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Difference


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?
  • (n.) Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
  • (n.) That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.
  • (n.) Choice; preference.
  • (n.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency.
  • (n.) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
  • (n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other.
  • (v. t.) To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
  • (2) This study was undertaken to determine whether the survival of Hispanic patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was different from that of Anglo-American patients.
  • (3) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
  • (4) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
  • (5) Age difference did not affect the mean dose-effect response.
  • (6) The prenatal risk determined by smoking pregnant woman was studied by a fetal electrocardiogram at different gestational ages.
  • (7) Although the mean values for all hemodynamic variables between the two placebo periods were minimally changed, the differences in individual patients were striking.
  • (8) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
  • (9) The high amino acid levels in the cells suggest that these cells act as inter-organ transporters and reservoirs of amino acids, they have a different role in their handling and metabolism from those of mammals.
  • (10) The outward currents are sensitive to TEA and their reversal potentials differ.
  • (11) During control, no significant difference between systolic fluctuation (delta Pa) and pleural swings (delta Ppl) was found.
  • (12) This difference was not due to ATPase activity in the assay.
  • (13) No differences between the two substances were observed with respect to side effects and general tolerability.
  • (14) Five probes of high specificity to individual chromosomes (chromosomes 3, 11, 17, 18 and X) were hybridized in situ to metaphase chromosomes of different individuals.
  • (15) The cross sectional area of the aortic lumen was gradually decreased while the length of the stenotic lesion gradually increased by using strips with different width.
  • (16) For male schizophrenics, all symptom differences disappeared except one; blacks were more frequently asocial.
  • (17) Between 22 HLA-identical siblings and 16 two-haplotype different siblings, a significant difference in concordance of reactions for the B-cell groups was noted.
  • (18) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
  • (19) Snooker, which became and remains a fixture in the BBC2 schedules, was chosen for showing because it is the sport in which different shades are most significant.
  • (20) Would people feel differently about it if, for instance, it happened on Boxing Day or Christmas Eve?

Gay


Definition:

  • (superl.) Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
  • (superl.) Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
  • (superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd.
  • (n.) An ornament

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although there was already satisfaction in the development of dementia-friendly pharmacies and Pride in Practice, a new standard of excellence in healthcare for gay, lesbian and bisexual patients, the biggest achievement so far was the bringing together of a strategic partnership of 37 NHS, local government and social organisations.
  • (2) Russian anti-gay law prompts rise in homophobic violence Read more “The law against gay propaganda legitimised violence against LGBT people, and they now are banning street actions under it,” Klimova said.
  • (3) Mark Latham's insights, insults and feuds are why he's worth reading | Gay Alcorn Read more BuzzFeed political editor Mark Di Stefano, the reporter who broke the story linking Latham to the less-than-savoury @RealMarkLatham Twitter account , had been chasing Stutchbury for days.
  • (4) This must mean that many same-sex contacts are by people who do not consider themselves gay or bisexual.
  • (5) He has also been a vocal opponent of gay marriage, appearing on the Today programme in the run-up to the same-sex marriage bill to warn that it would "cause confusion" – and asking in a Spectator column, after it was passed, "if the law will eventually be changed to allow one to marry one's dog".
  • (6) The Conservatives are offering the gay community no new measures to remedy the remaining vestiges of homophobia and transphobia .
  • (7) A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
  • (8) It also pledged support to a veterans’ group that rejected a request by a gay, lesbian and bisexual group to march in the St Patrick’s Day parade in Boston.
  • (9) Superman fans are up in arms at the decision of the publisher to appoint a noted anti-gay writer to pen the Man of Steel's latest adventures.
  • (10) As for gay men, there is absolutely nothing that suggests they are any less war-happy than heterosexuals.
  • (11) However, the gay and human rights activist Peter Tatchell has called the investigation “excessive”.
  • (12) To which Salim replies: “But you do.” When such intimacy between two men can be broadcast to an audience of millions, we are shown that the ways of portraying gay sex can be reframed.
  • (13) Pope Francis’s no-longer-secret meeting in Washington DC with anti-gay activist Kim Davis, the controversial Kentucky county clerk who was briefly jailed over her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses in compliance with state law, leaves LGBT people with no illusions about the Pope’s stance on equal rights for us, despite his call for inclusiveness.
  • (14) America's same-sex couples, and the politicians who have barred gay marriage in 30 states, are looking to the supreme court to hand down a definitive judgment on where the constitution stands on an issue its framers are unlikely to have imagined would ever be considered.
  • (15) I think a long time ago television passed up movies in terms of a reasonable and balanced portrayal of gay characters.
  • (16) I knew I was gay since I was in elementary school, but I wanted to serve my country,” Gravett said.
  • (17) The writer John Lanchester concedes that democracies will always need spies, but reading the Snowden documents persuaded him that piecing together habits of thought from internet searches takes things far beyond conventional spying: “Google doesn’t just know you’re gay before you tell your mum; it knows you’re gay before you do.
  • (18) Obama said that amid the febrile focus on the shooter’s terrorist radicalization, the fact should not be forgotten that he had targeted a gay nightclub.
  • (19) In the Proposition 8 legal action, the supreme court could decide: • There is a constitutional right, under the equal protection clauses, for gay couples to wed, in which case the laws in 30 states prohibiting same-sex marriages are overturned.
  • (20) She said she was not worried by Rubio’s one-time position on his immigration bill, later retracted, that he could not support reform if it included citizenship for gay couples.

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