What's the difference between coat and slicker?

Coat


Definition:

  • (n.) An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.
  • (n.) A petticoat.
  • (n.) The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
  • (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
  • (n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
  • (n.) Same as Coat of arms. See below.
  • (n.) A coat card. See below.
  • (v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment.
  • (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cyanoacrylate and PDS coatings were not detectable after 6 weeks while PHBA and PLLA coatings were still observed after 48 weeks.
  • (2) This mAb inhibited monocyte binding of both soluble FITC-labeled IgA and IgA-coated E, whereas it did not inhibit IgG binding.
  • (3) We have measured the antibody specificities to the two polysaccharides in sera from asymptomatic group C meningococcal carriers and vaccinated adults by a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure using methylated human serum albumin for coating the group C polysaccharide onto microtiter plates.
  • (4) When compared with nonspecialized regions of the cell membranes, these contact sites were characterized by a decreased intercellular distance, subplasmalemmal densities and coated pits.
  • (5) Charcoal particles coated with the lipid extract were prepared and the suspension inoculated intravenously into mice.
  • (6) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
  • (7) Today, she wears an elegant salmon-pink blouse with white trousers and a long, pale pink coat.
  • (8) Using polyclonal antibodies raised against yeast p34cdc2, we have detected a 36 kd immunoactive polypeptide in macronuclei which binds to Suc1 (p13)-coated beads and closely follows H1 kinase activity.
  • (9) Although the brain AP50 is prominently phosphorylated by an endogenous protein kinase in isolated coated vesicle preparations, the neuronal AP50 was not detectably phosphorylated in intact cells as assessed by two-dimensional non-equilibrium pH gradient gel electrophoresis of labeled cells dissolved directly in SDS-containing buffers.
  • (10) MAb Q-1 distinguishes between Sendai virus-coated and uncoated lymphocytes only cells with low-affinity binding.
  • (11) Both buffy coat and platelet transfusions evoked production of the non-specific blocking antibodies.
  • (12) Interaction of viable macrophages with cationic particles at 37 degrees C resulted in their "internalization" within vesicles and coated pits and a closer apposition between many segments of plasmalemma than with neutral or anionic substances.
  • (13) We found that when neutrophils were allowed to settle into protein-coated surfaces the amount of O2- they generated varied with the nature of the protein: IgG greater than bovine serum albumin greater than plastic greater than gelatin greater than serum greater than collagen.
  • (14) The coatings formed contain only stable chemical bonds (e.g., C-C, C-O-C), and easily-derivatized hydroxyl moieties.
  • (15) Structural studies indicate that caveolae are decorated on their cytoplasmic surface by a unique array of filaments or strands that form striated coatings.
  • (16) Significant biases in the distribution of cases of babesiosis were found with regard to season (P < 0,05), sex (P < 0,001) and coat colour (P < 0.01).
  • (17) One portion of the coat is complete by 5 to 6 h but additional material consisting primarily of glucose is added after 8 h.
  • (18) Recently the presence of a coating inhibitory factor was described in human tears which can prevent the binding of proteins to a solid phase.
  • (19) The headteacher of the school featured in the reality television series Educating Essex has described using his own money to buy a winter coat for a boy whose parents could not afford one, in a symptom of an escalating economic crisis that has seen the number of pupils in the area taking home food parcels triple in a year.
  • (20) The average repetitive yields and initial coupling of proteins spotted or blotted into PVDF membranes ranged between 84-98% and 30-108% respectively, and were comparable with the yields measured for proteins spotted onto Polybrene-coated glass fiber discs.

Slicker


Definition:

  • (n.) That which makes smooth or sleek.
  • (n.) A kind of burnisher for leather.
  • (n.) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.
  • (n.) A waterproof coat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Greggs on a roll The most important City news of last week was, of course, provided by Jake Gyllenhaal , the film actor who made his name in some critically acclaimed cowboy movie ( City Slickers ?).
  • (2) • Doubles from $113 B&B, no phone, ventanasalmarcozumel.com Fusion, Playa del Carmen Facebook Twitter Pinterest Years ago, most of Playa’s hippie beach bars and hostels converted to slicker, louder operations.
  • (3) Some believe that officials are seeking to protect state broadcaster CCTV as it loses viewers to slicker, livelier provincial upstarts such as Hunan and Jiangsu Television.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest 2013’s Bad Motherfucker was bigger, nastier and slicker, featuring breasts, swearing, and a German shepherd hurled through a window.
  • (5) If Algieri’s right hand could tag Khan consistently, what havoc might the infinitely slicker welterweight champ wreak?
  • (6) I was relatively new to standup, and because it’s a heavily edited TV gig, it makes me look a bit slicker than I am.
  • (7) Located near all the tourist sites of Hollywood Boulevard, this is slightly more grown up and slicker than the Magic Castle Hotel.
  • (8) If you watch someone who's really good at doing these sorts of shows, they're much slicker."
  • (9) Pitch Perfect would give you an all male a cappella team struggling to defeat a slicker, all-female team – in terms of casting, and even in terms of substantial parts, it would be mostly a wash.
  • (10) Photograph: Popperfoto Some social media reports are faster and slicker than traditional news outlets, which often react to rather than report news, amplifying misinformation.
  • (11) I wanted the equivalent of the city slickers, from a very different world, turning up in Deadwood .
  • (12) I have yet to be persuaded there will be any truly new games or any new kinds of interaction from Sony or Microsoft, the best I think we can hope for is more of the same, only slicker, and with a bigger carbon footprint.
  • (13) Presumably there is a marketing department there now, because there are many shops, all far slicker than Help Poland, including one called Heritage Brides.
  • (14) The left, more influential then than in recent years, hated the results, but the then Labour leader Neil Kinnock, desperate for power, supported the new, slicker, more voter-friendly approach to political communications.
  • (15) To follow that logic, Miliband will need to hug a pinstriped City slicker waving a Coutts card to be seen as anywhere near the centre ground.
  • (16) There have been shows about gay life and the lives of gay men, before: Russell T Davies made history with Channel 4's Queer as Folk, and a slicker US version ran for five seasons.
  • (17) Sharper, slicker, hungrier and consistently half a yard quicker than West Ham during the first 45 minutes, Sunderland appeared to have undergone a most extraordinary makeover.
  • (18) The hope is that slicker, more convenient post offices will attract a greater number of small business owners and ordinary shoppers, and help boost sales of financial services such as current accounts, insurance and mortgages.
  • (19) Zinio (free, paid-for content) similarly displays glossy magazines and has much the same functionality but with a slicker interface; crucially, it turns printed weblinks into interactive ones.
  • (20) By the end, with Scott Parker incensed by John Mikel Obi's petulant kick, it was easy to forget that Chelsea had not been the slicker of these sides for long periods.