What's the difference between discovery and overture?

Discovery


Definition:

  • (n.) The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
  • (n.) A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.
  • (n.) Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.
  • (n.) That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.
  • (n.) Exploration; examination.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The recent discovery of nuclear retinoic acid receptors provides a basis for understanding how retinoic acid acts at the genetic level.
  • (2) Since the discovery of peptides in hypophysis and brain, several classes of these peptides have been tested on their putative antidepressive properties.
  • (3) The choice of drugs during anesthesia and per-operative resuscitation are discussed in this article together with particular situations such as pheochromocytoma in pregnancy or the per-operative discovery of a previously unrecognized pheochromocytoma.
  • (4) The concept of almost total breast biopsy has great merit in the discovery of occult carcinoma.
  • (5) After the gunfight the marines made the shocking discovery of bodies of 58 men and 14 women in a room, some piled on top of each other.
  • (6) Discovery of this vectorhost-parasite system in the Americas, and the localization of promastigote flagellates (leptomonads) in the hindgut of the vector, should assist in clarifying interpretative problems associated with infection of wild-caught flies in studies on leishmaniasis in the Americas and elsewhere.
  • (7) Markram's papers on synaptic plasticity and the microcircuitry of the neural cortex were enough to earn him a full professorship at the age of 40, but his discoveries left him restless and dissatisfied.
  • (8) The semistructured interview included questions concerning events preceding infants' death and the situation at the discovery of the death.
  • (9) The prolonged survival after discovery of malignancy in such families may be explained in part by diploidy of the lesions.
  • (10) The goal of the expedition, led by Prof Ken Takai of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, was to study the limits of life at deep-sea vents in the Cayman Trough as part of a round-the-world voyage of discovery by the research ship RV Yokosuka .
  • (11) The discovery of this vast tranche of documents has prompted historians to suggest that a major reappraisal of the end of Britain's empire will be required once these materials have been digested – a "hidden history" if ever there were one.
  • (12) The FBI’s decision to reopen their criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s secret email server just 11 days before the election shows how serious this discovery must be,” the RNC chairman, Reince Priebus, said in a statement.
  • (13) The recently acquired knowledge of the importance of cell-mediated immunity in many illnesses and the discovery of a variety of substances that can restore certain cell-mediated immune functions has served to focus the attention of physicians on this area of immunity.
  • (14) Last year's physics Nobel was for the Higgs discovery and was only given to theorists, not experimentalists.
  • (15) But the study’s co-author Mark Hay, a professor from the Georgia Institute of Technology, said the discovery here was that greater carbon concentrations led to “some algae producing more potent chemicals that suppress or kill corals more rapidly”, in some cases in just weeks.
  • (16) Information about olfactory neuron microtubules may be applicable to neurons in general (e.g., the discovery that axons contain microtubules of uniform polarity was first made in the olfactory neuron) or to microtubules in other eukaryotic cells.
  • (17) These are some of the finest Neolithic monuments in the world, and in 1999 they were given World Heritage status by Unesco, an act that led directly to the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar.
  • (18) However, panniculitis leading to the discovery of chronic pancreatitis with a surgically treatable ductal abnormality has not been previously reported.
  • (19) A number of professionals have projected a rebound in the frequency of mental retardation associated with PKU since the discovery of MPKU.
  • (20) Based in London, Perrette oversees and sets the strategy for all of Discovery’s business outside the United States.

Overture


Definition:

  • () An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.
  • () Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
  • () A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.
  • () A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture.
  • (v. t.) To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Pandas have long been an important symbol of Chinese diplomatic overtures to both allies and former foes.
  • (2) West Side Story had become the acceptable face of teenage gang warfare, so Kubrick stylised and choreographed the violence, setting it to music that ranges from Rossini overtures to 'Singin' in the Rain'.
  • (3) Strauss uses his vast orchestra to depict the experiences of his character on the mountain: a distant hunting party (listen for the 12 offstage horns), waterfalls, meadows, a dark, threatening forest, losing the path, the triumphant view from the summit and the best storm in music since Rossini's William Tell Overture (listen out for the wind machine).
  • (4) They point out that the clinical overture and its swift evolution with heart involvement make the diagnosis and the treatment difficult and, at the same time, urgent.
  • (5) On the BBC's Andrew Marr Show shortly before the party conference season, he made public overtures to Cable, a fellow guest on the programme.
  • (6) However, in his UN speech Obama made clear that the US saw the Iranian nuclear programme as a much more immediate and serious threat to its core interests, and he responded to the overtures of the newly-elected leadership in Tehran by putting Kerry in charge of the coming critical weeks of intense negotiations.
  • (7) Disclosures of her overtures to extremists abroad surfaced as the investigation into the 2 December shooting appeared to take a new turn with divers searching a small lake near the scene of the massacre.
  • (8) Ukip's existing general election candidate in Clacton-on-Sea said he had no intention of standing aside for the Conservative defector Douglas Carswell – and even said that the Tories had been making overtures to him.
  • (9) In search, Ballmer in 2003 personally vetoed the idea of buying Overture, which owned key technologies relating to search ads – arguing Microsoft could build its own as it began competing head-on with Google that year.
  • (10) Instead, Obama made an overture to the developing countries, acknowledging the US and other industrialised states had failed for too long to acknowledge their responsibility.
  • (11) Desmond's friends say that the mogul is keen to spend heavily to try and get the guests he wants – but the public overtures are often highly optimistic.
  • (12) In a 47-minute speech before a secret ballot – which he won with 422 votes in the 751-seat chamber, 46 more than the absolute majority needed – Juncker made overtures to Christian and social democrats, the two biggest blocs in the Strasbourg chamber, as well as to liberals and greens.
  • (13) Witnesses to Barati’s death made similar overtures to Guardian Australia in May last year.
  • (14) Seoul welcomed the overture as “meaningful”, coming after the North’s state media had previously used sexist and personal language in attacks on South Korea’s first female president, Park Geun-Hye.
  • (15) There has to be a major overture, maybe an international conference of some sort, to emphasise the government agenda.
  • (16) The shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said on Tuesday current superannuation tax concessions were “not equitable and not sustainable”, and he made an overture to the new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull , saying he could have the capacity to rise above the unsophisticated scare campaigns of the past.
  • (17) Recently, however, the Kremlin has rejected his overtures.
  • (18) Farrakhan has made overtures before, particularly to Jews, only to be criticised for cheap PR stunts.
  • (19) I would like to see some new faces.” On Sunday, Corbyn said he was prepared to make overtures to MPs who had been critical of his leadership, hinting that he could broaden his shadow cabinet.
  • (20) Then, they retreated to hold private talks on a range of issues set to include the Arab-Israeli conflict, diplomatic overtures toward Iran and oil prices.