What's the difference between compromise and harmonize?

Compromise


Definition:

  • (n.) A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
  • (n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
  • (n.) A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
  • (n.) To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
  • (n.) To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
  • (n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
  • (v. i.) To agree; to accord.
  • (v. i.) To make concession for conciliation and peace.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is likely that trunk mobility is necessary to maintain integrity of SI joint and that absence of such mobility compromises SI joint structure in many paraplegics.
  • (2) These deficiencies in the data compromise HIV surveillance based on diagnostic testing, and supplementary bias-free data are needed.
  • (3) Steroids are not recommended because they may compromise defenses against an underlying disease process.
  • (4) The dose response effect in this tumor is steep and combinations which compromise the dose of adriamycin too greatly are showing inferior results.
  • (5) Furthermore, renal function in the elderly patient with CHF is markedly compromised.
  • (6) The compromised ice sheet tilts and he sinks into the Arctic Sea on the back of his faltering white Icelandic pony.
  • (7) The technique did not compromise cancer resection, excessively prolong operating time, or alter postoperative management.
  • (8) Patients treated with ciprofloxacin may need added coverage for anaerobes, but the drug's excellent activity against nosocomial pathogens and its availability in oral form allow for an early change to oral therapy without compromising effectiveness coupled with added savings and convenience.
  • (9) The blood flows of the kidneys, small intestine, liver, spleen and skin were less compromised in group ABC.
  • (10) This adverse treatment side effect has been implicated in the anorexia of cancer and can compromise the quality of patients' lives.
  • (11) The trust was a compromise hammered out in the wake of the Hutton report, when the corporation hoped to maintain the status quo by preserving the old BBC governors.
  • (12) "This crowd of charlatans ... look for one little thing they can say is wrong, and thus generalise that the science is entirely compromised."
  • (13) The 24% overall response rate suggests no compromise in activity on this schedule, with a significant reduction in toxicity.
  • (14) An equivalent maximum growth response of rats fed L-methionine or N-acetyl-L-methionine was obtained when the total dietary sulfur amino acids compromised 0.36-0.41% of the diet.
  • (15) Obama will meet with Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas tomorrow as well, but US envoy George Mitchell has had no luck in recent weeks trying to persuade Netanyahu to compromise on the settlements.
  • (16) This approach was used in 42 shoulders with rotator cuff tears or posterior instability without complications of infection, failure of deltoid healing, or compromise of suprascapular or axillary nerves.
  • (17) If the Labour leader has his way, into the dustbin of history will go the "electoral college", the spatchcocked compromise that was a product of the Bennite wars of the 1980s.
  • (18) 2. beta-adrenoceptor blocking compounds, which are frequently used as first-line therapy in hypertension, may compromise blood flow to vital organs in view of the fact that they reduce cardiac output both acutely and during long-term treatment.
  • (19) In repeated reconciliation talks overseen by the UN, the ineffectual GNA has so far failed to reach a political compromise with its Tobruk-based rivals in the east, noticeably Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army.
  • (20) The spin-spin relaxation time T2 may be estimated using multiecho pulse sequences, but the accuracy of the estimate is dependent on the fidelity of the spin-echo amplitudes, which may be severely compromised by rf pulse and static field imperfections.

Harmonize


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
  • (v. i.) To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.
  • (v. i.) To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.
  • (v. t.) To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.
  • (v. t.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Complex tones containing the first 20 harmonics of 50, 100, or 200 Hz, all at equal amplitude, were used.
  • (2) Left ventricular asynchrony was quantified by the phase difference of the first Fourier harmonic between postero-basal and antero-apical wall motion.
  • (3) In the case of the pressure time-derivative the significant harmonic content is shifted toward higher frequencies.
  • (4) The discrimination of the fundamental frequency (fo) of pairs of complex tones with no common harmonics is worse than the discrimination of fo for tones with all harmonics in common.
  • (5) The distribution half-life was 6.6 min and the elimination half-life was 39.0 min (harmonic means).
  • (6) When the coupling evolution was followed in the same subject, it did not appear for all locomotor frequencies but only for locomotor periods close to harmonics of respiratory ones (absolute coordination).
  • (7) However, tone phonemes are also comprised of higher harmonics that also may cue tone phonemes.
  • (8) The teeth developing in teratoma are not comparable to the normal process which is harmonized when the formation and the distribution of the various parts are concerned.
  • (9) However, in both LSO and MSO there is an expanded representation of the frequencies around 60 kHz, the main frequency component of the bat's echolocation call; there is another expanded representation of the range around 90 kHz, the third harmonic of the call.
  • (10) The reproducibility and precision of results could be further improved by harmonizing the future distributions of reagents.
  • (11) The three-dimensional spatial distribution of filaments was studied with the aid of small-angle second-harmonic scattering, and the filaments were found to permeate the tendon cross-section in an apparently random fashion.
  • (12) Increased training is required for the professional persons involved, and a broad selection of therapeutic proposals should be offered to all of the families concerned, harmonizing with various instances particularly social and health authorities and the police and legal authorities.
  • (13) Backbone atoms tend to be more nearly harmonic than sidechain atoms.
  • (14) The elimination half-life of each metabolite was short, with harmonic mean values of 1.29, 0.98 and 0.92 hr for PCHP, trans-PPC and cis-PPC, respectively.
  • (15) Of the alternating-current components, only the fundamental is important at high frequencies, the higher harmonics being relatively more attenuated.
  • (16) The harmonic mean half-life was 7.4 hours after both treatments.
  • (17) We propose a second-order harmonic model to describe circadian periodicity in the 24-h cycle of microfilarial counts.
  • (18) However, regulatory variations have largely been removed within politically and geographically similar regions (e.g., the U.S.A., the European Community, the Nordic countries) and there now appears to be a consensus regarding the value of harmonizing international requirements.
  • (19) A number of other characteristic harmonic behaviors were also observed.
  • (20) Both tones were based on a five-component harmonic series.