What's the difference between drub and drug?

Drub


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
  • (n.) A blow with a cudgel; a thump.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This drubbing exposed not only the team's inadequacy on the day in the face of a rampant United side who sensed miserable resistance almost from the kick-off, but also Arsène Wenger's tepid commitment to the FA Cup, whatever his ready-made complaints of depleted resources before and after.
  • (2) Brown spoke out after seven cabinet attendees quit government and Labour suffered a drubbing in the local elections.
  • (3) It's the drubbing he's received from sections of the British press for The Wind That Shakes the Barley, his Palme d'Or-winning film about the Irish war of independence, starring Cillian Murphy.
  • (4) The British men have been through an "I get knocked down but I get up again" tournament, coming back miraculously on a couple of occasions – including in an earlier match against the Aussies – to make it out of the group before suffering a proper drubbing in the semi-final, 9-2 against the brilliant orange Dutch.
  • (5) However, a 4-0 drubbing at home to Bournemouth on the opening day of the campaign led to the manager and his players being jeered by fans.
  • (6) Despite England's Ashes drubbing by the Australians, Test Match Special, which airs on Radio 4 long wave and the digital station 5 Live Sports Extra, accounted for 19 of the top 20 requested radio shows.
  • (7) Philippe Coutinho’s brilliantly taken winner, struck from fully 30 yards, will not expel the memories of that 6-1 drubbing when Steven Gerrard’s final match for the club turned into the kind of harrowing ordeal a man with his history could scarcely have thought plausible.
  • (8) What's certain, though, is that nothing could have been worse than keeping the spineless Ayrault at his side after last weekend's drubbing at the local elections and the loss of 175 municipalities.
  • (9) A bath” – for the uninitiated – is a Spanish way of saying a drubbing, or a whitewash; a real beating.
  • (10) Wenger lamented again how the campaign had been scarred by the high-profile away-day drubbings, most gruesomely the 6-0 at Stamford Bridge, which reignited all of those questions about Arsenal's knowhow.
  • (11) The turnaround was even more amazing given that Scotland had won the previous year's match 7-2, a score that remained England's worst drubbing until they popped over to Budapest in 1954 for their 7-1 humiliation at the hands of the Hungarians.
  • (12) A training ground set-to following September’s drubbing by Celtic led to a classic Barton apology, laced with the qualifier: “I cannot apologise for caring deeply about winning.” His suspension, then his departure, followed swiftly.
  • (13) Look at the history of byelections throughout the ages - midterm governments tend to get a drubbing".
  • (14) They also show that entrapment in liposomes can reduce metabolic degradation of a drub, maintain high plasma levels and reduce its renal excretion.
  • (15) There are three separate satirical programmes on Geo, the country’s biggest and most watched independent television channel, where politicians come in for a regular drubbing.
  • (16) However, the serotonin depleting drub para-chlorophenylalanine produced a marked increase in decremental bar pressing compared to saline-injected controls.
  • (17) I'm tempted as I think Liverpool might bottle it against Newcastle, Chelsea should see off an awful Cardiff team and even though plucky little City will probably get a drubbing against Big Sam's claret and blue army they'll still finish first.
  • (18) Walker’s last appearance at Stamford Bridge was the 4-0 drubbing in March 2014 , after which the Spurs manager at the time, Tim Sherwood, questioned the character of his players .
  • (19) They had fluffed their lines in the 4-0 Boxing Day drubbing at Southampton but there was reassurance here against a Bournemouth team that looked tidy enough but lacked ruthlessness at both ends.
  • (20) For Cook, considering another drubbing by the analysts, that might have to do.

Drug


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To drudge; to toil laboriously.
  • (n.) A drudge (?).
  • (n.) Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.
  • (n.) Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
  • (v. i.) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
  • (v. t.) To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.
  • (v. t.) To tincture with something offensive or injurious.
  • (v. t.) To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Previous use of the drug is found in more than 50 per cent of the patients, and it was often followed by a neglected side-effect.
  • (2) Disease stabilisation was associated with prolonged periods of comparatively high plasma levels of drug, which appeared to be determined primarily by reduced drug clearance.
  • (3) The significance of minor increases in the serum creatinine level must be recognized, so that modifications of drug therapy can be made and correction of possibly life-threatening electrolyte imbalances can be undertaken.
  • (4) We have investigated the effect of methimazole (MMI) on cell-mediated immunity and ascertained the mechanisms of immunosuppression produced by the drug.
  • (5) Theophylline kinetics, as an in vivo probe for the potentially toxic cytochrome P-450I pathway of drug metabolism, were studied in 11 healthy volunteers and 11 patients with calcific chronic pancreatitis at Madras, South India.
  • (6) However, medicines have an important part to play, and it is now generally agreed that for the very poor populations medicines should be restricted to those on an 'essential drugs list' and should be made available as cheaply as possible.
  • (7) The ability of azelastine to influence antigen-induced contractile responses (Schultz-Dale phenomenon) in isolated tracheal segments of the guinea-pig was investigated and compared with selected antiallergic drugs and inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism.
  • (8) The LD50 of the following metal-binding chelating drugs, EDTA, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexanediaminotetraacetic acid (CDTA) and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA) was evaluated in terms of mortality in rats after intraperitoneal administration and was found to be in the order: CDTA greater than EDTA greater than DTPA greater than TTHA greater than HEDTA.
  • (9) Meanwhile the efficiency of muscarinic antagonists in inhibition of tremor reaction induced by arecoline administration is associated with interaction between the drugs and the M2-subtype.
  • (10) Some of those drugs are able to stimulate the macrophages, even in an aspecific way, via the gut associated lymphatic tissue (GALT), that is in connection with the bronchial associated lymphatic tissue (BALT).
  • (11) The 14C-aminopyrine breath test was used to measure liver function in 14 normal subjects, 16 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 alcoholics without cirrhosis, and 29 patients taking a variety of drugs.
  • (12) The results of the evaluation confirm that most problems seen by first level medical personnel in developing countries are simple, repetitive, and treatable at home or by a paramedical worker with a few safe, essential drugs, thus avoiding unnecessary visits to a doctor.
  • (13) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
  • (14) Further development of drug formulary concept was discussed, primarily for the drugs paid by the Health Insurance, as well as the unsatisfactory ADR reporting in Yugoslavia.
  • (15) Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is also seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, recently proposed a bill that would ease the financial burden of prescription drugs on elderly Americans by allowing Medicare, the national social health insurance program, to negotiate with the pharmaceutical companies to keep prices down.
  • (16) The authors empirically studied the self-medication hypothesis of drug abuse by examining drug effects and motivation for drug use in 494 hospitalized drug abusers.
  • (17) Inadequate treatment, caused by a lack of drugs and poorly trained medical attendants, is also a major problem.
  • (18) To investigate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) intolerance and the effect of gold use on the seroprevalence of H. pylori.
  • (19) A remarkable deterioration of prognosis with increasing age rises the question whether treatment with cytotoxic drugs should be tried in patients more than 60 years old.
  • (20) It was concluded that metoclopramide and dexamethasone showed an excellent antiemetic effect on acute drug-induced emesis, as well as on delayed emesis, induced by cisplatin.