What's the difference between cornerstone and touchstone?

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.

Touchstone


Definition:

  • (n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
  • (n.) Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Says one senior Labour figure: “Talking about immigration has become a touchstone of whether you are listening to voters.” As for Mr Cameron, the man who used to express himself wary of “going there” has been sucked into a populist bidding war with the Farageistes.
  • (2) Not surprisingly, the Thugs caught the imagination of the British at home (which is how the word "thug" entered the English language), and became a touchstone for colonial justifications for ruling India.
  • (3) If an Australian official purported to give a direction to a service provider to reject a request to leave the premises the service provider would be entitled to say, ‘I’m exercising a power pursuant to Nauruan law and that must be my guiding touchstone, not simply the dictates of Australia.’” French asked whether the commonwealth, in the implementation of the arrangements, could be taken to provide “material support necessary for the establishment and maintenance of a detention regime”.
  • (4) This case is quickly becoming a touchstone for the American Muslim community’s sense of security and inclusion.
  • (5) Through his unique voice and vision The Daily Show has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come.” The network gave no reason for the retirement, nor any indication about a successor at the New York studio.
  • (6) He became a touchstone for conservatives – his name is by far the most-invoked by modern Republican politicians.
  • (7) It appears that the NLRB's lack of familiarity with the health care industry and particularly with the day-to-day functioning of a hospital led it to search for touchstones such as the status of an RN or the certification of technicians that would enable it to make easy but illogical distinctions.
  • (8) Noteworthy is that presented by Touchstone et al in which a minimum of effort is required.
  • (9) It is "one of the great cultural touchstones of our society, and we would definitely be the poorer without it.
  • (10) A review of the literature on cavernous hemangiomas of the liver, including our own experience with 14 cases, provides data as a touchstone for discussion of the incidence, etiology, symptoms, pathology, diagnosis including ultrasound, radionuclide imaging, computed tomography and angiography, management including resection, hepatic artery ligation, radiation and corticosteroid, and the natural history of these lesions.
  • (11) Over the last decade, Colombia has been a touchstone of what good design and enlightened politics can do for cities.
  • (12) He has somehow managed to seem wildly out of step with prevalent trends, even as his classic albums became an unimpeachable touchstone for a variety of new artists.
  • (13) The touchstone of their success was not the colour of their politics but the character of their advocacy.
  • (14) Plus tentative steps to flesh out policies beyond the touchstone issues of Europe and immigration.
  • (15) A touchstone issue for the industry is likely to be the BBC and its future.
  • (16) Eye-catching headlines on populist touchstones need to live up to their billing: on all these three Cameron falters once voters are confronted with realities and complexities.
  • (17) Though Egypt's post-Morsi constitution outlaws faith-based parties, and a Morsi-era clause about religious legislation was cut, religion has otherwise been a frequent touchstone for the various wings of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi's administration.
  • (18) As stylistic touchstones, Flaubert's strict English contemporaries – Dickens, say, or George Eliot – were not self-conscious enough about language, for all their genius.
  • (19) To illustrate this, the so-called 'total locked-in syndrome', in which preserved consciousness is combined with a total loss of motor abilities due to a lower ventral brain stem lesion, is presented as a touchstone for behaviorism.
  • (20) Along with a host of other cult and alternative influences percolating into the mainstream, its presence was widely felt by the late 1990s, from the west's embrace of Pokémon fever, to tabloid moral panics, to the obvious visual transfusion received by The Matrix – which became the key touchstone for the next decade of Hollywood actioners.

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