What's the difference between eater and elater?

Eater


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, eats.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We were interested in identifying variables that are important to consider when assessing and treating obese binge eaters.
  • (2) We found an increased risk of HA for raw oyster eaters (odds ratio = 24.0; 95% confidence interval = 5.4-215.0; P less than .001).
  • (3) This study examined attrition and weight loss in 235 female obese binge eaters, episodic overeaters, and nonbingers treated by a 26-week program of behavior modification and very low calorie diet.
  • (4) The members of the main feeding categories (Hofmann, Stewart 1972): concentrate selector, roughage eater and intermediate feeder did not differ much in the ultrastructure of the fundic stomach epithelium but showed greater differences with respect to the height and shape of the glandular tubules and the arrangement of the epithelial cell types.
  • (5) Forty-four female binge eaters were randomized to either cognitive-behavioral treatment (CB) or a waiting-list (WL) control.
  • (6) The results suggested that intestinal N-fixation that was proposed by several investigators to occur in sweet potato eaters probably did not occur.
  • (7) "What the discovery shows is that you can still be a pretty big meat-eater and still get away with having feathers," said Dr Barrett.
  • (8) The first group, Group A, was concluded as the pure kibarashi-gui (binge eaters), and Group B can be regarded as a variant of anorexia nervosa.
  • (9) The types were labeled: "finicky eaters," "health-conscious dieters," "diverse diners," and "high-calorie traditionalists."
  • (10) Twenty-four female subjects were divided into three groups: normal-weight restrained eaters (no.
  • (11) The Brooklyn resident is also a regular egg eater – although she prefers hers scrambled and served with four rashers of bacon.
  • (12) Parents of children who were problem eaters showed no characteristic differences in training practices or attitudes.
  • (13) A case of acute paraffin oil-induced pneumonia due to accidental inhalation by a fire-eater of kerdane, a petroleum derivative is reported.
  • (14) ECS treatments produced significant decrements in both food and eater intakes which returned to baseline levels after three days.
  • (15) The results indicate that both bulimics and restrained eaters are dissatisfied with their bodies and have narcissistic qualities.
  • (16) Meal-eaters again, retained as much nitrogen as nibblers, and contained less body fat than the nibblers.
  • (17) Meal-eaters gained essentially the same amount of body weight as the nibblers.
  • (18) The results indicate that the food patterns of older persons can be well categorized as light eaters, heavy eaters, or consumers of large amounts of alcoholic beverages, salty snack products, animal fat products, legumes, or sweets and desserts.
  • (19) The estimated age-standardized annual incidence of Vibrio illness per million was 95.4 for raw oyster eaters with liver disease, 9.2 for raw oyster eaters without liver disease, and 2.2 for non-raw oyster eaters.
  • (20) In 2004, the group created the Holocaust on your plate campaign, using images of emaciated victims of Nazi concentration camps and comparing meat-eaters and those working in the meat-production industry to Nazis.

Elater


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, elates.
  • (n.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.
  • (n.) Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
  • (n.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.
  • (n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Temporary mood states (depression, elation, neutral) were produced by means of Velten's auto-suggestion technique.
  • (2) When I left the room, along with elation, there was relief.
  • (3) Using an experimental procedure which minimised covert experimenter bias, subjects performed under both elation and depression mood inductions in one of four conditions: music present or absent by mood change instructions present or absent, using a crossover design.
  • (4) When prompted with the question, “That’s not a no though?”, Prince replied, “No.” Later that night, Prince turned up at the one-time roller disco in north London to play a set to a few dozen elated journalists and, towards the end of the show, a swarm of even more elated fans.
  • (5) Moreover ELAT-CSG is significantly more sensitive than ELAT-LAV (P = 0.03).
  • (6) 2 ml of fetal RBC in a 1,600-ml red cell mass can be quantified using the modified ELAT.
  • (7) I feel pleased to have crossed out 10 things today, then realise I’ve added 15 items to my list so my elation is shortlived!
  • (8) Yesterday afternoon, Straw described the mood among Ed Miliband's team – who had by now got used to being front- runners – as "elated" – and those among David's as "nervous".
  • (9) Following the initial immersion, subjects participated in the Velten mood induction procedure by reading either depressive, neutral or elative statements.
  • (10) Elated and depressed subjects performed best under positive and negative feedback, respectively.
  • (11) Nicotine fuses with nicotinic receptors, which trigger the release of several neurotransmitters – including serotonin and dopamine – which are both associated with positive side-effects, including elation and excitability.
  • (12) The effect of negative, positive, or neutral feedback on a rotary pursuit task as a function of the subject's depressed or elated mood was ascertained.
  • (13) I wrote about the wide-eyed optimism that rookie comedians come north with; the joy of spending time necking lager in the same drinking holes as your heroes; the elation of hearing the first laugh of the summer; the sadness of leaving your venue for the last time; the friends you make; the haunts you start to call your own; the feeling of finding your place in this mystical world; and the certainty that this is where you must be in August – that you must not go on a nice holiday or find paid work or attend a wedding or do up your chaotic flat instead.
  • (14) The 48-hour postinjection titer was compared with the size of bleed as measured by Du testing and the enzyme-linked antiglobulin test (ELAT).
  • (15) "You know I sort of feel elated, exhausted and thrilled.
  • (16) Although 51Cr is the accepted method for red cell survival, the ELAT method can be used to estimate transfused red cell survival.
  • (17) Self-rated anxiety was not found to be associated with the number of people present, whereas self-rated elation was positively correlated with the presence of others.
  • (18) For example, alcohol increased elation and vigor scores in the consistent choosers of alcohol, whereas it decreased scores on these measures in the consistent placebo choosers.
  • (19) Of the various psychiatric symptoms elation was significantly correlated with the presence of widespread MRI abnormalities, while flattening of affect, delusions and thought disorder correlated with the degree of pathology in the temporo-parietal region.
  • (20) Prior to treatment, patients rated hyperactive-elated, angry, and agitated had more motor activity, and patients rated anergic and retarded had less motor activity.