What's the difference between colly and folly?

Colly


Definition:

  • (n.) The black grime or soot of coal.
  • (v. t.) To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.
  • (n.) A kind of dog. See Collie.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This report describes a case of macroglobulinemia in a six year old castrate male Collie cross dog with clinical signs of epistaxis, anemia, retinopathy and high serum viscosity.
  • (2) The combined Collis gastroplasty-Nissen fundoplication consists of a combination of an esophagus-lengthening Collis gastroplasty with 360 degrees complete Nissen fundoplication operation.
  • (3) Operations performed included the transthoracic Collis-Nissen procedure (59), Collis-Belsey repair (14), Nissen fundoplication (one), repair of acute postoperative paraesophageal hernia (one), division of obstructing crural suture (one), and esophageal resection (23).
  • (4) A technique to perform the Collis-Nissen operation through an abdominal approach has been described.
  • (5) Canine cyclic hematopoiesis (CH) is an autosomal recessive disease of gray collie dogs that is characterized by 14-day cycles of neutropenia, monocytosis, thrombocytosis, and reticulocytosis.
  • (6) The recent enthusiasm for the combined Collis-Belsey operation should be tempered by continued, cautious, objective assessment of its long-term results.
  • (7) Tritiated thymidine suicide of the marrow colony-forming cells failed to show cyclic changes to explain the marked swing in CFUc numbers in untreated grey collies.
  • (8) These results demonstrate that the standard Nissen repair is a good surgical technique for management of uncomplicated reflux esophagitis and that the Collis-Nissen procedure is the most effective method of surgical repair for almost all patients with complicated reflux esophagitis.
  • (9) Four patients are presented with acute tendinitis of the longus colli muscle and the classic radiographic findings of soft-tissue swelling and amorphous calcium deposits in the tendon.
  • (10) Eight patients with esophageal reflux strictures and brachioesophagus were treated by endoscopic dilatation and the Collis-Nissen procedure between 1986 and 1990 at the Institute of Digestive Diseases, Belgrade University Clinical Center.
  • (11) The results of infradiaphragmatic Collis' gastroplasty for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux associated with acquired short brachyesophagus (Barrett's esophagus) were prospectively studied in 49 patients (50 operations).
  • (12) 10.31pm GMT Patriots 3-23 Broncos, 11:12, 4th quarter Well that's something there, Brady hits Collie for 20 yards to put them into the Broncos 42 yard line.
  • (13) A 4-year-old Scotch Collie bitch was presented for examination because of hyperthermia and anaemia.
  • (14) Some breeds, such as the German Shepherd dog, Bouvier des Flandres, Spaniel, Collie, Great Dane and Retriever appear to be more susceptible than other breeds for villous atrophy and enteritis.
  • (15) Cerebrospinal fluid pressures and neurotransmitter metabolite concentrations in cisterna magna CSF were analysed 49 to 50 hours after administration of ivermectin in 6 of the 10 treated dogs, and in the 2 untreated control Collies.
  • (16) Antireflux surgery was performed using Nissen fundoplication in 30, Belsey partial fundoplication in 3, and Collis-Belsey gastroplasty in 2.
  • (17) The presentation of the specific topographic relations of the A. and V. transversa colli revealed indications concerning the formation of the vascular pedicle and thus the possibilities to transpose the musculocutaneous flaps in order to cover skin defects of the head, neck and thorax after extensive surgical intervention.
  • (18) RCCQ and longus colli) than ventral nuclear cells supplying the same muscles, thus suggesting that they supply extrafusal muscle fibers, perhaps different muscle unit types in the three muscles.
  • (19) Based on these results, gray collie dogs were then treated with recombinant human (rh) GM-CSF, IL-3, or G-CSF subcutaneously to test the hypothesis that pharmacologic doses of one of these hematopoietic growth factors could alter cyclic production of cells.
  • (20) Bacteriologic examination revealed the presence of B. colli.

