What's the difference between content and rife?

Content


Definition:

  • (a.) Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
  • (n.) That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.
  • (n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size.
  • (n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.
  • (a.) To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.
  • (a.) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
  • (n.) Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.
  • (n.) Acquiescence without examination.
  • (n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
  • (n.) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Standardization is possible after correction by the protein content of each individual section.
  • (2) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
  • (3) Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl content in the animal tissue before (control) and after using 6,6'-Dithiodinicotinic acid is applied.
  • (4) 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.
  • (5) The content of the cavities was not stained by any of the immunocytochemical reactions applied.
  • (6) However, decapitation did not eliminate the sex difference in the tissue content of P4 during control incubations.
  • (7) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
  • (8) The ATP content of the cholinergic electromotor nerves of Torpedo marmorata has been measured.
  • (9) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
  • (10) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
  • (11) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
  • (12) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
  • (13) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
  • (14) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
  • (15) The intensity of the type III specific peptide bands correlates with the type III content of the samples.
  • (16) Stimulation of atrial H1-receptors is suggested to directly cause an increase in Ca-channel conductance independent of intracellular cAMP content.
  • (17) "With hyperspectral imaging, you can tell the chemical content of a cake just by taking a photo of it.
  • (18) We assessed changes in brain water content, as reflected by changes in tissue density, during the early recirculation period following severe forebrain ischemia.
  • (19) Proving that not all teens are content with being part of a purely digital community, Adele Mayr attended a YouTube meet-up in London’s Hyde Park.
  • (20) The aim of this study was to describe the contents of daily reports in two homes for the aged.

Rife


Definition:

  • (a.) Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.
  • (a.) Having power; active; nimble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As an organisation rife with white privilege, Peta has the luxury of not having to consider the horror that such imagery would evoke.
  • (2) Independent experts warn that rumours and deliberate misinformation about the regime are rife, partly because it is impossible to verify or disprove most stories about the tightly controlled country's elite.
  • (3) Crosta said the lack of internet access in many parts of the world where wildlife crime is rife was not a major barrier to success, because WildLeaks is aimed at exposing the key players in the international crime networks, not the low-level operatives on the ground.
  • (4) The City is rife with gambling addicts whose habits contribute to a risk-prone culture of the sort which helped Kweku Adoboli lose UBS £1.5bn, according to one London trader.
  • (5) Perhaps monstering earns underdog sympathy, with contempt for the press as rife as contempt for conventional politics.
  • (6) She wants it to be a smooth, constructive, orderly process.” With speculation rife about how Britain plans to conduct the negotiations, Tusk wants to avoid a discussion and will not invite other EU leaders to respond.
  • (7) Concern – which was already rife among Britons living and working in EU countries about the effect on their lives if Britain were to leave the single market and reject freedom of movement – has been compounded by last week’s UK general election result.
  • (8) James Murdoch, the New York Times and Sienna Miller The New York Times published an report in September 2010 claiming "a dozen" reporters had said hacking was rife at the News of the World.
  • (9) On Sunday, Jones tweeted about "heavy shelling and other exchanges" of fire in the vicinity of the embassy and speculation about the potential evacuation had been rife at the State Department for more than a week.
  • (10) It is all too easy to show that RT’s coverage is rife with conspiracy theories and risible fabrications: one programme showed fake documents intended to prove that the US was guiding the Ukrainian government to ethnically cleanse Russian speakers from western Ukraine.
  • (11) Speculation is rife that international aid was dependent on Greece following through on agreements to buy military hardware from Germany and France.
  • (12) Competition among software providers is rife, and it can be difficult to determine which option is best suited for particular organisational and contextual needs.
  • (13) Critics have long charged that Alibaba’s Taobao online marketplace, one of the world’s largest shopping sites with 7 million sellers offering 800 million items, is rife with fake goods.
  • (14) The bill was rife with the sentiment that Snap recipients are largely lazy, unemployed, or underemployed, and that the solution to Snap's expansion was to force its recipients to take jobs.
  • (15) Even so, Steve Gibson, the club’s owner apparently came very close to sacking the Spaniard and rumours are rife that Karanka might not be around next season with some believing Nigel Pearson could step in.
  • (16) Malaria is rife: children under seven and pregnant women cannot be sent there because of malarial issues.
  • (17) The clashes occurred close to the village of Elbeyli, a small border town rife with smugglers to which the Turkish military has sent reinforcements in recent weeks.
  • (18) In the London agencies where she worked in the 80s, overt sexism was rife, but Gallop says she didn’t notice “because that was the way things were.
  • (19) Use of these new damaging and powerful forms of synthetic cannabinoids is rife in our prisons and by homeless people, with estimates of up to 50 deaths last year .
  • (20) But gagging clauses, self-censorship and dread of speaking out is rife.