What's the difference between fie and fief?

Fie


Definition:

  • (interj.) An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She fied of recurrent tumor and related complications 9 months after discovery of the lesion.
  • (2) To evaluate this observation further, we retrospectively reviewed reports of EEGs for evidence of focal interictal epileptiform discharges (FIED) of temporal lobe origin and correlated this finding with seizure type.
  • (3) Of 79 patients, 61 had secondary generalized seizures, 45 with left temporal FIED, 16 with right FIED.
  • (4) The final preparations of esterases I and II, which were puri fied 70-and 140-fold, respectively, gave single protein bands on polyacrylamide gel and sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoreses.
  • (5) The occasional failures appear to be related either to faulty technique or to a deep-seated localisation beyond the fied of action of the ultraviolet rays.
  • (6) Of 79 patients, 18 had partial seizures, 13 with right temporal FIED, 5 with left FIED (p less than 0.001).
  • (7) As a whole, the systemic administration of the calcium antagonist verapamil depressed FIED and exerted an inverse effect on synchronized non-epileptic neuronal activity.
  • (8) True Romance, in which he Scott-i-fied Tarantino's script, remains a delight, and Crimson Tide looks far more current than the movie that won the Best Film Oscar that year: come on down, Braveheart.

Fief


Definition:

  • (n.) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Tootal has sent his men into remote valleys in north Helmand, previously the undisputed fief of drug dealers and the Taliban.
  • (2) In Sri Lanka, the son of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, himself the son of a prominent politician, has won a seat in the family fief of Hambantota and significant numbers of family members fill posts across the country's administration.

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