What's the difference between clicker and clinker?

Clicker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.
  • (n.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Half of the lesioned and half of the control animals were trained with a short trace interval between presentations of clicker and shock, and half with a long trace.
  • (2) For a third group (SB), the tone followed shock termination, whereas the clicker was randomly related to shocks.
  • (3) After recovery from surgery, lesioned rats and controls were exposed to pairings of an auditory (clicker) conditioned stimulus and (foot shock) unconditioned stimulus in a distinctive environment.
  • (4) Forecaster Carol Kirkwood accidentally "clicked her clicker" twice while on-screen about 7.30am, resulting in the temperature chart showing "99 degrees" for six cities identified just as "Town name".
  • (5) For another group of dogs (SF), a clicker signaled the shocks, whereas the tone was randomly related to shocks.
  • (6) They planted bait boxes filled with feed stations of ContraPest and then stood nearby, counting the rats that came in and out with clickers in order to track how many rats were taking the bait.
  • (7) For a fourth group (TRC), both the clicker and the tone were randomly related to shocks.
  • (8) In addition, embedded in the two intrusion periods of each session, there occurred 8 presentations of a 'punctate' conditioned stimulus (CS) (a 15-s clicker), and 8 presentations of a 0.5-s footshock.
  • (9) One group of dogs (CON) received concurrent conditioning with a clicker signaling shocks and with a tone following shocks.
  • (10) (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) Why this stuff is meaningless... Also, why does any supporter care if you win an unscientific clicker (aka poll)?
  • (11) Sham-operated and NA-depleted rats were exposed to pairings of an auditory (clicker) CS and (footshock) US in a distinctive environment.

Clinker


Definition:

  • (n.) A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.
  • (n.) Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.
  • (n.) A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.
  • (n.) A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ninety-five mass% magnesia clinker and 5 mass% dental stone were selected for the main constituents.
  • (2) While other kids my age went to amusement parks, I'd be sailing on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay in a clinker-built ship, learning just how hard it was to row in synch with 11 other people, returning to shore happy and slightly windburned.
  • (3) The present paper is an overview of the experimental research into the effects of flue magnesite dust in the magnesite industry in which the raw material (magnesite) is processed into refractory magnesite clinker.
  • (4) A study was conducted to evaluate the level of bronchial responsiveness among workers recently exposed to vanadium pentoxide during periodical removal of ashes and clinker from the boilers of an oil-fired power station.