Folly


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.
  • (n.) A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.
  • (n.) Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.
  • (n.) The result of a foolish action or enterprise.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is a folly to think measures to fix eurozone governance will suffice, however needed those may be.
  • (2) A senior Conservative cabinet minister has issued a warning to leaders "of all political parties" that putting Britain's membership of the European Union at risk would be "complete folly" and that the "irresponsible" debate taking place is damaging the country's influence at the negotiating table.
  • (3) Whenever I hear about David Blunkett's tests for new immigrants, I think of my mother's initial impressions and don't know whether to laugh or cry: laugh because of the patent folly of his attempts to fix what is fluid and to codify what is contested in British identity; or cry at the racism that has inspired it, the nationalism that informs it, and the historical, political and cultural illiteracy that infects every part of it.
  • (4) Vice, folly and humbug – it is the point of satire really.
  • (5) Honor & Folly ( honorandfolly.com , one bedroom $165 a night, both bedrooms $215, plus a sofabed for children) is a home away from home with a fully stocked kitchen and a cosy living area decorated with vintage and locally crafted furniture.
  • (6) His friend Dingle Foot drafted an editorial that David then sharpened up, inserting phrases that summed up his outlook: 'We had not realised that our government was capable of such folly and crookedness...It is no longer possible to bomb countries because you fear that your trading interests will be harmed...this new feeling for the sanctity of human life is the best element in the modern world.'
  • (7) ‘Patriotism’ is a difficult concept to pin, and one man’s patriotism can easily be misjudged as folly or even treachery if we start judging based on a narrow understanding of the term.” Walid, a Muslim veteran of the navy, added that “even though we invaded Iraq based upon bogus information, that doesn’t diminish the sacrifice of Captain Khan and other American service members who lost their lives”.
  • (8) A few years before Lady Thatcher and Mr Letwin became obsessed with the poll tax, the American historian Barbara Tuchman wrote a book about the march of folly in human affairs from the Trojan to the Vietnamese war.
  • (9) To continue along this path of folly is not compatible with the maintenance of wealth, nor with the health of humans or the biosphere.
  • (10) At 568,969, the paper’s circulation had recently overtaken that of its old rival, the Sunday Times : it’s not true that it plummeted after Suez as a result of the outrage caused by Astor adding the line: “We had not realised that our government was capable of such folly and such crookedness” to Dingle Foot’s leader – but well-heeled middle-class readers who cancelled their subscriptions were replaced by relatively impoverished students and leftwing intellectuals.
  • (11) Some startlingly grand privately owned buildings have repeatedly appeared on the annual register of the most important listed buildings at risk – virtually all the HHA properties are listed, and many are also scheduled ancient monuments or set in grade I gardens – including garden buildings and follies at Castle Howard in Yorkshire and Frogmore mausoleum, which holds some of the Queen's ancestors, in the grounds of Windsor Castle.
  • (12) In London, the Times newspaper called Ford’s position denying aid to New York City an “act of monumental folly”.
  • (13) Giles Swayne London • "Intelligent" Boris Johnson commits the age-old folly of mistaking good fortune, selfishness, narcissism and aggression for intelligence, but unwittingly demonstrates the wrongness of his position.
  • (14) That police can legally do this, the QCCL argues, illustrates the folly and unfairness of laws intended to safeguard an event at which police, on their own projections, will outnumber protesters three to one.
  • (15) This sad state of affairs shows the folly of handing over taxpayers’ money to unaccountable groups to run schools.
  • (16) There are obvious implications for public services, and the clear link between poor public services and demand for healthcare is ignored at our folly.
  • (17) In a household, it would be economic folly to lay out grand plans without having the money to pay for them.
  • (18) The cliff-side Mussenden Temple is a folly that was modelled on the Temple of Vesta in Rome and built for the Earl Bishop of Derry (one of Lord Bristol’s eccentric forbears), in 1785.
  • (19) Follies plays exquisitely on the unreliability of memory and the ephemerality of theatre; it is a stark warning against the distorting dangers of nostalgia.
  • (20) In giving $850bn to the IMF the G20 are only making the poor suffer more, and forcing them to pay for the folly and greed of bankers and speculators.