What's the difference between communication and tap?

Communication


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.
  • (n.) Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence.
  • (n.) Association; company.
  • (n.) Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.
  • (n.) That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.
  • (n.) Participation in the Lord's supper.
  • (n.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The inquiry found the law enforcement agencies routinely fail to record the professions of those whose communications data records they access under Ripa.
  • (2) Psychiatry unlike philosophy (with its problem of solipsism) recognizes the existence of other minds from the nonverbal communication between doctor and patient.
  • (3) Communicating sustainability is a subtle attempt at doing good Read more And yet, in environmental terms it is infinitely preferable to prevent waste altogether, rather than recycle it.
  • (4) Gardner proposed that anomalies at the exit of the fourth ventricle produce a communicating syringomyelia.
  • (5) Health information dissemination is severely complicated by the widespread stigma associated with digestive topics, manifested in the American public's general discomfort in communicating with others about digestive health.
  • (6) Their best evaluations were in medical care, personal attributes and communication.
  • (7) Continuity of care programs, such as that developed by the Pain Service of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), with good communication and liaison work between hospital and community, add a much needed dimension to the pain management of these patients in the home.
  • (8) It was also demonstrated that the plexus of the median eminence is, at its periphery, in direct communication with the systemic venous twigs.
  • (9) So we’ve just stopped communicating now.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Damaged buildings in Kommunar.
  • (10) This paper employs a rhetorical form designed to clarify and sharpen the focus of the very special stance required--which must be painstakingly learned under careful supervision--in order to effectively tune in to communications coming from the unconscious of the patient.
  • (11) Interpreted in term of compartmental analysis, these observations suggest that a) the frog skin epithelium contains 2 separated but communicating compartments having different degrees of accessibility from outside; b) only that compartment filling at a fast rate (0.5 min) is involved in the transepithelial Na transport; c) the other one, filling at a rate of 4 to 7 min, is resplenished only under conditions where the basal pump system has a reduced activity.
  • (12) Faculty and students would be communicating and hopefully fulfilling the needs of and responsibilities to each other.
  • (13) In contrast, children who initially have good verbal imitation skills apparently show gains in speech following simultaneous communication training alone.
  • (14) That means investment in the transport schemes, the medical research and the communications networks that deliver the greatest economic benefit.
  • (15) Counselors who serve pregnant US teens face a number of obstacles in communicating adoption as a positive alternative.
  • (16) These can lead to communications blackouts around the Earth and produce aurorae; indeed, there have been several nice displays over recent weeks.
  • (17) The analysis of the neurophysiological correlations of the image formation process is followed by a study of the functional role of the image in psychic dynamics, its genetic relationship with sensation and speech, its role in the communication functions, in the structuring of the relationship between the internal and the external world.
  • (18) Under a dissecting microscope the vascular casts revealed direct communications from the skeletal muscle which penetrated deeply into the myocardium.
  • (19) The latest annual report from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has revealed that there was 582,727 requests for phone, web browsing and location data – commonly known as “metadata” – that can reveal detailed information about a person’s personal lives and associations.
  • (20) In an interview with Channel 4 News he said they had to be careful not to act as a communications platform for terrorists.

Tap


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
  • (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
  • (n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
  • (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
  • (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
  • (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
  • (n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
  • (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
  • (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
  • (n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
  • (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
  • (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
  • (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
  • (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
  • (2) A time course study using serially tapped guinea pig peritoneal cells is described.
  • (3) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
  • (4) If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life - then you will never have enough.
  • (5) In order to clarify the development of mandibular movements associated with growth and development of the stomatognathic system, we compared the mandibular movements of children with normal occlusion at different Hellman's dental age between IIA and IIIB, during tooth tapping movements using the following 7 different kinds of frequency; ad lib.
  • (6) We examined the MLS, a motor performance test, in an extended form including assessment of "tapping" regularity for its practicability in therapy control of Parkinson's disease.
  • (7) We conclude that routine use of Golytely is preferable to methods involving catharsis and standard tap water enemas for barium enema examination, on the grounds that it is equally effective, yet more convenient for patients and for the radiology department, and reduces total costs.
  • (8) The surgical treatment was initiated with percutaneous subdural tapping which was repeated periodically, if indicated, for 2 weeks.
  • (9) The onset of tolerance to morphine analgesia was studied in 34 female Wistar rats immediately after they drank a dextrose-saccharin cocktail or tap water for 6 or 24 hours.
  • (10) Painless recovery of radiopaque substances after positive contrast myelography is often difficult, especially if the initial spinal tap is not made precisely in the midline.
  • (11) It’s about state sovereignty.” The BLM’s retreat vindicated his stance, he said, tapping a copy of the US constitution which he keeps in a breast pocket.
  • (12) Never leave a tap dripping - it can waste up to four litres a day.
  • (13) His balancing pole swayed uncontrollably, nearly tapping the sides of his feet.
  • (14) The power users and early adopters of these apps, the ones you're most likely to see tapping their thumbs over a tiny screen, are under 25.
  • (15) Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday that Germany’s bid committee had tapped into a slush fund of €6.7m to buy votes at world football’s governing body Fifa.
  • (16) Past studies have shown that in normal non-depleted cats, somatosensory stimuli (forepaw tap) evoke both complex and simple spike responses.
  • (17) Citing information gathered from "intelligence services, witnesses and phone taps" he named the Liberal Democratic party of Russia (LDPR), an ultra-nationalist party in Russia's Duma.
  • (18) Dortmund seemed certain to score after Reus and Grosskreutz swapped passes on the edge of the area and Reuz tapped the ball into the path of Gundogan, charging in to meet it five yards out.
  • (19) While you can buy commercial formulations, I have always found that tap water, a cup of strong black tea, and some lemon juice provide enough nutrients for a lovely fermentation.
  • (20) This study investigates the mechanism of activation via the TAP molecule.

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