What's the difference between facto and factor?

Facto


Definition:

  • (adv.) In fact; by the act or fact.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As the American population continues to age, primary care physicians are finding themselves becoming de facto geriatricians.
  • (2) It would become their de facto foreign residence permit if the scheme is introduced for Europeans.
  • (3) However, there would be a post facto judicial review of revocations that fall in that category.
  • (4) Massive protests in the 1990s by Indian, Latin American and south-east Asian peasant farmers, indigenous groups and their supporters put the companies on the back foot, and they were reluctantly forced to shelve the technology after the UN called for a de-facto moratorium in 2000.
  • (5) But there was scepticism over whether the more radical elements on either side would obey the ceasefire, and concern in Kiev and western capitals that the truce would effectively "freeze" the conflict and give Moscow de facto control over the disputed chunk of eastern Ukraine that has been ruined by war this summer.
  • (6) Cameron: we can compromise with Russia to end Syrian war Read more Third, Putin appears to have succeeded in gaining tacit acceptance of the de facto situation in Ukraine.
  • (7) A trained economist, and de facto "deputy chancellor" under Gordon Brown between 1997 and 2005, Balls's recent speech at Bloomberg, savaging the "growth deniers" of the Con-Dem coalition and urging a slower pace of fiscal consolidation, was hailed by Martin Wolf ("basically right") and Samuel Brittan ("spot on") of the Financial Times.
  • (8) He is seen as the de facto leader of a growing movement against Putin and United Russia , the ruling party.
  • (9) Even as the US and UK appear to be gearing up for a bigger confrontation, the Europeans are still desperately hoping Debaltseve will mark the de facto beginning of the ceasefire, not its end.
  • (10) Nixon tried to calm the situation by appointing Johnson, an African-American, the de facto commander on the ground.
  • (11) There have been mixed messages from de facto leaders: sometimes they say it is merely a vote for more autonomy within Ukraine; at other times they say the yes vote is for a new state that would include much of Russian-speaking east Ukraine, while there are also suggestions that the region could join Russia , as Crimea did in March after a controversial referendum.
  • (12) Changes in the de facto system of mental health care in the last decade reflect organizational and entrepreneurial responsiveness to changes in health policy, not mental health policy.
  • (13) The simultaneous presence in such infiltrates of activation marker positive T-cells suggests activation de facto.
  • (14) But it is only this week that de facto recognition of Cuba has become de jure recognition.
  • (15) VIPs, VVIPs or even VVVIPs – almost all government officials – can receive perks ranging from free housing in listed villas with staff paid by the government, bodyguards who act as personal assistants, free flights, unobstructed passage through airports or train stations as well as a significant degree of de facto legal impunity.
  • (16) In some deeper sense, it is today's society that is caught in a crazy capitalist dynamic with no inner sense and measure, and it is Pussy Riot that de facto provides a stable ethico-political point.
  • (17) I am now de facto blocked from the world’s major information security market,” Shevchenko said.
  • (18) The results and influence of several exogenic and endogenic factos are demonstrated.
  • (19) The destruction of farms and markets, a de facto blockade on commercial imports, and a long-running fuel crisis have caused a drop in agricultural production, a scarcity of supplies and exorbitant food prices,” Oxfam said.
  • (20) But some acknowledge that proposed boundary changes in 2018 could result in de-facto deselection.

Factor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.
  • (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
  • (n.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
  • (n.) One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.
  • (v. t.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
  • (2) The effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on growth of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines was studied.
  • (3) It is supposed that delta-sleep peptide along with other oligopeptides is one of the factors determining individual animal resistance to emotional stress, which is supported by significant delta-sleep peptide increase in hypothalamus in stable rats.
  • (4) We attribute this in part to early diagnosis by computed tomography (CT), but a contributory factor may be earlier referrals from country centres to a paediatric trauma centre and rapid transfer, by air or road, by medical retrieval teams.
  • (5) After stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and calcium ionophore A23187, culture supernatants of clones c18A and c29A showed cytotoxic activity against human melanoma A375 Met-Mix and other cell lines which were resistant to the tumor necrosis factor, lymphotoxin and interleukin 1.
  • (6) Perinatal mortality is strongly associated with obstetrical factors, respiratory distress syndrome, and prematurity.
  • (7) Technical factors that account for increased difficulty in these patients include: problems with guide catheter impaction and ostial trauma; inability to inflate the balloon with adequate guide catheter support; and need for increased intracoronary manipulation.
  • (8) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
  • (9) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
  • (10) The major treatable risk factors in thromboembolic stroke are hypertension and transient ischemic attacks (TIA).
  • (11) In this study, the role of psychological make-up was assessed as a risk factor in the etiology of vasospasm in variant angina (VA) using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI).
  • (12) The vascular endothelium is capable of regulating tissue perfusion by the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor to modulate vasomotor tone of the resistance vasculature.
  • (13) The observed relationship between prorenin and renin substrate concentrations might be a consequence of their regulation by common factors.
  • (14) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
  • (15) Male sex, age under 19 or over 45, few social supports, and a history of previous suicide attempts are all factors associated with increased suicide rates.
  • (16) In addition to their involvement in thrombosis, activated platelets release growth factors, most notably a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) which may be the principal mediator of smooth muscle cell migration from the media into the intima and of smooth muscle cell proliferation in the intima as well as of vasoconstriction.
  • (17) It was concluded that the significant factors affecting outcome are tumor cell type and presence or absence or mitoses.
  • (18) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
  • (19) In choosing between various scanning techniques the factors to be considered include availability, cost, the type of equipment, the expertise of the medical and technical staff, and the inherent capabilities of the system.
  • (20) Nutritional factors or environmental toxins have important effects on CNS degenerative changes.

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