What's the difference between comprise and cover?

Comprise


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To comprehend; to include.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Road traffic accidents (RTAs) comprised 40% and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) 13% of the total.
  • (2) The family comprises at least three variable (V) gene segments, three constant (C) gene segments, and three junction (J) gene segments.
  • (3) Their receptive fields comprise a temporally and spatially linear mechanism (center plus antagonistic surround) that responds to relatively low spatial frequency stimuli, and a temporally nonlinear mechanism, coextensive with the linear mechanism, that--though broad in extent--responds best to high spatial-frequency stimuli.
  • (4) This implies that the epitope(s) of NNA-PLA2 might comprise some substituted residues in the sequence of PLA2 homologues.
  • (5) Fibroblasts from two such TSD patients had Hex A activity comprising 16% of total Hex when measured by thermal fractionation and quantitation with 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-N-acetylglucosamine (4MUG).
  • (6) It comprises 22 kb of DNA and contains two transcription units, only one of which, named asense (ase), seems involved in neurogenesis.
  • (7) Gliomas of the pregeniculate anterior visual pathways comprise about 5% of all intracranial tumors that occur in the first decade of life.
  • (8) These cells are termed K cells, and although some evidence seems to suggest that they comprise a subpopulation of B lymphocytes, their nature and localization in lymphoid organ is not well known.
  • (9) The subjects were divided into 4 ages groups, each comprising 8 horses (4 of each sex).
  • (10) This excess in diagnosis comprises, in particular, the ductal type, primarily its most aggressive forms.
  • (11) This RNA comprises approximately 3% of the purified RNA, as judged by RNA-DNA hybridization.
  • (12) 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.
  • (13) This comprised of 19.0 percent of the average annual bacillary pulmonary cases.
  • (14) The hypothesis was tested that plaque, as a complex soil comprising microorganisms, cell debris, salivary deposits and other ill-defined organic and inorganic components, would be susceptible to removal by a rinse with high detersive action.
  • (15) We present a useful technique for analyzing the various functional components that comprise the cardiovascular control network.
  • (16) In conclusion, the main finding of the present investigation, based on the development of ME fragments comprising 40-50% of the total egg volume, is that ascidian embryos are capable of regulative development.
  • (17) The first comprises N1-[4-(4-alkyloxybenzamido)benzoyl]-N2-substituted alkylidene hydrazine, the second involves 1-[4-(4-alkyloxybenzamido)benzoyl]-4-alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl-3-thiosemicarbazides, and the third includes 1-substituted-5-[4-(4-alkyloxybenzamido)phenyl]-1,3,4-triazole-2-t hione.
  • (18) This comprised 1.5% through death and 17.1% through sale.
  • (19) In hearts containing normal levels of CoA, oxidative rates (measured as 14CO2 production) of [14C]arachidonic acid were significantly lower than those of [14C]palmitic acid, whereas a significantly greater incorporation of [14C]arachidonic acid into myocardial neutral lipids (comprised predominantly of triacylglycerols) was seen when compared to hearts perfused with [14C]palmitic acid.
  • (20) In the present double-blind study comprising 6 weeks, remoxipride was compared with haloperidol in acute schizophrenic patients (DSM-III).

Cover


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
  • (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
  • (v. t.) To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
  • (v. t.) To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.
  • (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
  • (v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.
  • (v. t.) To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
  • (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.
  • (v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on.
  • (v. t.) To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.
  • (n.) Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.
  • (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
  • (n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.
  • (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.
  • (n.) The lap of a slide valve.
  • (n.) A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.
  • (v. i.) To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
  • (2) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
  • (3) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
  • (4) Five patients have been examined by defecography before and four after closure of a loop ileostomy performed to cover healing of the pouch and ileoanal anastomoses.
  • (5) A failure to reach a solution would potentially leave 200,000 homes without affordable cover, leaving owners unable to sell their properties and potentially exposing them to financial hardship.
  • (6) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
  • (7) But because current donor contributions are not sufficient to cover the thousands of schools in need of security, I will ask in the commons debate that the UK government allocates more.
  • (8) The degree of infection and incidence of different genera covering the same period were identical in both series.
  • (9) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
  • (10) The Sports Network broadcasts live NHL, Nascar, golf and horse racing – having also recently purchased the rights for Formula One – and will show 154 of the 196 games that NBC will cover.
  • (11) As to complications they recorded in one case mucosal bleeding after gastrofiberoptic polypectomy and in one case a covered perforation of the sigmoid at the site of colonoscopic polypectomy.
  • (12) The pressure is ramping up on Asda boss Andy Clarke, who next week will reveal the chain’s sales performance for the quarter covering Christmas.
  • (13) This week MediaGuardian 25, our survey of Britain's most important media companies, covering TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, music and digital, looks at BSkyB.
  • (14) When allegations of systemic doping and cover-ups first emerged in the runup to the 2013 Russian world athletics championships, an IOC spokesman insisted: “Anti-doping measures in Russia have improved significantly over the last five years with an effective, efficient and new laboratory and equipment in Moscow.” London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping, report says Read more We now know that the head of that lauded Moscow lab, Grigory Rodchenko, admitted to intentionally destroying 1,417 samples in December last year shortly before Wada officials visited.
  • (15) Chapman and the other "illegals" – sleeper agents without diplomatic cover – seem to have done little to harm American national security.
  • (16) This hydrostatic pressure may well be the driving force for creating channels for acid and pepsin to cross the mucus layer covering the mucosal surface.
  • (17) A retrospective study of autopsy-verified fatal pulmonary embolism at a department of infectious diseases was carried out, covering a four-year period (1980-83).
  • (18) Over the same period, breeding in drums dropped from 14%-25% to 4.7%, even though the drums were not treated or covered.
  • (19) The study covered 500 children from Warsaw's primary schools--250 children aged 6-8 years and 250 aged 13-15 years.
  • (20) The smaller interfaces cover about 700 A2 of the subunit surface.