What's the difference between demerit and disvalue?
Demerit
Definition:
(n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
(n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
(n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
(n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
(n.) To depreciate or cry down.
(v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.
Example Sentences:
(1) For the purpose of covering the demerits of the conventional sliding tube, a new slit sliding tube which is made up of three parts was devised by us.
(2) We have a ton of education out there about the merits and demerits of particular courses and institutions and it is not helping to inform decision-making."
(3) He said: “With respect to the Paris accord, the focus is on the efficacy, the merits of the deal and the demerits of the deal.
(4) The fatal demerit of resin materials which causes a marginal sealing defect or marginal fracture is hard to eliminate.
(5) DeMerit did it his way though, and deserves his moment of acknowledgement.
(6) Anyone who does not gets a demerit, leading to a detention.
(7) An extended lymphadenectomy including cervical node dissection is one of the most difficult operations, therefore its merits and demerits should be assessed in order to evaluate whether it has the significance of extended radical operation or not.
(8) In this paper, the merits and demerits of the drugs, which have been revealed by experimental studies in humans and animals, are reviewed.
(9) I want them to know that I’m not going to just roll over.” GR Jay DeMerit’s retirement marks end of a very particular era A lot has been made of what may become a dominant theme in MLS over the next couple of years — the return of top American players to MLS, or even the retention of talent (such as Besler signing his improved contract at Kansas City).
(10) The merits and demerits of established methods such as subtotal gastrectomy, truncal vagotomy with drainage and truncal vagotomy with antrectomy are discussed from the viewpoint of operative mortality, recurrence rate and postoperative sequelae.
(11) The rationale behind their use, the parameters for determining their efficacy, their merits and demerits are discussed and the future prospects are highlighted.
(12) And while DeMerit has probably chosen the right time to call it a day, Carl Robinson would have loved at least another year of peak production from his captains as he tries to build some solidity into a talented but sometimes flaky Vancouver team.
(13) The records of drivers, selected from the file of licensed drivers in Ontario, were reviewed to study the relationship between demerit points, other driver characteristics, and the frequency or risk of future collisions and traffic convictions.
(14) These demerits were attempted to be conqured with epidural pressure monitorings such as the fiberoptic sensor (Ladd) in 17 cases, the intracranial catheter tip pressure transducer (Gaeltec) in nine cases and the sensor of bioimplantable polymer (Plastimed) in three cases.
(15) But in 1963, when Gloria Steinem went undercover in the New York club for Show magazine, she described a life of swollen feet, drudgery, "demerits" for laddered tights or scruffy tails, and a constant low-level thrum of sexual harassment.
(16) In Japan, there is still much controversy surrounding the merits and demerits of informing patients of a cancer diagnosis.
(17) Since each technique has both merits and demerits, the technique most suited to the particular laboratory should be selected.
(18) In addition to merits and demerits of these methods, their interchangeability was determined.
(19) The merits and the demerits of various antimicrobial agents have been outlined with the causes of failure of treatment in the developing countries.
(20) Carlyle Mitchell, one of Vancouver’s remaining center backs had a night to forget in the first game of the post-DeMerit era, conceding an unnecessary penalty in the first half of Sunday evening’s 2-2 draw with FC Dallas , and getting very lucky when his keeper David Ousted managed to get a hand to a skewed clearance that was heading towards goal.
Disvalue
Definition:
(v. t.) To undervalue; to depreciate.
(n.) Disesteem; disregard.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cross-cultural research also reveals that certain categories of children--such as those in poor health, females, unwanted children and those born under difficult circumstances or with disvalued traits or under conditions of rapid socioeconomic change--are more vulnerable to maltreatment in many countries.
(2) Building upon Goffman's idea of a courtesy stigma (a stigma acquired as a result of being related to a person with a stigma), I examined how family members maintain community ties while coping with a child who clearly disvalues them.
(3) Some respondents systematically denied disvalued behaviors (i.e., drug use and criminality), leading to a spurious correlation between these behaviors.