What's the difference between deflate and disappoint?

Deflate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To reduce from an inflated condition.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The balloon was then deflated, permitting blood reperfusion.
  • (2) Most travel in overcrowded inflatable dinghies that have just one air pocket, making deflation more likely.
  • (3) They've repeatedly deflated the pressure from Portland when it threatens to build into dangerous momentum, and for the most part Borchers and Schuler, and sometimes Beckerman have been first to the most dangerous balls in their own box.
  • (4) Stepwise inflation and deflation was done for analysis of oesophageal compliance and hysteresis.
  • (5) The Greek consumer prices index shrank by 2.9% in November, showing deflation accelerated after October's reading of minus 2.0%.
  • (6) Shop price deflation in the non-food sector overall accelerated to 2.7% in January from 2.3% in December, with clothing and footwear deflation the biggest contributor at 9.9%.
  • (7) Does this count as campaigning?” “When was the last time you flipped a steak?” “What does it feel like to be in Iowa?” “Can you bring the reporters some meat?” “Are you running, Hillary,” one reporter shouted, finally, “from us?” Then Bill and Hillary disappeared around the corner; three quarters of the media scrum vanished, deflated.
  • (8) While complications such as infection, implant exposure, deflation, hematoma, and seroma may occur and alter the timing of reconstruction, they rarely compromise the final result.
  • (9) It became clear, as Bourguiba went on, that he had two objectives in mind: to deflate and mildly humiliate the young Nasserist Libyan, and to outline his vision of the Arab world.
  • (10) A common although infrequently recognized complication associated with the use of a pneumatic tourniquet is profuse bleeding from the wound after deflation of the tourniquet.
  • (11) To test this hypothesis and to explore how the pleural pressure gradient might affect inhomogeneity of alveolar pressures, we deflated at submaximal flows excised canine lobes that first were suspended in air and then were immersed in foams that simulated the vertical gradient of pleural pressure.
  • (12) This looks like the mild and benign variety of deflation which is good news for consumers and for growth.
  • (13) Although the patient had had previous abdominal surgery, she had no adhesions that were considered contributory to the obstructive process at surgery; the deflated bubble did not deflate enough to traverse the distal ileum.
  • (14) Utilizing the arterial and venous occlusion technique, the effects of lung inflation and deflation on the resistance of alveolar and extraalveolar vessels were measured in the dog in an isolated left lower lobe preparation.
  • (15) Yet it was the drama and controversy of Odemwingie's failed move that appeared to deflate Redknapp, who also missed out on Stoke City's Peter Crouch, another of his targets up front, and a third Tottenham player, the midfielder David Bentley.
  • (16) Inflation rises, but we should still fear deflation Read more Sharply lower oil prices are set to keep a lid on inflation, leaving the UK central bank in no hurry to raise rates above 0.5% , where they have remained for nearly seven years.
  • (17) When Ppa - Palv was less than 10 cmH2O in zone 2 conditions, flow decreased monotonically during deflation from TLC.
  • (18) The deflation of latex rubber balloons in vivo has been attributed to the same cause.
  • (19) Psychological characteristics were assessed by a psychiatric interview and psychometric inventories; response to distension was tested by placing a tube in the rectosigmoid colon and successively inflating a nd deflating a balloon at its tip at 10 cm3 increments up to 50 cm3.
  • (20) In Japan, where deflation has taken hold, the stock market is trading at just a quarter of its 1989 level.

Disappoint


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil.
  • (v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A spokesman for the Greens said that the party was “disappointed” with the decision and would be making representations to both the BBC and BBC Trust .
  • (2) Even today, our experience of the zoo is so often interrupted by disappointment and confusion.
  • (3) No one expected us to win either of these byelections, but we can’t ignore how disappointing these results are,” he said, referring also to last week’s Richmond Park byelection.
  • (4) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
  • (5) Results of medical therapy of reflux oesophagitis are disappointing, especially compared to the success obtained in peptic ulcer disease.
  • (6) Drugs used to promote food intake and weight gain, such as cyproheptadine, amitriptyline, clonidine and opiate antagonists, have provided disappointing results.
  • (7) I am pleased with that but disappointed with the result.
  • (8) How often do we use the term depressed to mean disappointed, mildly bummed out or sort of blue?
  • (9) I did not speak to Diego at the final whistle, losing so late in the game was too big a disappointment, especially when Romelu Lukaku was surrounded by three or four defenders and still scored.” That was something Martínez could agree with.
  • (10) For a long time the results were disappointing, and in a randomized study none of the therapeutic regimens prescribed could improve the patients' survival.
  • (11) Audiences were disappointed that the love scenes between Taylor and Burton that had been the talk of modern Rome were not repeated with so much passion in those of ancient Rome.
  • (12) Despite a glorious career, her Olympic history had been one of crushing disappointment.
  • (13) We are disappointed by the statement from Ecuador’s Foreign Minister that Ecuador has offered political asylum to Julian Assange.
  • (14) Here's Rob Booth talking to me from there: Updated at 6.31pm BST 6.14pm BST Disappointment at the Ecuadorian embassy Outside the Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge a handful of Assange supporters greeted the decision with disappointment.
  • (15) While occult breast carcinoma was relatively common in our series (two of 17 patients), the ability to detect the tumor with mammography was disappointing (one of two patients).
  • (16) Diego Garcia guards its secrets even as the truth on CIA torture emerges Read more The long-awaited decision – expected to cause enormous disappointment – follows more than 40 years of campaigning, court cases and calls for the UK to right a wrong committed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government.
  • (17) They are also deeply disappointed in the lack of pressure exerted on Israel by the US.
  • (18) To improve the slightly disappointing voice rehabilitation results of the myotomized laryngectomees, a modified myotomy is proposed.
  • (19) An Artist of the Floating World won the Whitbread Book of the Year award and was nominated for the Booker prize for fiction; The Remains of the Day won the Booker; and When We Were Orphans, perceived by many reviewers as a disappointment, was nominated for both the Booker and the Whitbread.
  • (20) Jay is naturally disappointed, but is determined to get back playing for Southampton as soon as possible."