What's the difference between cryptic and veiled?

Cryptic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Cryptical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We speculate that this cleavage event is catalyzed by either a cryptic potyviral proteinase that requires a host factor or subcellular environment for activation, or possibly a host proteinase.
  • (2) A histidine-requiring derivative of strain AA0019 obtained after acridine orange treatment retained the cryptic plasmid DNA.
  • (3) In the present study, we demonstrate that the inability of one such variant, phi 1m, to develop normally in strain 168 is mediated by cryptic prophage SP beta.
  • (4) In an attempt to characterize the nature of this selective increase of ME content in the striatum, the precursor content (cryptic ME) as well as the preproenkephalin mRNA abundance was determined.
  • (5) reconstruction of the TOL plasmid pWWO from the cryptic plasmid pWWO-8 and chromosome-borne catabolic operons of the pWWO plasmid has been described.
  • (6) Using CT and angiography alone it is difficult to differentiate cryptic arteriovenous malformations from a neoplasm particularly in the brainstem.
  • (7) The use of a cryptic splicing site induced JF1 cells to produce an aberrant large-sized transcript containing the I gamma RS 3' to the first exon of C gamma 1.
  • (8) Two cryptic plasmids, pAM330 from Brevibacterium lactofermentum and pHM1519 from Corynebacterium glutamicum, were used as precursors, and recombined with pBR325 or pUB110.
  • (9) The Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (T-antigen) is a cryptic disaccharide structure on human erythrocytes and is supposed to be expressed in an unhidden form on carcinoma cells.
  • (10) "It is not the money, it is the men," he says, cryptically.
  • (11) The cryptic promoter activity of fr153BN was suppressed by an upstream 121-bp fragment (fr121SB) which contained a consensus sequence motif for binding of a repressor protein, GC factor, and regions showing sequence similarity with putative cis-acting repressor elements found in the vimentin gene.
  • (12) In both groups, cryptic Met-enkephalin peaked at 70% VO2max and returned to basal levels during exercise at 120% VO2max.
  • (13) Resulting from the apparent use of a cryptic splice acceptor site in place of the canonical intron 5 site, this insertion is predicted to generate an in-frame insertion of five nonpolar amino acid residues within a highly polar region of the intracytoplasmic domain of the H-2K polypeptide.
  • (14) It is suggested that spontaneously occurring cryptic lesions that are themselves unable to induce the SOS system are subject to translesion synthesis under these conditions and trigger a burst of hitch-hiking mutations that are therefore effectively umuC dependent.
  • (15) This regimen of nicotine also decreased levels of native Met-enkephalin and of both native and cryptic Leu-enkephalin in neurointermediate lobe, consistent with nicotine-induced release of both proenkephalin A- and prodynorphin-derived peptides from neurointermediate lobe.
  • (16) An in situ hybridization technique using a biotinylated probe for the human VIM was applied to detect eventual cryptic translocations, as chromosome 10p is difficult to identify.
  • (17) Cryptic mutations are undetected base changes in genetic DNA (or hereditary RNA).
  • (18) There, he left a cryptic comment under his own name: “1 of the most deceptive books ever.” Fans began to reply angrily, questioning whether this could possibly be the real Alex.
  • (19) In 1990, two persons--one each in California and Florida--were diagnosed with malaria classified as cryptic; their infections may have been acquired in the United States through bites of mosquitoes that became infected after biting parasitemic migrant workers.
  • (20) Cryptic heterozygosity will usually be much more frequent in heterothallic than homothallic organisms.

Veiled


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Veil
  • (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He argued that it was vital that we “should give the people of this country a chance to decide”, and that “[the nation was witnessing] a continuation of that old and disastrous system where a few men in charge of the state, wielding the whole force of the state, make secret engagements and secret arrangements, carefully veiled from the knowledge of the people…” This, and a lot more little-known information on the road to the first world war is given in Douglas Newton’s book The Darkest Days .
  • (2) Isis cannot just be contained – it must be defeated,” Clinton began, in veiled criticism of Barack Obama’s claim just before the attacks that Isis was contained in Syria and Iraq.
  • (3) The surface antigens of veiled cells (VC) isolated from the thoracic duct of mesenteric lymphadenectomized (MLNX) mice have been analyzed by means of monoclonal antibodies and compared with those of dendritic cells (DC) from the spleen, lymph node dendritic cells (LNDC) and peritoneal macrophages (PMO).
  • (4) A boss on some astronomic pay packet may be held back by shame from paying his cleaners too little relative to that, but emotion will not get in the way of ruthlessness if the process all takes place behind the veil of some corporate contract.
  • (5) Gas will be a very economic option [for decades] unless there are new government policies and new fiscal measures to change the balance.” Birol issued a veiled warning to Trump that policy should be based on the realities of the energy sector: “We give the same advice to all leaders across the world: making decisions about the energy sector needs good information and an overview of developments, including technological improvements.
  • (6) The term comes from the Urdu ( parda ) and Persian ( pardah ) word meaning veil or curtain and is also used to describe the practice of screening women from men or strangers.
  • (7) In studies involving nearly intact animal preparations, neurons were identified which control specific movements of the dorsal cerata, the oral veil tentacles, and the margins of the foot.
  • (8) An investigation by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem concluded that while she did have a knife under her niqab veil she posed no threat to soldiers at the time she was shot and could have been subdued without being fatally wounded.
  • (9) The Liberal Democrat culture spokesman, Don Foster, added: "The veil must be lifted even further so that the public can judge whether they are getting good value for money."
  • (10) The ruling followed calls by the Home Office minister, Jeremy Browne, for a national debate on whether the state should step in to prevent young women having the veil imposed upon them.
  • (11) These features included cell flattening with the formation of thin, veil-like structures into the eroded area by cells at the edges of the erosions.
  • (12) • Apple has been able to draw a secrecy veil over its Irish operations by making extensive use of unlimited companies, which are not required to file company accounts.
  • (13) He was told to wait his turn then, and the political establishment has again told him to wait to run for president out of deference to party elders, Rubio recalls in a thinly veiled reference to Bush.
  • (14) But in a veiled reference to those in the Conservative party and their backers in the rightwing press pushing for a hard Brexit, he implied that there were people in the UK who still had to catch up.
  • (15) For many of his generation, the growing of long beards and women wearing face veils is as much a sign of a higher economic status achieved from working abroad as piety.
  • (16) In his speech in London, Garcia called for a culture change among Fifa’s leadership and called for an end to the prevailing veil of secrecy at the Zurich-based governing body.
  • (17) "I really believe in a society where if someone wants to walk in the street completely naked they will be able to, and if someone wants to wear a veil they will also be able to."
  • (18) But most of them were the first members of their family to adopt the veil, the majority had no niqab-wearing peers, their attendance at their mosque was minimal, and their affiliation to any Islamic bodies almost nonexistent.
  • (19) That solace, however, is hard to sustain when a new veil of secrecy is about to be thrown over another element of state power.
  • (20) At a “victory party” for Clinton supporters, under the veil of a glass ceiling that was meant to be an epic symbol of a historic night when gender barriers were swept aside, there was a bleak mood.

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