What's the difference between debris and wreckage?

Debris


Definition:

  • (n.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.
  • (n.) Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The hypothesis was tested that plaque, as a complex soil comprising microorganisms, cell debris, salivary deposits and other ill-defined organic and inorganic components, would be susceptible to removal by a rinse with high detersive action.
  • (2) The interaction between PE and E-IgG involved the extension of micropseudopods toward adherent E-IgG, the formation of a linear uniform cap of roughly 200 A between opposing cell membranes, the ingestion of E-IgG by PE into a membrane-lined compartment, and the disintegration of the ingested ligand into membranous debris.
  • (3) At 30 days after injection both stains revealed cellular debris and glial reactions characteristic of cellular dissolution.
  • (4) The intracellular localization of tachyzoites facilitated diagnosis by obviating potential confusion of extracellular tachyzoites with cellular debris or platelets.
  • (5) necrobiotic and dead cells, cell debris and phagosomes appear electively fluorescent.
  • (6) The "sump syndrome" is an unusual complication of side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy in which the portion of the common bile duct distal to the anastamosis acts as a sump and may collect bile, stones, food, and other debris.
  • (7) Assessment of the technique included radiographic and microscopic analysis of remaining debris.
  • (8) Much of the particulate material resembled cell debris.
  • (9) Hypertrophic fibrous astrocytes were common in chronic active lesions, were capable of myelin degradation and on occasion, contained myelin debris attached to clathrin-coated pits.
  • (10) The remaining fragments and debris were later phagocytized by surrounding ependymoglial processes.
  • (11) The debris-laden macrophages appear to migrate from the tail to the body.
  • (12) The Malaysian prime minister later says the debris is very likely wreckage from a Boeing 777 , and that it is being sent to France to establish whether it is from flight MH370.
  • (13) The amounts of polyethylene and methylmethacrylate debris and the histological reactions in the tissues corresponded closely with those reported in earlier studies of total hip prostheses made of stainless steel or cobalt-chromium alloy.
  • (14) We concluded that the acetabular component of the Wagner prosthesis is prone to early loosening and that the early loosening is potentiated by a foreign-body response to debris resulting from arthroplastic wear.
  • (15) The combined action of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha caused a dose-related cellular exfoliation, leading to the formation of a mucoid cap made of mucus and cellular debris.
  • (16) But there’s also a chance some elements will survive down to surface,” said Hugh Lewis, a space debris expert at University of Southampton.
  • (17) Although missiles belonging to Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups in Gaza do sometimes fall short, there was no visible evidence of debris from broken Palestinian rockets in the school.
  • (18) It occurred when granular pneumocytes re-epithelialized along the luminal surface of intra-alveolar debris overlying denuded alveolar epithelial basal laminae.
  • (19) The cell debris from the surfaces of the separated incisors was either gently wiped off with soft facial tissues or chemically removed by treating with NaOH, NaOCl or trypsin.
  • (20) They were distinct from astrocytes, which were identified with an antibody to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and which did not contain oil red O myelin debris.

Wreckage


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked.
  • (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A Zliten hospital spokesman told Associated Press that 60 bodies had been pulled from the wreckage, though Fozi Awnais, from the health ministry in Tripoli, later said 47 people had died and 118 more were injured.
  • (2) Former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morell, also weighed in for Clinton in a New York Times opinion piece on Friday, declaring: “Donald J Trump is not only unqualified for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security.” Republicans stumbling from the wreckage of a terrible week are worrying about how to contain the damage further down the ballot paper in November as people running for seats in Congress and at state level risk being swept away.
  • (3) The Malaysian prime minister later says the debris is very likely wreckage from a Boeing 777 , and that it is being sent to France to establish whether it is from flight MH370.
  • (4) Vigils have been held in Cairo for the victims of EgyptAir flight 804 as a French navy ship headed to join the deep-sea search in the Mediterranean for the main wreckage and flight recorders.
  • (5) All this human wreckage leads to a nondescript white truck that could not be stopped by the weight of people in front of it or the bullets from the police officers who fired at it.
  • (6) Search depths for MH370 4 October: It is revealed that the new underwater search involves ships dragging sonar devices called towfish through the water at about 100 metres above the seabed to hunt for wreckage.
  • (7) Six pieces of debris have so far been confirmed as MH370 wreckage.
  • (8) Tony Abbott announced the memorial plans while admitting his frustration at the inability of the multinational police team, including unarmed Australian federal police, to enter the wreckage site in eastern Ukraine to recover bodies.
  • (9) When this noise was compared with radar returns it showed that eight seconds after the explosion, the wreckage had a one nautical mile (1.9km) spread .
  • (10) But the latest computer models from the Japanese government and Noaa suggest most of the wreckage that will make landfall will begin washing up this October and continue into late 2013.
  • (11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An image from video shows wreckage of SpaceShipTwo.
  • (12) McKeown, the director of west coast operations, and Kirkham, said O’Reilly had in the moments beforehand irritated residents who were trying to put out fires and clear wreckage.
  • (13) Although Nepal celebrated the rescue of two people pulled alive from the wreckage of buildings in the capital, Kathmandu, on Thursday , the sheer extent of the destruction of the 7.8-magnitude quake is becoming clear.
  • (14) Nepal earthquake: two rescued after five days in Kathmandu building wreckage Read more The official death toll in Nepal has reached 5,489.
  • (15) Two news helicopters collided in midair in Phoenix in 2007 as the aircraft covered a police chase, sending fiery wreckage plummeting onto a park.
  • (16) But if trapped deep inside wreckage or an underwater trench, the effectiveness can be hindered.
  • (17) District chief Patthikongpan said that the barnacles on the wreckage caused fishermen to believe it could have not been under the sea for more than a year, further casting doubt.
  • (18) The wreckage of the high-performance plane carrying Rochester real estate developer Laurence Glazer and his entrepreneur wife, Jane, both experienced and enthusiastic pilots had not been found early on Saturday, a day after US fighter pilots launched to shadow the unresponsive aircraft observed the pilot slumped over and its windows frosting over.
  • (19) Authorities confirmed that two bodies had been retrieved from outside of the plane's wreckage.
  • (20) During this period some parts were removed, therefore it was not possible to retrieve all wreckage pieces.

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