What's the difference between cornerstone and quoin?

Cornerstone


Definition:

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  • (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.

Quoin


Definition:

  • (n.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
  • (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes
  • (n.) to support and steady a stone.
  • (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.
  • (n.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
  • (n.) To prevent casks from rolling.

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