What's the difference between consensus and disagreement?

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.

Disagreement


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.
  • (n.) Unsuitableness; unadaptedness.
  • (n.) Difference of opinion or sentiment.
  • (n.) A falling out, or controversy; difference.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although individual IRB chairpersons and oncology investigators may have important differences of opinion concerning the ethics of phase I trials, these disagreements do not represent a widespread area of ethical conflict in clinical research.
  • (2) In spite of this fundamental disagreement, they were both relieved that President Obama has suspended his plan to launch missiles against Syria .
  • (3) Disagreements over the language of the text continued throughout Friday.
  • (4) He had been moved from a civilian prison to the country's intelligence HQ, leading Mansfield to question whether there was a disagreement among Syrian authorities about the fate of Khan.
  • (5) We report the use of a technique for developing guidelines which explicitly seeks to identify areas of agreement and disagreement, and focuses on the reasons that particular decisions were made and the causes of disagreement.
  • (6) Rating disagreements were resolved by a skilled dermatologist who acted as adjudicator.
  • (7) Disagreement in differentiation between simple and complex partial seizures (CPS) probably reflects the limitations of the clinical method rather than of the questionnaire itself.
  • (8) But over the Christmas period the Cahuzac story has continued to dominate headlines as some newspapers suggested Hollande might have a cabinet reshuffle both to detract from the Mediapart allegations and to draw a line under government disagreements over the handling of France's crisis-hit steel industry.
  • (9) The difference in actual withdrawal scores and amount of shared variance between the observer and self-ratings were used as indices of disagreement for each individual subject.
  • (10) Unexpected reactions in disagreement with H-2 genetics were detected in both tumours but not in fibroblast line.
  • (11) Disagreement between observers concerning 11 (11%) of the patients resulted from differences of opinion about whether minor changes in sellar outline represented an abnormality or merely a normal variation.
  • (12) Yes, we can assign more or less responsibility – I blame Austria-Hungary and Germany for their mad determination to destroy Serbia knowing that a general war might result – but there is still plenty of room for disagreement.
  • (13) Consequently, discussion and disagreement about the disease is common and some of these aspects are outlined here.
  • (14) The use of phenylpropanolamine (PPA) as an anorectic has provoked commentary and disagreement.
  • (15) There were 23 disagreements between paired readers resulting in an overall interobserver reliability of 95.7 per cent.
  • (16) Although much more information is being disclosed to cancer patients than in the past, there is still considerable disagreement about how much information should be conveyed.
  • (17) Presently a serious disagreement is brewing between the contested president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , and the speaker of parliament, Ali Larijani, over government subsidies.
  • (18) Disagreements among staff about the appropriateness of clinical decisions can lower staff morale and negatively affect the work environment.
  • (19) The shutdown of oil production over a disagreement on how much South Sudan would pay Sudan for using Khartoum's pipelines threatens to exacerbate conditions in South Sudan, which has some of the worst development indicators in the world, particularly in health and education.
  • (20) Disagreements that did occur tended to involve organisms that were drug susceptible by the Autobac 1 system but intermediate or resistant by the other two methods.