What's the difference between denotation and foolhardy?

Denotation


Definition:

  • (n.) The marking off or separation of anything.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These features of the new quaternary structure, denoted Y, may therefore be representative of quaternary states that occur transiently along pathways between the normal unliganded, T, and liganded, R, hemoglobin structures.
  • (2) The term true mucogingival defects has been used to denote a complete absence of attached gingiva.
  • (3) Cross-linking of the one-to-one complex of actin and depactin with 1-ethyl-3-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-carbodiimide (EDC) generated two types of cross-linked products with slightly different apparent molecular weights, denoted as 60KU and 60KL.
  • (4) For now, given the group's perceived correlation with consumer confidence, consensus opinion continues to denote a sell [on the shares]."
  • (5) 4.58pm BST First-set tie-break: Kyrgios 6-4 Nadal* (*denotes server): Kyrgios dabs a backhand wide.
  • (6) Art v II-A and Art v II-B were shown to be antigenically identical with the allergen we have formerly denoted Ag7.
  • (7) The Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin determinant is composed of four contiguous genes encoded on the same DNA strand and denoted lktCABD, in the order of their genetic organization.
  • (8) 9.23am GMT Second set: Murray* 3-6, 2-1 Federer (*denotes server): Wow.
  • (9) The results of treatment with LUPIDON--LUPIDON H and LUPIDON G proved to be of equal effectiveness--can be denoted as very positive because of the good or very good effects that could be observed in more than 80% of all the cases concerned.
  • (10) The complaint of abdominal pain requires an orderly and thorough approach because even mild or non-specific pain can denote a potentially life-threatening intra-abdominal pathology.
  • (11) First-set tie-break: Kyrgios* 6-5 Nadal (*denotes server): Nerves?
  • (12) These collective findings may signify an interesting difference in the release process in such diverse systems or denote a dissimilarity in the transport or processing of the toxin when applied into intact neurones or cells permeabilised by detergent or streptolysin.
  • (13) A profile showing "no concern" on all 11 factors denotes clear acceptability of the child as an implant candidate.
  • (14) Each allograft tissue sample was rated as to extent of pathologic changes denoting rejection and was classified accordingly.
  • (15) Seven morphiceptin-like peptides with the H-Tyr-Pro-Phe-Xxx-NH2 sequence, where Xxx denotes the selected amino acids (Ala, Asp, Gly, Gln, Lys, Thr and Tyr), have been synthesized.
  • (16) Updated at 10.26am GMT 10.21am GMT Third set: Murray* 3-6, 4-6, 3-2 Federer (*denotes server): Federer has come to the net around 35 times.
  • (17) While the term "isokinetics" generally denotes a type of muscular contraction which accompanies a constant rate of limb movement, periods of acceleration and deceleration exist in the context of isokinetic exercise.
  • (18) The presence of squamous cells in eccrine neoplasms is not well recognized, but is usually considered to denote malignant transformation.
  • (19) We have demonstrated in rat hepatocytes that 3H-histamine binds specifically to novel low (microM) and high (nM) affinity sites, designated "HIC" to denote their intracellular location.
  • (20) The other dehydratase reaction, however, is catalyzed in nature by an enzyme denoted arogenate dehydratase.

Foolhardy


Definition:

  • (a.) Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "The labour data suggests that the recovery is ticking over quite nicely, though it would be foolhardy to get complacent given that the risks facing the economy are skewed to the downside."
  • (2) It would be foolhardy to venture technological predictions for 2050.
  • (3) E.ON was the only one brave – or foolhardy – enough to put its head above the parapet and make a formal application to the government.
  • (4) Plainly the system has faults, but seeking to upend things at a time when the public can see no imminent need for change might be considered brave if not foolhardy.
  • (5) It would be foolhardy to offer an inflexible step-care protocol for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, given its heterogeneity and our uncertainty about its pathogenesis.
  • (6) But for me to say ‘this is what we’re going to do’ would be very foolhardy in the first place and, secondly, dishonest because the truth is I don’t know.” He couched it perfectly, especially for those who were with him on the training camp in Miami before the World Cup when, barely a day after one of his predecessors, Sven-Goran Eriksson, stated there was “absolutely no way” England could win it, the manager abandoned all restraint and fell into the trap.
  • (7) Is it foolhardy of the younger Joe to hang on to the life he knows, even when the future is warning him against it?
  • (8) It would be foolhardy for Iran to want to break out, they say, as there would be a high probability that its work would be discovered before it had made a single weapon.
  • (9) To throw that protection away in response to business demands without any plans to secure improvement in journalism is foolhardy and an insult to our local communities."
  • (10) "People thought we were extremely brave, or foolhardy," says Annie Hudson, Bristol social services divisional director for children, about her predecessor's decision to let in the cameras.
  • (11) The risk for Purnell is that his act of courage - or foolhardiness - will not pull the government down with him, but leave it standing but impotent, the cabinet weakened but intact, too strong to fall apart entirely even though too weak to command events.
  • (12) "[G]iven the deaths of 15 million people during the war, attempting to position 1918 as a simplistic, nationalistic triumph seems … foolhardy, not least because the very same tensions re-emerged to such deadly effect in 1939.
  • (13) Sending money to Washington and expecting central planners to send it back in a way that will grow jobs is foolhardy,” he said.
  • (14) Reviews are always somewhat retrospective in outlook; to write a review at the present time is especially foolhardy since developments in biology are such that totally new concepts can arise almost overnight, as it were.
  • (15) Actually using a bike as a means of getting from A to B along normal roads is still a matter for the brave and the foolhardy, and cyclists on the roads are a rare sight indeed.
  • (16) But flouting both simultaneously is for the foolhardy alone.
  • (17) It would be foolhardy to suggest we’re out of the woods yet, though, and share prices are likely to remain volatile for some time.” Markets have endured some of the worst volatility since the financial crisis amid fears over China’s slowing economy.
  • (18) Río Doce's willingness to go further than other local papers is not, however, foolhardy bravery.
  • (19) But at the moment, they are not recognised as anyone’s territory and we can sail legally, peacefully through these alleged 12-mile limits.” Conroy said while it would be “foolhardy” for the government to announce a freedom-of-navigation exercise in advance of it happening, Australia “should be prepared to defend the international system”.
  • (20) In what some have termed a foolhardy plan, others highly idealistic, the movement plans to reconstruct the city regardless of who wins the war.