What's the difference between consensus and consent?

Consensus


Definition:

  • (n.) Agreement; accord; consent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The deduced amino acid sequence contained no consensus sequence indicative of N-glycosylation.
  • (2) Translation of the tnsC ORF reveals strong homology to a consensus sequence for nucleotide binding sites as well as a region of similarity to a transcriptional activator (MalT).
  • (3) All members of this family contain consensus sequence elements consistent with GTP binding near their amino termini, although none has been shown to have GTPase activity.
  • (4) The C4 and C4b models are compared with possible structures for the C1 component of complement to show the importance of the surface accessibility of the protease domains and short consensus repeat domains in C1 for C4 activation.
  • (5) For dyslexia, schizophrenia, and depression, there is a considerable volume of research reports but still no consensus about how to use quantitative EEG tests for care of individual patients.
  • (6) Environmental campaigners had been apprehensive about the chances of the Senate ratifying a new international treaty – a successor to the Kyoto protocol – to combat global warming unless a consensus had already been reached on Capitol Hill.
  • (7) Since the N-terminal amino acid of the coat protein of PVA was blocked, the position of the putative coat protein cleavage site has been deduced by searching for consensus sequences and by the analogy to other potyviruses.
  • (8) Study 2 provides evidence that an innovative weighted scoring approach, based on current medical consensus, can be used to produce a reliable, general index of pathology that is independent of the number of procedures used to evaluate patients.
  • (9) However, a purified recombinant fragment of the GR which contained essentially only its DNA binding domain was unable to bind at the GME although it interacted strongly with a consensus GRE sequence.
  • (10) And there seems to be party consensus that this is a good thing; a poll released this week by NBC News and Survey Monkey found that 57% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters want Sanders to stay in the race until the convention.
  • (11) A consensus promoter sequence was found immediately 5' to the first ORF.
  • (12) The nucleotide sequence of the E3 promoter region revealed consensus sequences for several DNA binding proteins but no apparent TATA box or Sp1 sites.
  • (13) Among the implications of the less-than-impressive substantive results of the MWTA is the lesson that while a crisis can tilt the political balance in favor of regulatory legislation, it cannot as readily produce the consensus required to sustain that regulation at the levels promised in the legislation.
  • (14) But like officials from most other countries represented here – with the notable exception of Britain – Chernishova acknowledges a "general consensus" in her country, in both the media and among the legal profession, on the value of the court's judgments.
  • (15) Curbelo said that the caucus is an “ideas factory” but there are no consensus solutions to go with the group’s name.
  • (16) For now, given the group's perceived correlation with consumer confidence, consensus opinion continues to denote a sell [on the shares]."
  • (17) The inhibitory properties of these peptides depend mainly on the presence of the QxVxG consensus sequence.
  • (18) Several promoter elements in the correct orientation for the transcript are present including consensus TATA and CAAT boxes and an SP1 site.
  • (19) Op72a matches the consensus sequence, whereas Op72b contains two mismatches.
  • (20) Previous observations have shown that three out of the four major sites of polyadenylation do not display consensus hexanucleotide (AATAAA, ATTAAA) signals.

Consent


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
  • (v. i.) To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.
  • (v. t.) To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.
  • (n.) Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
  • (n.) Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.
  • (n.) Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.
  • (n.) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
  • (n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was with unanimous consent.” He denied that Trump’s tweets had played a part, saying: “No, no, no.
  • (2) Instead, he handed over the opening to reporter Molly Line, who said, “Racial profiling is in the eye of the beholder,” before citing differing perceptions of the phenomenon between white and black people, which is like reading the headline “Rapist, Victim Differ on Consent”.
  • (3) This paper raises other issues for consideration, including problems associated with HIV testing, confidentiality, informed consent and the dilemmas facing those involved in the treatment of patients suffering from HIV infection.
  • (4) This article examines current statutory and common law analyses of malpractice issues in transplantation, with particular attention given to issues of informed consent as they arise both for the organ donor and donee.
  • (5) In addition, special legislation relating to adolescents, particularly legislation or court decisions concerning parental consent for contraception or abortion for a minor, has an important influence on the access that sexually active young people have to services.
  • (6) Last month following a visit to Islamabad Ben Emmerson QC, the UN's special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, said he had been given assurances that there was no "tacit consent by Pakistan to the use of drones on its territory".
  • (7) However, unmarried women under 18 must obtain parental consent or written permission from their legal guardian or from a judge to undergo the operation.
  • (8) 1 Desferrioxamine mesylate (DM) (10 mg kg-1 = 15.24 mumol kg-1) was given by intramuscular injection to five healthy subjects and to six patients with haemochromatosis, after informed consent.
  • (9) In almost all the cantons the consent of the parents is necessary.
  • (10) Bostock, who is long thought to have had a tense relationship with chief executive Marc Bolland , is departing by "mutual consent to pursue other interests" on 1 October, when she will also leave the M&S board.
  • (11) Consent forms are of no benefit to the physician or the patient if they are worded poorly or put to poor use.
  • (12) Considerations of different ways of obtaining informed consent, determining ways of minimizing harm, and justifications for violating the therapeutic obligation are discussed but found unsatisfactory in many respects.
  • (13) Communication issues in obtaining organ donation consent were examined, with particular focus on what are literally life-and-death decisions.
  • (14) Secretory phase endometrial biopsy specimens were taken, with informed consent, as an outpatient procedure.
  • (15) Having given my consent to Pavid's love declaration, I went home and properly lost my mind.
  • (16) It raises issues of informed consent, coercion, and trust in the physician patient relationship.
  • (17) Life exists in the noisy grey bits between a 'no' and full, enthusiastic consent.
  • (18) Sometimes naked images are taken of people without their knowledge or consent.
  • (19) We hope that the court of appeal in reaching its judgment understands that consent cannot happen when a woman is too drunk to consent.
  • (20) Ashley Cole has joined LA Galaxy after his contract at Roma was terminated by mutual consent .