What's the difference between cosmetic and manicure?

Cosmetic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Cosmetical
  • (n.) Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
  • (2) Breast conserving surgery in patients with small tumors combined with radiation therapy has gained wide popularity due to better cosmetic results without significant changes in survival.
  • (3) A critical attitude towards the use of silicone breast implants, when these are used for purely cosmetic purposes, is recommended at present.
  • (4) Real Labour would not just meddle with a cosmetic charge on rich London mansions .
  • (5) Success is measured not only in terms of cosmetic appearance, but as enhanced capacity of the child's hand in all activities of daily living (Fig.
  • (6) The cosmetic result was judged as excellent in 10 cases, good in 3 and less favourable in 1.
  • (7) To evaluate the cosmetic outcome of conservative surgery (CS) and radiation therapy (RT) for early-stage breast cancer and its stability over time, we reviewed the records of 593 patients treated from 1968 to 1981.
  • (8) No infectious complications, delayed wound healing, or cosmetic problems were seen.
  • (9) The technique is not complicated and gives good cosmetic results.
  • (10) We have attempted to provide an overview of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as it pertains to animal drugs and feed additives.
  • (11) Soap is regarded as a cosmetic rather than an agent for removal of microorganisms.
  • (12) More and more patients are coming to cosmetic and dermatologic surgeons for augmentation of their lips.
  • (13) Psychological benefits resulting from the cosmetic improvement may outweigh the probability of recurrences in this rare condition.
  • (14) Lastly, the proportion of recurrence-free treatment sites with a good or excellent long-term cosmetic outcome after x-ray therapy (63%) was lower than previous reports in this series with curettage-electrodesiccation (91%) and surgical excision (84%).
  • (15) All 5 patients who have undergone the procedure have excellent cosmetic and functional results.
  • (16) The second surgical stage after a three-month reentry procedure was strictly for cosmetic improvement by means of a free gingival graft.
  • (17) Of the patients, 94% reported good or excellent overall satisfaction and 96% reported excellent cosmetic results.
  • (18) Kathon is an anti-microbial agent that is used as a preservative in cosmetics and bodily hygiene products.
  • (19) Thus, a cosmetic-induced berlock dermatitis was suspected.
  • (20) A combined transorbital and transcranial operative approach was used for total tumor removal and cosmetic repair.

Manicure


Definition:

  • (n.) A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The tale of native American Pocahontas's love for an English captain in 17th-century Virginia and her journey to England, it made much of innocence versus colonial exploitation, contrasting the lush, wild vegetation of America with the manicured gardens of England.
  • (2) Some express nostalgia for the manicured city centre of the old days.
  • (3) Here's Bey and Jay, smoking a cigar in what looks like a well-manicured garden!
  • (4) There are three typical types of manicure: the regular polish; the gel or acrylic spatula-shaped talons beloved of the tabloid Wag; and the super-cool, bejewelled nail art more commonly seen in either east London or Japan.
  • (5) Whenever there's an alternative popular movement that grips the national imagination, left-ish commentators and journalists fight whitened tooth and manicured nail for public alliance to this season's worthy cause of resistance.
  • (6) The manicured lawns of Mill Waters sweep down to the Thames at Cookham, the Berkshire village where Stanley Spencer painted.
  • (7) Now, look at the art at the tips of our perfectly manicured hands!
  • (8) Night-time in Búzios is when its cobbled and immaculately manicured central area really comes alive.
  • (9) This manicured façade at Fifa, which made $1.3 bn from selling the global rights to the football World Cup, has now been shattered.
  • (10) The Wag style, with its manicured nails, high heels, huge false eyelashes and tiny dresses, is as feminised as it can possibly be – underlining these women's status as possessions, part of the package for footballers.
  • (11) When we came to London we finally went to the Blitz , and we thought, “This is it?” Because it was all so manicured and nice.
  • (12) Something I don’t generally depend on my manicure for, however, is warding off rapists.
  • (13) It is rare for me to stay out of the bar like I did last night but knowing that I had to get up at five in the morning, I decided for once to be sensible," he says as he sits in the basement of his Times Square Virgin Megastore waiting for yet another well-manicured American news anchor to show up and interview him.
  • (14) The snails collected by filter paper in an experimental area were marked with manicure and released in the same area.
  • (15) The institute is in the middle of a huge industrial estate, albeit the richest, most innovative and manicured industrial estate in the world, otherwise known as Silicon Valley.
  • (16) But in 2012, a whole wave of fearless gay New York rappers are stepping out and sticking two well-manicured fingers up to the notion that there is no room for them in hip-hop.
  • (17) Its two whitewashed, self-catering bungalows are just steps from the historic cobblestones but far enough away to give a sense of isolation while you lounge around in poolside in hammocks surrounded by manicured tropical gardens.
  • (18) Casas da Comporta, Alentejo Don't be fooled by the sleepy, slightly ramshackle air: Comporta is where Lisbon's fashion and media set come to get some sand between their perfectly manicured toes.
  • (19) Meanwhile, to reassure its foreign partners, the UAE has built the world's greatest labour camp, complete with manicured cricket grounds, a chess centre, a multilingual library with works by Ayn Rand and Barack Obama, the UAE's first multi-denominational prayer hall, film screening rooms, tug-of-war competitions, a coffee shop and landscaped grounds.
  • (20) I loved my manicures and pedicures, and driving around in my BMW and I believed that life wouldn't be OK without a just-out-of-the-oven croissant and a cup of Earl Grey tea in the morning.

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