What's the difference between dab and daw?

Dab


Definition:

  • (n.) A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.
  • (n.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
  • (v. i.) To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
  • (v. i.) To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
  • (n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
  • (n.) A small mass of anything soft or moist.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The dynamic changes of fibronectin (FN) content and nuclear features (DNA content, morphological parameters) during the development of hepatoma induced by 3'-Me-DAB were studied via computer-assisted image analysis.
  • (2) But DAB radio, the likely broadcast replacement for analogue AM and FM in the digital-only age, saw its share of listening drop, to 15.3% from 15.8% in the second quarter of 2010.
  • (3) Thus it is clear that DAB induced hepatoma exhibits retrogressive change in hepatic differentiation in its isozyme profile.
  • (4) The number of DAB positive organelles per surface area decreased steadily with culture age, and significantly on day 2 (p less than 0.01) to become drastically low on day 5 and negligible on day 7.
  • (5) 4.58pm BST First-set tie-break: Kyrgios 6-4 Nadal* (*denotes server): Kyrgios dabs a backhand wide.
  • (6) The lecithins of the primary hepatoma induced by 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (DAB) and host liver of rat were isolated, and the individual molecular species were estimated quantitatively by combined thin-layer and gaschromatographic analysis and specific enzymic hydrolysis.
  • (7) This is unlike DAB-1 and DAB-2 which showed poorly differentiated trabecular or anaplastic carcinomatous patterns.
  • (8) Oral administration of 1,2-DEB (75 or 100 mg kg-1 once a day, 4 days a week, for 8 weeks) and intraperitoneal injection of 1,2-DAB (10 or 15 mg kg-1 once a day, 4 days a week, for 8 weeks) produced time- and dose-dependent increases in the peak latencies of all BAEP components as well as in interpeak (I-V) differences, and a decrease in the amplitudes of all the components.
  • (9) Regional stations and AM services would be upgraded to quasi-national networks, provided they are available to at least 65% of the UK population on digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio, and commit to broadcasting to the whole of the UK by 2015.
  • (10) You can buy this from Dabs for £30.96 , plus 99p P&P if you opt for standard delivery.
  • (11) We selected retrospectively 18 rejectors and 18 nonrejectors by clinical criteria and assayed for anti-Dab (by fluorescence-activated flow cytometry) and CMV antibody (by complement fixation and Western blot for IgG and IgM) over a 3-6-month period after transplantation.
  • (12) The inner and outer hair cells are degenerating between 12 and 24 DAB and are gone by 45 DAB.
  • (13) It was one of the fake tongue extensions from The Exorcist, with a note saying, 'Just stick a dab of peanut butter on the end and put it on.'
  • (14) The use of H2PtCl6 is proposed for the selective visualization of the poly-DAB reaction product created, in aldehyde-fixed tissue, with the cytochemical reaction according to Graham and Karnovsky (1966) or to Hoefsmit (1975).
  • (15) The roles of gonads in tumorigenesis induced in mouse liver by 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (3'-Me-DAB) were investigated.
  • (16) But this is the first year it will be offering non-stop, round-the-clock coverage on one service, in a move aimed at trying to boost the profile of digital audio broadcasting – DAB.
  • (17) A chromophoric hydrazide, 4'-N,N-dimethylamino-4-azobenzene sulfonyl hydrazide (DABS-hydrazide), was prepared from 4'-N,N-dimethylamino-4-azobenzene sulfonyl chloride by reaction with hydrazine.
  • (18) It is concluded that DAB is oxidized in the rice coleoptile tissue by a cytochrome system, and the development of this system is inhibited by anaerobiosis, but the oxidation cannot be claimed to represent cytochrome oxidase activity exclusively.
  • (19) In our experimental studies, LDH4 increased in AH 66 F metastatic hepatic cancer, but DAB hepatic cancer showed a significant increase of LDH5.
  • (20) The best result was obtained using nickel-modified DAB at pH 6.0 to develop the peroxidase enzyme, with further enhancement in cobalt chloride at neutral pH.

Daw


Definition:

  • (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
  • (v. i.) To dawn.
  • (v. t.) To rouse.
  • (v. t.) To daunt; to terrify.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The heavy chain of a pathological immunoglobulin G (Daw) of type L, subclass gamma(2b) (We) and Gm(a+)(f-), has been cleaved with cyanogen bromide.
  • (2) Daw Suu has her critics, and not only among ex-generals.
  • (3) But Dawe said that Ofqual's proposals to retain GCSE maths exams split into two tiers – with an easier "foundation" level paper and a harder "higher" paper – were likely to be counterproductive.
  • (4) Mark Dawe, head of the OCR exam board, said the proposals for maths were "nothing short of a quantum leap for teachers".
  • (5) Julie Dawes, interim chief executive of Southern Health said : “ I express again our apologies to the patient involved, and the patient’s family.
  • (6) Burma's most renowned female writer, Ludu Daw Ahmar, is also outspoken against the regime.
  • (7) Daw Suu Kyi is the leader and is the one with the primary responsibility to lead, and lead with courage, humanity and compassion.” ‘It will blow up’: fears Myanmar's deadly crackdown on Muslims will spiral out of control Read more Nobel peace laureates who signed the letter include Jose Ramos-Horta , former president of East Timor, and Yemeni opposition activist Tawakul Karman .
  • (8) Mark Dawe, chief executive of the OCR exam board, said universities had made it clear they wanted students with qualifications in science and maths.
  • (9) Dawes (1986) has stated that, "The difference between high and low voltage activity depends solely on the presence in the latter of higher amplitude oscillations with relatively low frequency superimposed on the low voltage components as shown by spectral analysis".
  • (10) The standard scores of the Chinese children averaged 118 in the DAM and 112 in the DAW tests.
  • (11) The patches were spotted last summer, but the conclusions have just been detailed in a report by Daw and other English Heritage staff published in the latest edition of the journal Antiquity .
  • (12) Numerous articles and newspaper editorials had, excitedly, touched on the fairytale of a Burmese Mandela moment: the country’s most popular politician, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, assuming the highest office after years of relentless persecution, heroic perseverance and noble reconciliation.
  • (13) Mark Dawe, a former chief executive of the OCR examination board, disagreed with the committee’s conclusion.
  • (14) Last year, 41 patients with rabies were sent to Yangon General Hospital, the biggest in the city, according to its deputy medical superintendent Daw Khin Than Mon.
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘It’s a complete cultural cross section of Yangon in one building.’ Daw Khin May Lin’s family of 13 live in one room in Turquoise Mountain.
  • (16) Tim Daw, who helps to maintain the site, noticed that the patches matched spots where missing stones may have stood, making Stonehenge a full circle.
  • (17) Daw Suu can convince them,” he said, referring to Aung San Suu Kyi with an honorific.
  • (18) These values were about half the values of those parameters in adults (Lagerlöf and Dawes, 1985), and insertion in the computer program (Dawes, 1983) of these values suggested that sugar clearance in the five-year-old children would be slightly faster than in adults.
  • (19) With every new building bidding for the best view of the Shwedagon Pagoda, we’re not going to have any views left,” says Daw Moe Moe Lwin, director of the Yangon Heritage Trust (YHT), a campaign group founded in 2012 by architects and historians keen to save south-east Asia’s last surviving colonial core.
  • (20) The amino acid composition of SpA-binding protein did not show structural homology with that of human IgG1 heavy chain (Daw), which also binds SpA.

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