The analysis was done in order to clarify points in the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of this rare tumour.
  • (16) This study clarified the effect of "wettability" of materials on culture cells, with wettability being expressed by the contact angle of the material to the water.
  • (17) Additionally, in a group of bats, HRP was injected into various functionally (i.e., BF) identified regions of the central nucleus of the inferior coliculus (IC) to clarify the type and location of CN projecting neurons.
  • (18) It is Cruz, a longtime critic of so-called “amnesty” policies, who has spent the greater part of the debate’s aftermath seeking to clarify his position.
  • (19) In order to clarify the development of mandibular movements associated with growth and development of the stomatognathic system, we compared the mandibular movements of children with normal occlusion at different Hellman's dental age between IIA and IIIB, during tooth tapping movements using the following 7 different kinds of frequency; ad lib.
  • (20) To clarify factors that determine the distance between skin and epidural space we analyzed the relationship between distance and factors such as age, sex, height, weight and Broca index using multivariate analysis.

Ravel


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
  • (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
  • (v. t.) To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.
  • (v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
  • (v. i.) To fall into perplexity and confusion.
  • (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Dominic Fifield Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ravel Morrison, who has been on loan at QPR, may be set for a return to Loftus Road.
  • (2) Maurice Ravel had been subject to psychiatric disorder for many years when signs of organic brain disease appeared at the age of 52.
  • (3) The team's response to the goal was to look for the pair with every attack but the closest they came was through Ravel Morrison's 20-yard free-kick in the 23rd minute, which would have crept under the crossbar had Karl Darlow not made a fine save.
  • (4) What makes Ravel's history interesting to the public as well as to physicians is not only the tragic toll exacted in this composer's personal and creative life but also the resultant loss of the output of one of the 20th century's towering musical geniuses.
  • (5) Having offloaded Jonjo Shelvey amid rumours that he was a disruptive, brooding influence, Swansea City have decided to enquire about bringing disruptive, brooding influence Ravel Morrison to the Liberty Stadium from Lazio.
  • (6) The last time I saw Ravel Morrison he was in the dock at Salford magistrates' court, fiddling with his tie and waiting to hear whether he was going to be locked up.
  • (7) FC Astana FC Shakhter Karagandy FC Aktobe Ravel Morrison moved to Lazio in 2015.
  • (8) West Ham's Matt Jarvis cut in from the left wing and slipped the ball to Ravel Morrison, whose strike was deflected into the net off the chest of Phil Jagielka.
  • (9) Ravel Morrison starts, though, which is good news for fans of football.
  • (10) But Big Sam's tactic of endless high crosses appears to have been rumbled and there's no sign of Plan B. Allardyce has to convince the board he can play more expansive football to fill the Olympic Stadium, settle his differences with Ravel Morrison and learn some PR skills.
  • (11) (Lax, S.R., Lauer, S.J., Browning, K. S., and Ravel, J.M.
  • (12) It consists of a basal knitted scrim with strongly entangled ultrafine polyester fibers, lined with a fine velour of entangled ultrafine fibers that provide high ravel and tear resistance, a perfect matrix for preclotting, and an anchor for cell adhesion.
  • (13) (Browning, K. S., Lax, S. R., Humphreys, J., Ravel, J. M., Jobling, S. A., and Gehrke, L. (1988) J. Biol.
  • (14) We showed previously that wheat germ extracts contain two forms of protein synthesis initiation factor 4F that have very similar functional properties (Browning, K. S., Lax, S. R., and Ravel, J. M. (1987) J. Biol.
  • (15) This observation is in agreement with our previous finding (Lax, S., Fritz, W., Browning, K., and Ravel, J.
  • (16) Ravel left no completed composition after an accident to the head in 1932.
  • (17) At 58, Ravel was struck with aphasia, which quelled any further artistic output.
  • (18) Previous work has shown that eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)-4B from wheat germ is a complex containing two subunits, 80 and 28 kDa, and eIF-4F from wheat germ is a complex containing two subunits, 220 and 26 kDa (Lax, S., Fritz, W., Browning, K., and Ravel, J.
  • (19) Hmmm ... On the subject of Ravel Morrison , who has been linked with a move to Fulham, McDonald said "I would imagine Ravel will be staying until I'm told otherwise."
  • (20) They will remember the second half for many years and, if any gloss were required,, which is highly debatable, it was provided by Ravel Morrison, the mercurially gifted midfielder, who scored a goal that had the wow factor stamped all over it.