What's the difference between claver and claves?

Claver


Definition:

  • (n.) See Clover.
  • (n.) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I think the president-elect has been clear on this.” Ana Quintana, a policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation who advocates a tougher policy towards the Cuban government, said: “All the indications are that he will roll back many of the executive actions – if we look at the appointments to his transition team, like Claver-Carone, who is a very vocal advocate against the opening, and rightfully so.” “Trump’s business sense and business acumen will overwhelmingly draw him to roll back on the opening,” Quintana added, saying that some other foreign companies who have started doing business in Cuba recently have had their assets confiscated.
  • (2) However, conservative Cuban Americans – including Mauricio Claver-Carone, a hardline member of Trump’s transition team – have said the regime run by Raúl Castro, Fidel’s brother, is just as repressive, and argue that some or all of the sanctions should be reinstated.
  • (3) "Really it is not choosing English for its own sake," said Claver Yisa, the director of policy planning at the education ministry.

Claves


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Clavis

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The conclave In one of his last acts as pope, Benedict issued a decree on Monday to allow the cardinals to bring forward the start of the conclave – which takes its name from the Latin phrase cum clave ("with key") and refers to the fact the cardinals used to be locked in until they made their choice – meaning the gathering could begin as soon as next week.
  • (2) Chymosin secretion was partly restored when the claves were again given a skim-milk diet.
  • (3) Four groups of five diamond burs were sterilized by four methods: (1) sterilization with a chemical agent (Sporicidin); (2) steam under pressure (autoclave); (3) dry heat (Dri-Clave); or (4) chemical vapor (Chemiclave).
  • (4) Twenty-one male and 43 female Holstein claves received either 0, 10, or 20% mustard meal starter rations from birth to 3 mo of age.
  • (5) Gain by claves fed 10% protein was equal to that by those fed 12.5% protein.
  • (6) A reduction of 19-25 in TD and increase of 4-18 in BV was observed on auto-claving and both the differences were significant (P less than 0.05) in all millets.
  • (7) There was no evidence that the added magnesium to the calcium solution improved the clinical response of parturient paresis cases in this spring claving season, as had been suggested previously.
  • (8) Water and glycosaminoglycan contents were measured in upper and lower thoracic aortas of claves and steers.
  • (9) Seventy-one 4 month old claves were vaccinated by the conjunctival route with different doses (10(6) to 10(10)) of living bacteria, either freshly prepared or lyophilized.
  • (10) The infection and the disease rates were significantly (P less than 0.01) different between claves and cows.

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