What's the difference between dais and throne?

Dais


Definition:

  • (n.) The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.
  • (n.) A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.
  • (n.) A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Because of the subtle nature of histological changes in DAI, awareness and intentional search for the lesion is essential.
  • (2) The same phosphorylation is catalyzed by a different enzyme (DAI) which, while constitutive in reticulocytes, is induced by interferon in other cells.
  • (3) Six systems for defining and evaluating disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (the Ropes system, the National Institutes of Health [NIH] system, the New York Hospital for Special Surgery system, the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group [BILAG] scale, the University of Toronto SLE Disease Activity Index [SLE-DAI], and the Systemic Lupus Activity Measure [SLAM]) were tested on 25 SLE patients who were selected to represent a range of disease activity.
  • (4) The experimental proof that two types of dopamine receptors--the excitation-mediating (DAe) receptors and the inhibition-mediating (DAi) receptors--exist in the snail brain is put forward.
  • (5) It is unusual for an official of Dai's rank to intercede.
  • (6) Xishuang Banna is ethnically very diverse; the largest group is the Dai followed by the Hani (Aini) and various smaller national minorities.
  • (7) We synthesized DAI in vitro and located its RNA-binding domain within the amino-terminal 171 residues.
  • (8) Four hundred eighty-five Native American students in grades 7-12 from two remote sites--Pine Ridge, SD, and Many Farms, AZ--and one nonremote site--Lapwai, ID--were scored for the DAI.
  • (9) Dai said this was a hope, though it was a wild card.
  • (10) The range from 25.99 to 40.50 per cent LAac with minimum in the duodenum and maximum in the ileum was observed on the 3rd DAI.
  • (11) Pretreatment with the DAi receptor antagonist ergometrine (10, 20 mg kg-1 i.p.)
  • (12) Greater improvement of memory, learning, and visuomotor speed occurred after DAI.
  • (13) Access to prenatal care is severely limited, and the majority of rural births are attended by local dai.
  • (14) We investigated the effects of the traditional Chinese herbal drugs, Dai-saiko-to (D) and Saiko-ka-ryukotsuboreito (S) on blood pressure, pulse rates, serum lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in 30 patients with mild to moderate hypertension in an open, randomised trial.
  • (15) But it is also the incantatory darkness of dreams and visions, death and memory, as an observing consciousness creeps into the "blinded bedrooms" of the town's inhabitants, hushing and inviting us on: "Come now, drift up the dark, come up the drifting sea-dark street now in the dark night seesawing like the sea ... " Blind Captain Cat is dreaming of long-ago sea voyages and long-dead lovers; twice-widowed Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard of her henpecked husbands; Organ Morgan of musical extravaganzas; Polly Garter of babies; Mary Ann Sailors of the Garden of Eden; Dai Bread of "Turkish girls.
  • (16) In a real sense it not only pits 36-year-old Smith, a former BBC producer and lobbyist, against Dai Davies, former shop steward at the down defunct steel works, but Blairism against Bevanism and Nye's ghost.
  • (17) Thus, this newly identified substrate of DAI appears to have affinity for dsRNA structures and may be involved in dsRNA-regulated processes in the reticulocyte.
  • (18) For asymptomatic cirrhosis the risk was lower than for chronic hepatitis, especially at high DAI, probably because high consumption carried a high probability of liver decompensation.
  • (19) Tokyo Electric Power Company came under fire for underestimating the risk of a tsunami and building a seawall that was less than half the height of the wave that hit its Fukushima Dai-ichi plant and caused multiple meltdowns and massive radiation leaks.
  • (20) But one of Liu Xia's invitees – well-known dissident Dai Qing – is already outside China and has said she will attend the ceremony.

Throne


Definition:

  • (n.) A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
  • (n.) Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
  • (n.) A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
  • (v. t.) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
  • (v. t.) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
  • (v. i.) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And perhaps it’s this longevity that accounts for her popularity: a single tweet from Williams (who has 750,000 followers) about the series will prompt a Game Of Thrones news story.
  • (2) The grand patriarch, battling dissent and delusion, coming in for another shot, a new king on the throne, an impossible future to face down.
  • (3) He'll watch Game of Thrones , from now on, as a cheerfully clueless fan, "with total surprise and joy", and meanwhile get on with other work.
  • (4) Another example is the death in 1817 of Princess Charlotte, in childbirth, which led to the scramble of George III's aging sons to marry and beget an heir to the throne.
  • (5) It is a standard declaration of public loyalty to the Saudi royal family as it marks the end of a turbulent year since King Salman came to the throne.
  • (6) magazine-contracted, half-million pound wedding, Posh and Becks sat on a pair of golden thrones.
  • (7) Thrones, perhaps struggling under the weight of its monolithic pop culture status, or simply heartlessly breathtaking to begin with, really isn’t about anything anymore.
  • (8) The bestselling Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has offered to screen The Interview in his own independent cinema, in the wake of what he described as “a stunning display of corporate cowardice” from Sony and America’s cinema chains.
  • (9) Revelations about Charles' power of consent come amid continued concern that the heir to the throne may be overstepping his constitutional role by lobbying ministers directly and through his charities on pet concerns such as traditional architecture and the environment.
  • (10) It is now perhaps more widely known as a backdrop for the kingdoms of Dorne and Meereen in Game of Thrones.
  • (11) Look back 25 years | Dirk Laabs Read more A few ruins away, near the remains of the throne room, 18-year-old Berliner, Sarah Akopova, is also sympathetic.
  • (12) Lumping HBO in with Fox's FX might give it extra leverage – smooth out those less successful seasons when it launches The Newsroom rather than Game of Thrones – or it might not.
  • (13) They are making a big play for more content and Time Warner has some of the best global franchises you could hope to have – look at Harry Potter, Batman and HBO.” Time Warner’s lucrative cable channel business includes TNT, TBS and HBO, home to shows including Game of Thrones.
  • (14) He’s 66 and has waited for the throne all his life.
  • (15) Twelve Years a Slave's Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie officially joined the cast earlier this week, and the film will also feature Attack the Block's John Boyega, Ingmar Bergman-regular Max von Sydow and Harry Potter's Domhnall Gleeson.
  • (16) Tim Loughton, a Sussex MP, said it would be a "nonsense" to stop the heir to the throne talking to ministers as he had always come across as "well briefed and knowledgeable" in their meetings.
  • (17) The new queen would have died less than seven months later, handing the throne to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
  • (18) If Muqrin does come to the throne, he is likely to be the last of the sons of the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud), who died in 1953.
  • (19) As for Labour, the rolling pageant of departures from Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet , and the countermoves against them, frequently resembled an episode of Game of Thrones re-enacted by the Teletubbies.
  • (20) In the first series of Game of Thrones, he is shown serving a warrior king gone to seed and oppressed by serious marital problems.