What's the difference between fleck and flick?

Fleck


Definition:

  • (n.) A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.
  • (n.) A spot; a streak; a speckle.
  • (n.) To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The number of nuclear flecks and the amount of bound radioactivity of 125I-antibody almost doubled during G1 phase.
  • (2) On histologic examination, the flecks were found to be due to intracellular accumulation of calcium oxalate in the RPE cells.
  • (3) 1) small elevation, 2) spotty barium fleck, 3) ill defined barium fleck and 4) barium fleck with halo were suggested the possibility of inflammatory bowel diseases.
  • (4) Six neonates are described in whom plain films of the abdomen demonstrated scattered flecks of calcification.
  • (5) Control photographs, with the Baird Atomic B4 and B5 filters in place prior to fluorescein injection, show exposure of the film corresponding to (1) the small yellow vitelliform lesions at the edge of a disrupted disc, (2) the pseudohpopyon in a vitelliform cyst, (3) orange lipofuscin overlying a malignant melanoma, and (4) some of the flecks in a case of funds flavimaculatus.
  • (6) In 1909, Dr. Stargardt described seven patients who developed a juvenile onset macular degeneration with a striking presentation of yellowish flecks surrounding the macula.
  • (7) The assays of G6PDH and RNA were performed after Glock's and Fleck's methods, respectively.
  • (8) Only the son had the typical lenticonus and perimacular flecks.
  • (9) As late as 2012, the gracious address contained flecks of modernising reform – the (largely delivered) move to abolish male primogeniture in the monarchy and the (entirely aborted) effort at electing the Lords.
  • (10) The symptoms include unique, sharply-defined, irregular, yellow, large flecks of the retina combined with bilateral macula degeneration.
  • (11) However, fundus appearance, adaptometric findings, and rhodopsin determinations serve to distinguish fundus albipunctatus from other flecked retina diseases.
  • (12) Apart from a small bruise beneath the right eye and some flecks of blood surrounding the iris (which he attributed to Foreman’s thumb), he was unmarked.
  • (13) Fluorescein angiography showed that most white flecks were largely or totally nonfluorescent.
  • (14) As the degenerative and atrophic changes in the maculae became more pronounced in early adulthood, the flavimacular retinal flecks had all but disappeared.
  • (15) (He was also responsible for Sex Pistol, flecked with Viagra.)
  • (16) They chased every ball, never shirked a tackle and, when they needed a centre-forward to show composure and experience, they had a 32-year-old from Stoke City, with silver flecks in his hair, who passed the test with distinction.
  • (17) Two families showed a retinal pigment epithelial dystrophy characterized by an X-shaped yellowish macular lesion and numerous flavimaculatus retinal flecks.
  • (18) Photograph: Jill Mead for the Guardian Olive choux buns These big, olive-flecked choux buns are perfect torn open, as you might with a floury bap, and spread with a slick of tapenade or, simpler still, a knifeful of soft, salty butter.
  • (19) Small metal flecks were seen grossly at the second level, but not on plain roentgenograms.
  • (20) It appears that the prognosis of group I is better than the other groups, where surrounding flecks are seen in addition to the macular lesion.

Flick


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.
  • (n.) A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nitrous oxide produced a dose-related analgesic response in rats (ED50, 67%) as measured by the tail-flick method.
  • (2) To test the hypothesis that EAA agonists are involved in transmission of nociceptive information in the spinal cord, we tested the effect of various opioid, sigma and phencyclidine compounds on the action of NMDA in the tail-flick, hot-plate and biting and scratching nociceptive tests.
  • (3) Antinociception was studied by measuring tail-flick response to hot (55 degrees C) water.
  • (4) Looping the tail of a "g", flicking the line up from the end of an "m", arcing it over an "a" or an "o".
  • (5) His first ball reaches Ali at hip height and he flicks him to fine leg for a boundary that takes him to a quite epic century.
  • (6) Three types of behavior of the compound eye of Daphnia magna are characterized: 'flick', a transient rotation elicited by a brief flash of light; 'fixation', a maintained eye orientation in response to a stationary light stimulus of long-duration; 'tracking', the smooth pursuit of a moving stimulus.
  • (7) On the tail flick method of rats, tolerance to the action of eptazocine was observed, similar to morphine, but not cross-tolerance between eptazocine and morphine.
  • (8) The CCK 8-induced analgesia or hyperalgesia was not seen in the tail flick test and was not associated with motor incapacitation or any other noticeable side effects.
  • (9) When Version came out, featuring covers sung by Winehouse, Allen et al, it was again assumed by some that Ronson had simply flicked through his diamanté-encrusted contacts book and got his friends to rehash a few old songs written by other people.
  • (10) The off-cell exhibits an abrupt pause just prior to the occurrence of the tail flick reflex (TF).
  • (11) Focal electrical stimulation and glutamate microinjection in the nuclei reticularis gigantocellularis (NGC) and gigantocellularis pars alpha (NGC alpha) both inhibit the nociceptive tail-flick (TF) reflex in rats.
  • (12) It has been shown that under all types of stimulation the latent periods (LP) of nociceptive reactions of paw licking and tail flick were significantly increased, as compared to baseline level, thus suggesting suppression of the pain sensitivity.
  • (13) administered DPDYN were determined in two nociceptive tests, involving thermal cutaneous (tail-flick) and chemical visceral (AcOH-induced writhing) stimuli, in which mu and kappa receptors are known to be activated differentially.
  • (14) The antinociceptive properties, as measured by the tail-flick and hot-plate tests, and the motor effects of an intrathecally-administered benzodiazepine agonist midazolam, alone, and in combination with morphine, was examined in rats.
  • (15) Suppression of the tail flick response to noxious heat and paw withdrawal response to noxious pressure were produced by electrical stimulation of arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) in pentobarbital anesthetized rats.
  • (16) These results indicate that noxious cutaneous stimulation may release an agent in the spinal cord which facilitates the tail flick reflex, and that this agent is antagonized by a substance P antagonist.
  • (17) The effects of altering sensory input on the motoneuronal activity underlying antennular flicking have been tested.
  • (18) Irrespective of treatment history, mice showed a retest EPM profile of enhanced anxiety, with tail-flick data suggesting a major contribution of anticipatory factors.
  • (19) Analgesic potency was evaluated by prolongation of the time required to induce tail-flick.
  • (20) They were slightly more potent in the formalin test but had no or negligible effects in the tail-flick test.