What's the difference between cornerstone and milestone?

Cornerstone


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Antimicrobiologic chemotherapy is a cornerstone in the modern concept of treatment of sepsis.
  • (2) Many of the plays we produced needed time for research and development in workshop mode – this investment, the provision of time for the development and rehearsal of plays for which I have campaigned throughout my career, was a cornerstone of our work, and could not be stripped away without imperilling the creation of plays themselves.
  • (3) The chancellor's position was not helped by the centre right Centre for Policy Studies which argued in a pamphlet on Monday that he would struggle to meet his deficit reduction plan, the cornerstone of the government's economic strategy.
  • (4) The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, who has said the passage of the bill in the autumn will be “hell” for the government, said: “The charter of fundamental rights is a cornerstone of what makes Britain what we are.
  • (5) A "cornerstone" of the legal system, the universal right to a solicitor upon arrest, could be jettisoned in favour of means-testing under controversial plans drawn up by the Ministry of Justice.
  • (6) But there, stuck behind a glass case in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and having already failed to take off from the shelves of department stores in the United States, Richard Joseph saw what was to become the cornerstone of a new family venture – a chopping board.
  • (7) Adequate tissue oxygenation is the cornerstone of therapy.
  • (8) Conventional diets and increased exercise are the cornerstones of traditional therapy for obesity, but available data suggest that the most important component of any program is the associated behavior modification through which new ways of dealing with old problems can be learned and continually applied.
  • (9) Liberal irrigation and elevation of the injured part are also cornerstones of therapy.
  • (10) If there’s one thing Apple told investors clearly, it’s that the iPhone is still the cornerstone to the success of the Apple Empire.
  • (11) She sees the character as "tough, intelligent, delightfully daffy and yet a moral cornerstone for a lot of deviant behaviour".
  • (12) The fear is palpable in this place.” A cornerstone of the reforms is a restructuring around more than a dozen thematic “global practices” like health or trade, instead of regional teams.
  • (13) Continuous improvement is a cornerstone to this new look at quality.
  • (14) Minister Stan Smith said members of the Cornerstone Community Church congregation were offering to mourn with people who were heartbroken by the news of Henning's death.
  • (15) Computed tomography is recommended as the cornerstone in the initial radiographic evaluation of growing or painful lipomatous soft tissue masses of the extremities.
  • (16) Conservative treatment is the cornerstone of management and is effective in more than two-thirds of patients, making surgical treatment necessary in only a minority of instances.
  • (17) From analyses of the effectiveness of beta-blocker monotherapy in relation to the patient's age and to pre-treatment renin determinations an antihypertensive drug program is proposed in which beta-blockers form the cornerstone.
  • (18) Dutton is furious that Triggs linked their deaths to the Coalition’s boat turnback measure, a cornerstone of its hardline Operation Sovereign Borders policy.
  • (19) The prevention of the occurrence and recurrence of PCP is a cornerstone in the treatment of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
  • (20) Cornerstones of these development are the foundation of the Society for Medical Radiology in 1954, the continuous increase of the numbers of examinations until 1974, the significantly increased availability of modern imaging methods since 1985 and the introduction of special training courses for physicians in the fields of diagnostic radiology, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine in 1988.

Milestone


Definition:

  • (n.) A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Criteria examined were birth history, developmental milestones, school history, total number of seizures, neurological examination, and computed tomography (CT) findings.
  • (2) Although current results, particularly those with neonates, suggest that arterial repair may displace the Mustard operation, it remains a milestone in the history of TGA.
  • (3) The evolution of treatment of laryngeal cancer has passed a number of milestones.
  • (4) Kisker that appeared in the 'sixties of the present century are milestones along an important path of panoramic changes in the recent history of psychiatry.
  • (5) It should be considered that the continued success and achievement of the milestones of health care in Papua New Guinea require close surveillance and support at the basic level.
  • (6) On the milestone 25th anniversary, Tiananmen is more important than ever.
  • (7) Tendulkar moved to 95 by driving Paul Harris for six, then edged towards 100, ultimately reaching the milestone in his 175th Test with a single off Dale Steyn.
  • (8) This model of care treats the general milestones of pregnancy while completely ignoring the patient, making their needs almost invisible to the health system.
  • (9) "This is a major milestone and testament to the burgeoning reputation of UK automotive excellence and demand for British-made cars."
  • (10) Milestones in the evolution of the eukaryotic cell are being discovered through the analysis of molecular sequences.
  • (11) Eddie Howe’s team had decent spells of possession but they could not create anything of clearcut note and Petr Cech reached his heavily signposted milestone as the Premier League’s clean-sheet king without needing to make a serious save.
  • (12) As a broadcasting milestone, however, the party leaders' election debate was up there with the Coronation and the Speaker's first televised "Order, Order" from the House of Commons.
  • (13) The first one was characterized by delayed motor milestones, hypotonia and proximal weakness in a 2-year-old girld.
  • (14) In the second part, quantitation of neural units along key points of the pathways will be presented at milestones in tooth and organism development and aging.
  • (15) To mark the occasion the country's president, Lee Myung-bak, paid a visit to the site, praising a "huge milestone" for South Korea's engineers, who had helped the country achieve "the dream of independent nuclear technology".
  • (16) As the child gets older, motor milestones paralleling those of a normal child should be sought with use of a corner chair or sitting device, followed by the use of a standing frame if needed.
  • (17) Thompson said its sale "represents another milestone in the way the BBC is changing" from a number of broadcasting bases to key HQs in the capital and around the country, including the newly-refurbished Broadcasting House in central London and BBC North in Salford.
  • (18) A gainst the milestone today of his first 100 days as Labour leader, we are having to reassess the common view of Jeremy Corbyn .
  • (19) The chancellor, George Osborne, welcomed the news as a “milestone for the British economy” that will ease the pressure on household budgets as he sought to rebuff fears that the UK could be headed towards “damaging deflation”.
  • (20) This article reviews the major milestones in obstetric research in the past 90 years, which have lead to the wide-spread use of salt restriction during pregnancy.