What's the difference between demeanor and quirk?

Demeanor


Definition:

  • (v. t.) Management; treatment; conduct.
  • (v. t.) Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Her strategy was fairly simple: show Trump as not fit for the presidency, defend herself without seeming defensive or evasive and, most important, maintain the demeanor of an all-but-president.
  • (2) I don’t know if it has to do with his stoic demeanor as he sat behind President Obama during a State of the Union, or those baby-blue eyes all over the news on Tuesday, as he announced that he wasn’t running for president this year, citing his faith in the political process ( swoon ).
  • (3) Sodium bicarbonate solution administered intravenously effectively raised blood pH and improved demeanor, ambulation and appetite.
  • (4) Rebecca Martinez (@BeckyGMartinez) Romney's demeanor feels stronger...and given that Americans don't listen to actual words, this is a problem for Obama #debates October 4, 2012 Updated at 4.18am BST 3.13am BST Oh great Mitt Romney has another list!
  • (5) Carson, whose mild demeanor and provocative commentary have propelled him ahead of Trump in the early-voting state of Iowa , cited “the many stories of people who have led very useful lives who were the result of rape or incest”.
  • (6) I’m not running against him or against anyone else.” How long Rubio can maintain the sunny demeanor that has personified his candidacy thus far is unclear.
  • (7) Boehner was referring to a Wall Street Journal report quoting an unnamed "senior administration official" as saying: “We are winning…It doesn’t really matter to us” how long the shutdown lasts “because what matters is the end result.” Boehner says he's known for his affable demeanor and fair-mindedness.
  • (8) But those very same qualities could also overshadow the former first lady , whom some regard as lacking a personable and relatable demeanor.
  • (9) And the conspiracy theorists also have pictures of a third person – someone whose general demeanor and outfit make the theorists believe he is an officer of some sort of military or militarised organisation – with just that kind of black backpack with a white square on its handle that can also be seen in the second set of photographs.
  • (10) As he speaks, he guides hospital beds through doors with the relaxed demeanor that comes after 30 years removing bullets, suturing knife wounds and watching people live or die on his watch.
  • (11) Short, energetic and with a sunny demeanor, he is fond of button-up shirts in muted colours and khakis.
  • (12) For the first time, the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev dropped his blank, impassive demeanor on Monday and cried as his sobbing aunt briefly took the stand in his federal death penalty trial, before she was asked to step down and compose herself.
  • (13) The Australian’s on court demeanor has attracted praise and opprobrium in equal measure, split between those who think the game needs more characters and those who find his behaviour unbecoming.
  • (14) His Facebook profile showed him pictured with others at Disney World, with the caption: “True friends who become family.” High school friend Eddi Anderson told the Tampa Bay Times that Vielma was known for his pleasant attitude and warm demeanor.
  • (15) Given Romney's affable demeanor in the first debate, the contrast could be considerable.
  • (16) New Jersey’s Christie has the lowest favourability rating of any candidate except Trump - a product of his in-your-face demeanor – and faces possible indictment over his involvement inthe so-called Bridgegate scandal.
  • (17) Even clad in casual clothing and past retirement age, she retained a businesslike demeanor.
  • (18) Such dramatics can be observed not only in the demeanor of neurotics, but also in their symptoms.
  • (19) Zuley’s demeanor all changed, Boyd says, after he agreed to let the detective search his apartment: Zuley returned to the interrogation room, Boyd remembered, using racial epithets.
  • (20) In pursuing diagnostic procedures, the behavioral adjustment and responsiveness of the child during the examination proceedings may be optimally managed through an appropriate atmosphere and demeanor.

Quirk


Definition:

  • (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.
  • (n.) A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.
  • (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
  • (n.) An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.
  • (n.) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.
  • (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is religious freedom in Britain – some would say too much: 26 bishops sit in the House of Lords on a historic quirk.
  • (2) A quirk of the General Chiropractic Council's rules means that chiropractors who make claims that are incompatible with previous Advertising Standards Authority rulings must be investigated by the regulator.
  • (3) From time to time I'd bump into Amy she had good banter so we could chat a bit and have a laugh, she was a character but that world was riddled with half-cut, doped-up chancers, I was one of them, even in early recovery I was kept afloat only by clinging to the bodies of strangers so Winehouse, but for her gentle quirks didn't especially register.
  • (4) The 8,000 –2,000 children and young people over the course of a year and 6,000 older and disabled adults – are users of social care services in Quirk’s borough of Lewisham.
  • (5) But if Microsoft can iron out some performance quirks around voice recognition and Snap, the decision won't be too hard: it's far easier to glimpse the future potential in the Xbox One, starting with 10 seconds of time and the simple two-word voice command: 'Xbox on.'"
  • (6) Any quirk in the way a small number of people on our schemes are counted makes little difference.
  • (7) It could be that grouping makes sense, especially when you think of how very specialist some services are becoming, such as commissioning for dementia care,” says Quirk.
  • (8) But vampires and zombies are old news, according to Quirk.
  • (9) Fake or misleading news spreads like wildfire on Facebook because of confirmation bias, a quirk in human psychology that makes us more likely to accept information that conforms to our existing world views.
  • (10) A detail-rich paint job and enough sounds and quirks are able to convince you, with a touch of the suspension of disbelief, that he is more than just an expensive chunk of plastic.
  • (11) All are taking on the expansive driving genre introduced by Test Drive Unlimited and reworking it for next-gen hardware, but right now it's difficult to tease out the individual quirks amid all that brushed aluminium and lasciviously winking lens flare.
  • (12) As she remembers her years at a kind of country boarding school called Hailsham, the quirks of her narration nudge the reader to guess at what she is not telling us.
  • (13) Brin, who is more sociable than Page, has his own quirks.
  • (14) Thanks to the labyrinthine quirks of our electoral system, none of this may get in the way of a "win" in 2015.
  • (15) Comedy While the French were being amused by the subtle quirks of Tati's Monsieur Hulot, the English were clutching their sides at large-breasted women losing their bikinis, and men saying "phwoooar" or "oooh" a lot.
  • (16) A UK remake is reportedly on the way, which in my opinion is redundant, although it does boast a fine cast including Pauline Quirke and John Challis.
  • (17) There was also a $5m lawsuit (from Trump, of all quirks, as opposed to the orangutan species).
  • (18) And this, by a happy quirk of fate, is also Emmanuelle Riva's 86th birthday.
  • (19) Pancreatic enzyme products are formulated, manufactured, and sold without submitting efficacy or bioavailability data to the Food and Drug Administration because of a quirk in the law.
  • (20) Economists often concern themselves with distortions created by quirks in the tax code or barriers to trade, but the losses from having an economy operate below full employment dwarf these inefficiencies.