What's the difference between current and draught?

Current


Definition:

  • (a.) Running or moving rapidly.
  • (a.) Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
  • (a.) Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.
  • (a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
  • (a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
  • (a.) A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.
  • (a.) General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This selective review emphasizes advances in neurochemistry which provide a context for current and future research on neurological and psychiatric disorders encountered in clinical practice.
  • (2) The influence of the various concepts for the induction of lateral structure formation in lipid membranes on integral functional units like ionophores is demonstrated by analysing the single channel current fluctuations of gramicidin in bimolecular lipid membranes.
  • (3) The outward currents are sensitive to TEA and their reversal potentials differ.
  • (4) With NaCl as the major constituent of the bathing solution (potassium-free pipette and external solutions) the reversal potential (Er) of the noradrenaline-evoked current was about 0 mV.
  • (5) His son, Karim Makarius, opened the gallery to display some of the legacy bequeathed to him by his father in 2009, as well as the work of other Argentine photographers and artists – currently images by contemporary photographer Facundo de Zuviria are also on show.
  • (6) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
  • (7) Acceptance of less than ideal donors is ill-advised even though rejection of such donors conflicts with the current shortage of organs.
  • (8) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
  • (9) Schistosomiasis control currently relies primarily on chemotherapy which is both expensive and temporary.
  • (10) Currently, photodynamic therapy is under FDA-approved clinical investigational trials in the treatment of tumors of the skin, bronchus, esophagus, bladder, head and neck, and of gynecologic and ocular tumors.
  • (11) But the sports minister has been clear that too many sports bodies are currently not delivering in bringing new people from all backgrounds to their sport.
  • (12) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
  • (13) Suggested is a carefully prepared system of cycling videocassettes, to effect the dissemination of current medical information from leading medical centers to medical and paramedical people in the "bush".
  • (14) Anytime they feel parts of the Basic Law are not up to their current standards of political correctness, they will change it and tell Hong Kong courts to obey.
  • (15) Atmaca, who belongs to the Gregorian-Armenian church in Istanbul, said that he nevertheless holds the current pontiff in high regard.
  • (16) We analyzed the amounts and types of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) from peripheral blood lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes isolated by counter-current elutriation.
  • (17) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
  • (18) Positivity was not correlated with current residence census tract socioeconomic indicators in black or white females.
  • (19) Migrant voters are almost as numerous as current Ukip supporters but they are widely overlooked and risk being increasingly disaffected by mainstream politics and the fierce rhetoric around immigration caused partly by the rise of Ukip,” said Robert Ford from Manchester University, the report’s co-author.
  • (20) As increases to the Isa allowance are based on the CPI inflation figure for the year to the previous September, the new data suggests the current Isa limit of £15,240 will remain unchanged next year.

Draught


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of drawing or pulling
  • (n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.
  • (n.) The drawing of a bowstring.
  • (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
  • (n.) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.
  • (n.) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.
  • (n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2)
  • (n.) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation.
  • (n.) That which is drawn
  • (n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
  • (n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.
  • (n.) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation.
  • (n.) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation.
  • (n.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.
  • (n.) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney.
  • (n.) That which draws
  • (n.) A team of oxen or horses.
  • (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
  • (n.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet.
  • (n.) Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.
  • (n.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
  • (n.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4.
  • (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers.
  • (n.) The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.
  • (n.) See Draft, n., 7.
  • (a.) Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks.
  • (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.
  • (a.) Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
  • (a.) Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like.
  • (v. t.) To draw out; to call forth. See Draft.
  • (v. t.) To diminish or exhaust by drawing.
  • (v. t.) To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In order to investigate the effect of food intake on the amount of fluid ingested and the intervals between draughts and the effect of fluid intake on the amount of food ingested and the intervals between meals, the eating, drinking, and core temperature of 15 adult male rats were continuously monitored for 14 days.
  • (2) Lester Young often commented that “I feel a draught” when he sensed a racist atmosphere, and his personality became radically more insular after the abuse he suffered in the US army in 1945.
  • (3) There's a vintage woodburing stove, no TV, a seafood menu rich in local produce, including Glenbeigh oysters, and a top-notch brew on draught in Tom Crean's lager, the sole beer made by Dingle Brewing Company (dinglebrewingcompany.com).
  • (4) The brace has strong anti-bending strength and draught force.
  • (5) So they got rid of the car, installed low-energy bulbs , insulation and draught-proofing, and a year-and-a-half ago they bought a wood-burning stove .
  • (6) The results of a series of cold challenges to the hand, repeated on a normal subject in a temperature-controlled room and in other parts of a rheumatology ward, show very good reproducibility outside the temperature-controlled room, provided that the immediate environment is draught-free.
  • (7) In general, though, the apparent harmony between government policy and Ofsted's work may be traceable to a much simpler matter of mindset: its head, Michael Wilshaw, is the former head of the Mossbourne academy in Hackney, and prone to sound as if he has imbibed a huge draught of whatever the education secretary, Michael Gove, is drinking.
  • (8) But that may be the least of Ukip’s woes as it sups the bitter draught of victory.
  • (9) Relief from the complaints is improved by physiotherapy and by avoiding the detrimental influence of bad posture, nervous stress, air draughts, cold chills etc.
  • (10) Muscle fibre recruitment was investigated during draught loaded exercise by studying glycogen depletion patterns from histochemical stains of muscle biopsies from the gluteus and semitendinosus muscles.
  • (11) The increase in metabolic requirements during the three levels of draught exercise was associated with increases in arterial hemoglobin concentration and oxygen content of blood.
  • (12) Draught-free homes are comfortable at lower temperatures, so you'll be able to turn down your thermostat, which could save another £55 a year.
  • (13) In particular, connections between population and presence of some fish species draughted has been studied, considering ecological, reproductive and trophic habits of fishes, in order to value relations between the influence these populations exert on fishing and biological characteristics of the quantitatively more meaningful fish species.
  • (14) The same gift of the gab that a good hotel manager deploys to schmooze an irate guest complaining about draughts made the difference between life and death; he cajoled and coaxed, flattered and deceived, lied and bribed.
  • (15) It was concluded that high oxidative capacity is of importance both for fast trotting and for draught work.
  • (16) The major clinical conditions encountered were those which adversely affect the performance of draught animals and those causing infertility.
  • (17) The role of camels in transport and draught is discussed.
  • (18) A cart equipped with an odometer, for measuring distance, and a hydraulic dynamometer, for measuring draught force, was used.
  • (19) Cask beer aside, Fringe majors on continental and Belgian bottles, with the likes of Duvel, Leffe and Timmerman's on draught, as well as real perries and ciders.
  • (20) Draught whisky and whisky in cans – available in vending machines in Japan to consumers with an ID smartcard to prove their age – are still a long way off in the west.