What's the difference between collar and fit?

Collar


Definition:

  • (n.) Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.
  • (n.) A ring or cincture.
  • (n.) A collar beam.
  • (n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
  • (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.
  • (n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
  • (n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
  • (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
  • (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
  • (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
  • (v. t.) To seize by the collar.
  • (v. t.) To put a collar on.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On day 7, washes were collected as on day 0, and a collar was attached to the neck to prevent contamination from saliva.
  • (2) Numerous slender sarcotubules, originating from the A-band side terminal cisternae, extend obliquely or longitudinally and form oval or irregular shaped networks of various sizes in front of the A-band, then become continuous with the tiny mesh (fenestrated collar) in front of the H-band.
  • (3) The working women lost their elasticity more rapidly than the nuns, and the male blue collar workers lost their elasticity more rapidly than the male white collar workers.
  • (4) Participants were younger, more likely to be male, less likely to be currently married, and more likely to have had a white-collar job and some postsecondary education than were nonparticipants.
  • (5) For conservative treatment of injuries of the cervical spine, two different methods are available: The HALO fixator and the collar.
  • (6) These were compared against previously published National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studies of nonexposed blue-collar workers to determine if these predictions fit our population.
  • (7) It is concluded that the femoral stem should be as thick as possible and that the collar of the prosthesis is useless.
  • (8) Radioimmunoassays carried out on acidic extracts of the same organs confirm the molecular results and lead us to conclude to the presence of substances strongly related to MK in the ovotestis as well as in the circumoesophageal ganglia (COG), and to ascertain that the MK-positive tentacular collar cells do not contain authentic MK.
  • (9) Efficacy of polyvinyl chloride collars containing temephos [0,0'-(thiodi-4,1-phenylene) 0,0,0',0'-tetramethyl bis-(phosphorothioate)] was elevaluated in dogs and cats against the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis).
  • (10) The magnitude of the age-adjusted PRs was greatest for blue collar males.
  • (11) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
  • (12) Based on the results of a large Australian study of a workplace smoking ban, an estimated 654.88 million cigarettes with a retail value of $A6,549 thousand would be forgone annually in Australia alone if 50 percent of white-collar worksites were to ban smoking.
  • (13) Tooth germs are formed partly by cells of the stomodeal collar and partly by mesenchymal cells and calcification takes place before hatching.
  • (14) These problems are explored using data from three recent studies on workplace experiences of white collar and blue collar workers who had recovered from cancer, and of former pediatric cancer patients.
  • (15) Four cases of non-surgical extraction of iatrogenic vascular foreign bodies are reported, in two of which a basket sound was used, and two others a metallic collar.
  • (16) What’s left for such workers is the same as their blue-collar counterparts: lower wages, precarious work and a lot of borrowing.
  • (17) For instance, there are elevated rates of lung cancer and stomach cancer among blue collar workers; colon cancer and breast cancer among white collar workers and lip and stomach cancer among self-employed farmers.
  • (18) (See: The Royal Tenenbaums) Just as we started to feel hot under the collar about it, this little beauty appeared on screen.
  • (19) The egg burdens in these collars were, on the average, twice the average egg burden in the remainder of the urinary bladder.
  • (20) By contrast, the risks for renal pelvis cancer tended to be higher among blue collar workers, especially in the machine industry.

Fit


Definition:

  • () imp. & p. p. of Fight.
  • (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.
  • (superl.) Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
  • (superl.) Prepared; ready.
  • (superl.) Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
  • (v. t.) To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.
  • (v. t.) To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.
  • (v. t.) To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.
  • (v. t.) To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.
  • (v. i.) To be proper or becoming.
  • (v. i.) To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
  • (n.) The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.
  • (n.) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.
  • (n.) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
  • (n.) A stroke or blow.
  • (n.) A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.
  • (n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.
  • (n.) A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action.
  • (n.) A darting point; a sudden emission.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Multiple stored energy levels were randomly tested and the percent successful defibrillation was plotted against the stored energy, and the raw data were fit by logistic regression.
  • (2) After a period on fat-rich diet the patient's physical fitness was increased and the recovery period after the acute load was shorter.
  • (3) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
  • (4) Furthermore the limit between hearing aid fitting an cochlear implantation is discussed.
  • (5) Probability distributions are fitted to these data and it is shown that the log-series distribution best fits the data for two subgroups.
  • (6) When cultures were pulse labeled for 15 min and then incubated under chase conditions for 105 min, the amount of degraded collagen attained a value equal to approximately 20% of the amount synthesized during the labeling period; the data were fit with a simple exponential function that had a 40-min rise time and a 12-min lag time.
  • (7) This is a struggle for the survival of our nation.” As ever, after Trump’s media dressing-down, his operation was quick to fit a velvet glove to an iron fist.
  • (8) A more accurate fit of T1 data using a modified Lipari and Szabo approach indicates that internal fast motions dominate the T1 relaxation in glycogen.
  • (9) The kinetic properties of the cell-free extracts fit mathematical models developed for in vitro systems reconstituted from purified enzymes.
  • (10) After using the OK method to obtain a distance curve for height, we introduce a new method (VADK) to derive velocity and acceleration curves from the fitted distance curve.
  • (11) Higuaín was not fully fit which, with Rodrigo Palacio out with a calf injury, perhaps in part explained why Alejandro Sabella had made the change.
  • (12) Possible explanations of the clinical gains include 1) psychological encouragement, 2) improvements of mechanical efficiency, 3) restoration of cardiovascular fitness, thus breaking a vicous circle of dyspnoea, inactivity and worsening dyspnoea, 4) strengthening of the body musculature, thus reducing the proportion of anaerobic work, 5) biochemical adaptations reducing glycolysis in the active tissues, and 6) indirect responses to such factors as group support, with advice on smoking habits, breathing patterns and bronchial hygiene.
  • (13) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
  • (14) The contra-indications for them are: 1. a better visual acuity with spectacles than with contact lenses, 2. advanced cases (4th degree of Amsler) whose fitting is impossible, 3. unilateral keratoconus, 4. associated diseases such as trachomatous pannus, allergic kerato-conjunctivitis.
  • (15) The 'intermediate' (tau 1) and 'slow' (tau 2) components were seen by curve fitting M-current deactivation currents.
  • (16) A physiologically based model, comprising the reservoir, liver blood and tissue, and bile, was fitted to reservoir concentrations of 3H-oxazepam and 3H-oxazepam glucuronides, and the cumulative amount excreted into bile.
  • (17) Although distributed models yielded improved fits of the data, the distributed and lumped models produced similar estimates of membrane parameters.
  • (18) "Their prioritising of pensioner spending over unemployment benefits fits with a picture seen across this generational work: they care about groups they see as being in genuine need and they put particular emphasis on helping those who have contributed."
  • (19) Healthbars such as Nakd fit this category and promise to deliver one of your five a day, based on the quantity of freeze-dried date paste used.
  • (20) In this paper, we develop functions suggested by and regression fit to crystallographic data which allow three of these torsion angles, alpha (O3'-P-O5'-C5'), delta (C5'-C4'-C3'-O3') and epsilon (C4'-C3'-O3'-P), to be calculated as dependent variables of those remaining.

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