What's the difference between dust and gust?

Dust


Definition:

  • (n.) Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.
  • (n.) A single particle of earth or other matter.
  • (n.) The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
  • (n.) The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
  • (n.) Figuratively, a worthless thing.
  • (n.) Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
  • (n.) Gold dust
  • (n.) Coined money; cash.
  • (v. t.) To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
  • (v. t.) To sprinkle with dust.
  • (v. t.) To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The antigenic composition of an extract of rat dust, as a source of aeroallergens for rat-sensitive individuals, has been investigated and compared to the antigenic composition of rat saliva and urine.
  • (2) At the end of the dusting period those animals treated with normally charged dust had significantly more chrysotile retained in their lungs than animals exposed to discharged dust.
  • (3) Differences between mean durations of dust exposure of workers with radiographic signs of lung fibrosis and those without such signs were statistically insignificant.
  • (4) Where the guanine content was more than or equal to 0.25% in the dry dust, mite numbers were higher than 10 mites per 0.1 g dust in 43 of the 44 samples.
  • (5) The contents of hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), in grinding dust were undetectable.
  • (6) The results of pathohistologic investigations are objectively demonstrated through a chart of morphological traits, thus facilitating the identification of the diagnostical morphological traits caused by different industrial dusts.
  • (7) A clinical investigation was made between workers exposed to dried sewage sludge dust and age matched controls not exposed.
  • (8) The median exposure of total dust was well below the Swedish threshold value, and the exposure of mould and bacteria was also low.
  • (9) Mattress dusts from the beds of 51 asthmatic children with positive skin tests to house dust mite were assayed for Der p I, Fel d I and certain viable fungi.
  • (10) According to the quantitative analysis between threshold titers of skin test and RAST titers using house dust and HD mites allergens, specific IgE production shall be decreased in the patients over 40 years old.
  • (11) Both the observance of occupational limit-values for dusts and other harmful materials at the work place, which have effects on the respiration system, and the medical survey of workers with the use of special methods for examination of respiratory system are necessary.
  • (12) Further, investigation of electrokinetic properties of these dusts by electrophoretic quasielastic light scattering is described.
  • (13) We have recently demonstrated in vitro a potential biological mechanism which could occur in vivo upon inhaling airborne graon dust, thereby constituting a potential inflammatory insult to the respiratory tracts of grain workers.
  • (14) After allowance for the fact that regression analyses suggested that the proportion of tremolite in dust was probably 2.5 times higher in Thetford Mines, Quebec, than in Charleston, the results from both matched pair and stratification analyses of tremolite fibre concentrations in lung were almost the same as for chrysotile.
  • (15) In vitro exposure of macrophages and neutrophils to inorganic dusts can enhance their oxidative metabolism, however the effects of inorganic dust inhalation on lung-inflammatory cell-oxidative metabolism remain unknown.
  • (16) Fifty asthmatics, candidates for hyposensitization with the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Dp), went through a series of allergy tests to evaluate the sensitivity of different organs to Dp.
  • (17) Specified cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of coal dust extract (mixture of solvent extractions of bituminous coal nitrosated by NaNO2) were investigated because of the association of an excess risk of gastric cancer in coal miners.
  • (18) History is littered with examples of byelection sensations that soon turned to dust.
  • (19) Inhalant allergens as mite house dust, animal danders, pollens, molds and food allergens are considered, now, to be the most sensitizing agents.
  • (20) Water from the reactors that were the source of Sonoda's drink is being used to spray trees to limit the buildup of dust and prevent fires.

Gust


Definition:

  • (n.) A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.
  • (n.) A sudden violent burst of passion.
  • (n.) The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.
  • (n.) Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment.
  • (n.) Intellectual taste; fancy.
  • (v. t.) To taste; to have a relish for.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) While winds gusting to 170mph caused significant damage, the devastation in areas such as Tacloban – where scenes are reminiscent of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami – was principally the work of the 6-metre-high storm surge, which carried away even the concrete buildings in which many people sought shelter.
  • (2) It seemed that a gust of wind had dislodged part of the screen’s moorings leaving the visiting Leicester party, who had to negotiate a new take-off slot for their post-match flight back to East Midlands, looking unimpressed when they ventured to the touchline.
  • (3) Tom Tobler, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "Gusts of 50mph to 60mph are sweeping across south-west England, central England and Wales, which will see the worst of the windy weather.
  • (4) Gusts of 50mph or more had been reported in many areas, the Met Office said, with a peak so far of 97mph on Islay in the Hebrides at 6am.
  • (5) I felt gusts threatening to blow my glasses off and into the caldera below.
  • (6) And gusts remain strong after the two best female fighters in MMA did what they had to do, what they usually do, dominate.
  • (7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The gust of warm air that caused the unprecedented thaw in Greenland's surface ice also appears to have caused unusually high run-off from a glacier, wiping out a crossing near a key research and transport hub.
  • (8) Sarjinson said the baby’s mother and father had taken shelter in Pakaroa church next to his house, which lost part of its roof in the same deadly gusts.
  • (9) Quickly the lights went on and different witnesses described the clear ripple effect of the crowd – “like a gust of wind through wheat” – as people were mown down by gunfire and rows of people dropped to the ground.
  • (10) Matt Dobson, senior forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said the southern half of the UK had seen the worst weather, with a gust of 71mph recorded in Mumbles in the Gower peninsula, south Wales, as well of 45 to 55mph winds further inland.
  • (11) While wind speeds in the concrete jungle at the tower's base would render a wind turbine pointless, at 42 storeys up they are capable of 35mph gusts – a serious challenge for the workers who created the complex steel structure – and are projected to generate 8% of the building's electricity needs.
  • (12) Officials in many states urged people to stay off the roads, including in Indiana, where 50mph gusts were recorded early in the day.
  • (13) Overnight on Wednesday the Meteo weather group recorded wind gusts of 101mph on higher ground, and the forecast for more windy conditions forced Kent police to implement an emergency measure to back up freight traffic along the M20 near Dover.
  • (14) While running the International Business Times, Davis also led 33 Universal, according to a listing submitted by the firm to Gust, a website where start-ups court investors.
  • (15) The wind will then spread north-westwards throughout the day with other areas seeing gusts of up to 40mph.
  • (16) "North and western England will have significant winds of up to 70mph with gusts reaching 50-60mph in other places.
  • (17) Winds gusting up to 30mph further worsened conditions.
  • (18) The emergency services are preparing for record wind speeds over land of up to 90mph, while MeteoGroup warned of gusts perhaps up to 100mph.
  • (19) Rain and wind continued to wreak havoc across the UK this weekend, with south-west England and Wales battered by gusts of up to 71mph.
  • (20) The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for Cape Cod, coastal areas north and south of Boston and part of Maine as well as New York's Long Island, where up to 10 inches (0.25m) of snow could fall and winds could gust to 45mph.