What's the difference between compound and pound?

Compound


Definition:

  • (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
  • (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
  • (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
  • (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
  • (v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
  • (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
  • (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
  • (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
  • (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
  • (n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
  • (2) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
  • (3) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
  • (4) Compound Z has the properties expected of an oxidized MPT precursor.
  • (5) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
  • (6) Recent data collected by the Games Outcomes Project and shared on the website Gamasutra backs up the view that crunch compounds these problems rather than solving them.
  • (7) There fore, the adverse effects may be induced by such quartz or silicon compounds.
  • (8) Fluorination with [18F]acetylhypofluorite yields 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa with 95% radiochemical purity; fluorination of the same substrate with [18F]F2 yields a mixture of all three structural isomers in a ratio of 70:16:14 for 6-, 5-, and 2-fluoro compounds.
  • (9) Mitonafide is the lead compound of a new series of antitumor drugs, the 3-Nitronaphthalimides, which have shown antineoplastic activity in vitro as well as in vivo.
  • (10) We have examined the activities of X, Y, and several related compounds as activators of macrophages.
  • (11) [125I]ET-1 binding to ETB receptors (nonselective to ET isopeptides) in cerebellar membranes was not inhibited by either of these compounds even at 100 microM.
  • (12) The individual classes of drugs are first treated separately to highlight specific aspects of their quantification, and this is followed by an overview of those methods permitting the concomitant analysis of two or more antiepileptic compounds.
  • (13) The remainder of the radioactivity appeared chromatographically just prior to the bisantrene peak, indicating that compounds more polar than the parent were present as transformation products.
  • (14) The ADAM derivative of carnitine was separated from decomposition products of the reagent and related compounds such as amino acid derivatives on a silica gel column eluted with methanol-5% aqueous SDS-phosphoric acid (990:10:1).
  • (15) Accidentally discovered nearly 40 years ago as the first true antidepressants, the MAOIs soon fell into disfavor due to concerns about toxicity and seemingly lesser efficacy compared with the newer tricyclic compounds.
  • (16) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
  • (17) All three compounds were also very similar in their effects on [3H]5HT release from superfused rat striatal slices.
  • (18) A new compound, 5-bromo-2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)furnan (IIc), is prepared in a similar way.
  • (19) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
  • (20) S-methyl-l-cysteine, 2-hydroxy-4-methiol butyric acid, S-adenosyl-l-methionine, and methionine peptides were the only compounds supporting growth, when substituted for methionine.

Pound


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
  • (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
  • (v. i.) To strike heavy blows; to beat.
  • (v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
  • (n.) An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.
  • (n.) A level stretch in a canal between locks.
  • (n.) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
  • (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
  • (pl. ) of Pound
  • (n.) A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
  • (n.) A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

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) Any MP who claims this is not statutory regulation is a liar, and should be forced to retract and apologise, or face a million pound fine.
  • (3) It would cost their own businesses hundreds of millions of pounds in transaction costs, it would blow a massive hole in their balance of payments, it would leave them having to pick up the entirety of UK debt.
  • (4) "It will mean root-and-branch change for our banks if we are to deliver real change for Britain, if we are to rebuild our economy so it works for working people, and if we are to restore trust in a sector of our economy worth billions of pounds and hundreds of thousands of jobs to our country."
  • (5) The cull in 2013 required a policing effort costing millions of pounds and pulling in officers from many different forces.
  • (6) Each malnourished child was given 1 pound of dried skimmed milk (DSM) per week.
  • (7) The pound was also down more than 1% against the US dollar to $1.2835, not far off a 31-year low hit in the wake of June’s shock referendum result.
  • (8) I paid 200,000 Syrian pounds (£695) to leave Syria.
  • (9) "A pound spent in Croydon is of far more value to the country than a pound spent in Strathclyde," Johnson told the Huffington Post in an extraordinary interview this weekend.
  • (10) We continue to offer customers a great range of beer, lager and cider.” Heineken’s bid to raise prices for its products in supermarkets comes just a few months after it put 6p on a pint in pubs , a decision it blamed on the weak pound.
  • (11) Sir Ken Morrison, supermarkets Jersey trusts protect the billion-pound wealth of the 83-year-old Bradford-born Morrisons supermarket founder and a large number of his family members.
  • (12) "If we are going to turn our economy around, protect our NHS and build a stronger country, we will have to be laser-focused on how we spend every pound," he will say.
  • (13) From Tuesday, the Neckarsulm-based grocer will be the official supplier of water, fish, fruit and vegetables for Roy Hodgson’s boys under a multimillion-pound three-year deal with the Football Association.
  • (14) Hunt’s comments were, in many senses, a restatement of traditional, economically liberal ideas on relationships between doing wage work and poverty relief, mirroring, for example, arguments of the 1834 poor law commissioners, which suggested wage supplements diminished the skills, honesty and diligence of the labourer, and the more recent claim of Iain Duncan Smith’s Centre for Social Justice that the earned pound was “superior” to that received in benefits.
  • (15) Detailed analysis of the resources used revealed that the mean cost to the NHS of each case of NSAP was 807 pounds, the bulk of which was attributable to the hospital stay.
  • (16) Current obstetric recommendations call for 22-27 pound weight gain.
  • (17) She also complained of occasional night sweats, a 6-pound weight loss, vaginal discharge, and a low-grade fever for 6 weeks prior to admission.
  • (18) Correcting all this would cost hundreds of millions of pounds, a sum which councils and other housing providers simply cannot afford, they say.
  • (19) A total weight gain of 22 to 26 pounds is recommended, with the pattern of weight gain being more important than the total amount.
  • (20) Labour is exploring radical plans to give local councils and new regional bodies a central role in shaping the way billions of pounds of welfare funding is spent in order to bring down the benefits bill.