What's the difference between cue and rue?

Cue


Definition:

  • (n.) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
  • (n.) The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.
  • (n.) A hint or intimation.
  • (n.) The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
  • (n.) Humor; temper of mind.
  • (n.) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
  • (v. t.) To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
  • (n.) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In some experiments heart rate and minute ventilation (central vactors) appear to be the dominant cues for rated perceived exertion, while in others, local factors such as blood lactate concentration and muscular discomfort seem to be the prominent cues.
  • (2) There was no significant effect of the factor "cues."
  • (3) Almost nothing is known about nature and timing of the embryonic cues which induce or initiate spicule formation by these cells.
  • (4) Two mechanisms are evident in chicks' spatial representations: a metric frame for encoding the spatial arrangement of surfaces as surfaces and a cue-guidance system for encoding conspicuous landmarks near the target.
  • (5) Sleep was defined behaviorally as failure to respond to the faint auditory RT cue.
  • (6) Fifty-one severely retarded adults were taught a difficult visual discrimination in an assembly task by one of three training techniques: (a) adding and reducing large cue differences on the relevant-shape dimension; (b) adding and fading a redundant-color dimension; or (c) a combination of the two techniques.
  • (7) However, these models differ in their predictions about the effect of trial order on cue interaction.
  • (8) These additional cues involved different sensations in effort of the perfomed movement – sliding heavy object vs. sliding light object (sS test), as well as different sensations in pattern of movement and joints - sliding vs. lifting of an object (SL test).
  • (9) Through cues or precues, attention was directed to one location of a multistimulus visual display and, while attention was so engaged, the identity of a stimulus located at a different position in the display was changed.
  • (10) For both the single- and multiple-band signals, performance was best when the signal band(s) had a different envelope from the common envelope of the cue bands, and performance was worst when either the cue bands all had different envelopes, or the signal and cue bands all shared the same envelope.
  • (11) Cues conditioned to food elicit eating by selectively activating appetitive systems.
  • (12) Comparison of implant-user performance with the temporal-only data reported here can help determine whether the speech information available to the implant user consists of entirely temporal cues, or is augmented by spectral cues.
  • (13) The students received cues-pause-point training on an initial question set followed by generalization assessments on a different set in another setting.
  • (14) However, in a double-cue conditioning paradigm in which both command words were presented alone on different trials and reinforced, response latency was longer and puff attenuation poorer among Vs than when the UCS was signaled by a unique cue.
  • (15) In 1943 Konrad Lorenz postulated that certain infantile cues served as releasers for caretaking behaviour in human adults.
  • (16) A Rhesus monkey was trained to discriminate between 2 acoustic signals, preceded by visual cues, that instructed which of 2 movements to make.
  • (17) On three of the tests, the independent variable was a spectral cue and on three others a temporal cue was manipulated.
  • (18) These findings suggest that health professionals, particularly nurses, who work with families in their homes, must be alert and sensitive to cues and circumstances which could indicate suffering, and in so doing, take the necessary steps to ameliorate their situation.
  • (19) To investigate this issue, data from two previous papers were reanalysed to investigate the complete time course of precuing target location with either: (1) a peripheral cue that may draw attention reflexively, or (2) a central, symbolic cue that may require attention to be directed voluntarily.
  • (20) Roberts described the TGF-betas as providing the cells with cues to their temporal positions in a developmental program, that is, telling the cells "where they were, where they are, and where they're going."

Rue


Definition:

  • (n.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
  • (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
  • (v. t.) To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
  • (v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.
  • (v. t.) To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.
  • (v. i.) To have compassion.
  • (v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
  • (v. t.) Sorrow; repetance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anti-corruption campaigners have already trooped past the €18.9m mansion on Rue de La Baume, bought in 2007 in the name of two Bongo children, then 13 and 16, and other relatives, in what some call Paris's "ill-gotten gains" walking tour.
  • (2) It left Monk rueing Shelvey’s disallowed strike, while also questioning why Oliver did not send off Koné, rather than book the forward, for an aerial challenge on Federico Fernández in the first half.
  • (3) A force of 110 heavily armed officers, led by the elite tactical unit Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion (Raid), launched an assault on a third‑storey flat at 8 rue Corbillon, a few doors down from a primary school and a 15-minute walk from the Stade de France.
  • (4) The semi-final reeked of history as it pitted South Americans who had won the trophy twice against opponents with so much to rue in this competition.
  • (5) It’s a real shame.” 8.05am Facebook Twitter Pinterest A 500-metre cordon was set up around the rue du Corbillon.
  • (6) • 170 rue Du Faubourg Saint Denis, +33 1 40 05 01 01, saravanabhavan.com .
  • (7) It has been twinned with London’s St Pancras Old church – close to the St Pancras Eurostar terminal – since 2007 • 5 rue de Belzunce, paroissesvp.fr Secrets Temple Ganesh Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy At the north end of the Gare du Nord, just past the elevated metro line, is a colourful Hindu temple dedicated to the god Ganesh.
  • (8) At the moment De La Rue produces all Bank of England notes but its current contract expires in March 2015.
  • (9) At Le Bouquet Garni (+33 4 93 86 20 71, 1 rue Palmaro, about £30pp), run by a family from Rome, the standout dish was a simple tomato and mozzarella salad made with the freshest, creamiest burrata .
  • (10) To really be beloved in France he needs to learn to swear with the virtuosity of a Frenchman who's mislaid his linen Agnes B scarf in the Rue du Bac.
  • (11) Restaurant Bar de la Marine (28 rue Achard) is a little oasis of comfort amid the rubble of the past and the concrete of the future.
  • (12) Witnesses described hearing heavy gunfire and the sound of large explosions and grenades coming from the apartment building in rue du Cornillon.
  • (13) For a foodie reward, stroll to Rue Didot's row of boulangeries.
  • (14) Rue is notable because of its use independently within different cultures, but may exhibit toxic side effects when used as an abortifacient.
  • (15) A beat officer had worked out that a relative of Abdeslam was living at 79 Rue des Quatre Vents, and was thought to have been radicalised.
  • (16) And in the UK, bank note printer De La Rue warned that its profits will be below forecasts.
  • (17) "PM will rue yet another bad call," said one comment piece.
  • (18) Villa were left to rue their inability to spring a surprise when City opened the second half with the sort of goal that made you wonder why they had taken so long.
  • (19) Photograph: Andy Pietrasik Start with a coffee and croissant at zinc bar Café Tupiña at the bottom end of rue Porte de la Monnaie, and then move on to a hearty lunch at La Tupiña next door, with its huge roaring hearth and spits roasting chickens and racks of lamb.
  • (20) Another new spot, Victor (11 rue Victor Massé), offers a good deal for lunch, with a tasty €12 plat du jour that includes dishes such as tender veal sautéed with baby leeks and hazelnuts, and crisp rocket salad and roasted new potatoes.

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