What's the difference between diffuse and rife?

Diffuse


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.
  • (v. i.) To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
  • (a.) Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
  • (2) The femoral component, made of Tivanium with titanium mesh attached to it by a new process called diffusion bonding, retains superalloy fatigue strength characteristics.
  • (3) The diffusion of Myocamicin in the prostatic tissue of patients undergoing prostatectomy after a single oral dose of 600 mg has been studied.
  • (4) The preembedding method also disclosed diffuse cytosolic immunoreactivity.
  • (5) The clinical aspects, the modality of onset and diffusion of the lymphoma, its macroscopic and histopathological features and the different therapeutic approaches are discussed.
  • (6) The kidney disease was characterized by diffuse beaded deposition of rat gammaglobulin along the glomerular capillaries and proteinuria.
  • (7) We identified four distinct clinical patterns in the 244 patients with true positive MAI infections: (a) pulmonary nodules ("tuberculomas") indistinguishable from pulmonary neoplasms (78 patients); (b) chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis with sputum repeatedly positive for MAI or granulomas on biopsy (58 patients, virtually all older white women); (c) cavitary lung disease and scattered pulmonary nodules mimicking M. tuberculosis infection (12 patients); (d) diffuse pulmonary infiltrations in immunocompromised hosts, primarily patients with AIDS (96 patients).
  • (8) Sera from three of these patients gave a precipitin band in gel diffusion tests identical to that produced by a monospecific rabbit anti-E. granulosus antigen 5 serum, when tested against whole hydatid fluid.
  • (9) A constellation of histologic lesions was identified in brain (diffuse meningoencephalitis with bilaterally symmetrical thalamic necrosis), liver (pericholangiohepatitis), lung (pneumonitis), and spleen (lymphoid hyperplasia); this tetrad is apparently unique to this model system.
  • (10) Diffuse Ga-67 uptake in the kidneys was seen due to renal involvement with this disorder.
  • (11) Thus, whereas CD3-associated molecules isolated from polyclonal CD3+WT31+ populations (expanded in IL 2 under the same culture conditions) appeared as diffuse bands, CD3-associated molecules isolated from CD3+WT31- populations displayed a homogeneous molecular mass.
  • (12) The diffuse reaction product seen in basement membranes of ganglion and nerve may also be artifact.
  • (13) Here we determine the position of bound ADP diffused into the recA crystal.
  • (14) In contrast, boundary layer diffusion is operative in the release from the matrixes prepared by compression of physical mixtures.
  • (15) Medium molecules have been detected by two methods, gel filtration and screening technique, in patients with diffuse purulent peritonitis and with chronic renal insufficiency.
  • (16) This may be because the epithelium restricts diffusion of the drug or due to the production of a non-prostanoid factor which inhibits smooth muscle responsiveness.
  • (17) Ten of 11 diffuse poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphomas were composed of cells with large amounts of surface immunoglobulin, whereas only 1 of 5 diffuse well differentiated lymphocytic tumors contained such abundant surface immunoglobulin.
  • (18) Thirty-six lesions imaged as vascular malformations with abnormal vessels or diffusely increased activity.
  • (19) We therefore conclude that the protective effect displayed by solid grafts might be a local process dependent on the release of diffusible trophic agents.
  • (20) These results demonstrate, in living human hearts, that diffuse coronary atherosclerosis is often present when coronary angiography reveals only discrete stenoses.

Rife


Definition:

  • (a.) Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.
  • (a.) Having power; active; nimble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As an organisation rife with white privilege, Peta has the luxury of not having to consider the horror that such imagery would evoke.
  • (2) Independent experts warn that rumours and deliberate misinformation about the regime are rife, partly because it is impossible to verify or disprove most stories about the tightly controlled country's elite.
  • (3) Crosta said the lack of internet access in many parts of the world where wildlife crime is rife was not a major barrier to success, because WildLeaks is aimed at exposing the key players in the international crime networks, not the low-level operatives on the ground.
  • (4) The City is rife with gambling addicts whose habits contribute to a risk-prone culture of the sort which helped Kweku Adoboli lose UBS £1.5bn, according to one London trader.
  • (5) Perhaps monstering earns underdog sympathy, with contempt for the press as rife as contempt for conventional politics.
  • (6) She wants it to be a smooth, constructive, orderly process.” With speculation rife about how Britain plans to conduct the negotiations, Tusk wants to avoid a discussion and will not invite other EU leaders to respond.
  • (7) Concern – which was already rife among Britons living and working in EU countries about the effect on their lives if Britain were to leave the single market and reject freedom of movement – has been compounded by last week’s UK general election result.
  • (8) James Murdoch, the New York Times and Sienna Miller The New York Times published an report in September 2010 claiming "a dozen" reporters had said hacking was rife at the News of the World.
  • (9) On Sunday, Jones tweeted about "heavy shelling and other exchanges" of fire in the vicinity of the embassy and speculation about the potential evacuation had been rife at the State Department for more than a week.
  • (10) It is all too easy to show that RT’s coverage is rife with conspiracy theories and risible fabrications: one programme showed fake documents intended to prove that the US was guiding the Ukrainian government to ethnically cleanse Russian speakers from western Ukraine.
  • (11) Speculation is rife that international aid was dependent on Greece following through on agreements to buy military hardware from Germany and France.
  • (12) Competition among software providers is rife, and it can be difficult to determine which option is best suited for particular organisational and contextual needs.
  • (13) Critics have long charged that Alibaba’s Taobao online marketplace, one of the world’s largest shopping sites with 7 million sellers offering 800 million items, is rife with fake goods.
  • (14) The bill was rife with the sentiment that Snap recipients are largely lazy, unemployed, or underemployed, and that the solution to Snap's expansion was to force its recipients to take jobs.
  • (15) Even so, Steve Gibson, the club’s owner apparently came very close to sacking the Spaniard and rumours are rife that Karanka might not be around next season with some believing Nigel Pearson could step in.
  • (16) Malaria is rife: children under seven and pregnant women cannot be sent there because of malarial issues.
  • (17) The clashes occurred close to the village of Elbeyli, a small border town rife with smugglers to which the Turkish military has sent reinforcements in recent weeks.
  • (18) In the London agencies where she worked in the 80s, overt sexism was rife, but Gallop says she didn’t notice “because that was the way things were.
  • (19) Use of these new damaging and powerful forms of synthetic cannabinoids is rife in our prisons and by homeless people, with estimates of up to 50 deaths last year .
  • (20) But gagging clauses, self-censorship and dread of speaking out is rife.