What's the difference between collar and string?

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.

String


Definition:

  • (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
  • (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.
  • (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
  • (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.
  • (n.) The line or cord of a bow.
  • (n.) A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
  • (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
  • (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
  • (n.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
  • (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
  • (n.) Same as Stringcourse.
  • (n.) The points made in a game.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
  • (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
  • (v. t.) To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
  • (v. t.) To make tense; to strengthen.
  • (v. t.) To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Stringer, a Vietnam war veteran who was knighted in 1999, is already inside the corporation, if only for a few months, after he was appointed as one of its non-executive directors to toughen up the BBC's governance following a string of scandals, from the Jimmy Savile abuse to multimillion-pound executive payoffs.
  • (2) Nearly four months into the conflict, rebels control large parts of eastern Libya , the coastal city of Misrata, and a string of towns in the western mountains, near the border with Tunisia.
  • (3) However, because my film was dominated by a piano, I didn't want the driving-strings sound he'd used for Greenaway.
  • (4) The British financial services industry spent £92m last year lobbying ­politicians and regulators in an "economic war of attrition" that has secured a string of policy victories.
  • (5) However, while he considers the stock undervalued, the hedge fund boss said the software firm had missed a string of opportunities under Ballmer's "Charlie Brown management", referring to the hapless star of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
  • (6) Ranged around the continents are pictures of every child in the class, with a coloured string leading to their country of origin.
  • (7) It is one of six banks involved in talks with the Financial Conduct Authority over alleged rigging in currency markets and Ross McEwan, marking a year as RBS boss, also pointed to a string of other risks in a third quarter trading update.
  • (8) Postoperative urodynamic studies have shown maximum capacity of 750 ml and the area of continence to be at the ileocecal valve where the purse-string sutures are placed.
  • (9) Five patients (1.8%) who inadvertently removed their gastrostomy tube within seven days of insertion were treated with immediate replacement using the retrograde string technique, avoiding laparotomy.
  • (10) The molecule exhibits the conformation of a flexible string-of-beads in solution.
  • (11) He's broken limbs, nearly lost fingers and contracted a potentially deadly bone-marrow infection, as well as performing a string of excellent comedy shows retelling his exploits.
  • (12) Target discrimination accuracy was inversely related to the phonological complexity of strings containing targets in Experiment 3, supposedly because lexical access through which target discrimination is enhanced becomes more difficult as phonological complexity increases.
  • (13) The technique involves the use of an extra-long sheath for filter placement and the application of a purse-string suture at the venipuncture site to facilitate hemostasis.
  • (14) It said the survey backed up a string of votes across the organisation’s regional and national committees in favour of continued membership.
  • (15) Subsequently, asymptomatic giardiasis was sought but not found by either the string test or stool exam in any of 15 patients with pancreatic insufficiency who were examined in a prospective manner.
  • (16) Noticeably, however, the Lib Dem leader echoed the Tories in saying Labour had “a sort of secret plan” to let the Scottish National party pull the strings after the election.
  • (17) Other designs included short ruffle cocktail dresses with velvet parkas slung over the shoulder; blazers made of stringed pearly pink; and gold beading and a lace catsuit.
  • (18) Since then, a string of allegations have surfaced that have cast doubt on the notion that phone tapping at the paper was down to one rogue reporter, Clive Goodman, acting alone.
  • (19) Mann describes herself as a "feral child", running naked with dogs or riding her horse with only a string through its mouth.
  • (20) Mike Griffiths, headteacher at Northampton School for Boys, the first high-performing school to become an academy after Gove became secretary of state for education in May 2010, said the issue would not only have a potentially disastrous effect on pupils who failed to get a necessary C grade in English, but also on those hoping to study at elite institutions who fell short of getting As or A*s. "If you are applying to a Russell Group university, for instance, to study medicine or law, and all the applicants have a string of A*s, they will look back to the GCSEs and see a B in English – and that could decide your fate," he said.