What's the difference between foe and foy?

Foe


Definition:

  • (n.) One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.
  • (n.) An enemy in war; a hostile army.
  • (n.) One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.
  • (v. t.) To treat as an enemy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mohammed Salama, 23, an Al Ahly ultra whose leg was broken in the stadium riot, said it became clear at half-time in the match between the two historical foes that trouble was brewing.
  • (2) Pandas have long been an important symbol of Chinese diplomatic overtures to both allies and former foes.
  • (3) In toxicological studies, the test compound FOE 3440 A, a [(3,5-dichloro-2-pyridyl)oxy]phenoxypropanoate with herbicidal properties, produced a severe increase in weight and an intensive induction of monoxygenases activity in the mouse, but not in the rat.
  • (4) For example, when Baghdad recently moved to revise an earlier version of an oil and gas law to the detriment of the Kurds, the Kurdistan regional government recalled Kurdish officials in Baghdad and, at the same time, invited Maliki's foe, Allawi, to Erbil for emergency talks.
  • (5) Instead, Trump targeted a familiar foe, the media, whom he characterized as responsible for spreading “fake news” about the ACA.
  • (6) As a previous Guardian piece said, the two organisations are foes ( Why ban Hizb ut-Tahrir?
  • (7) Add to that a dangerous nuclear deal with Iran (as Republicans and Israel’s government see it) and the apparent impotence in the face of Islamic State and the Afghanistan volte-face looks, to political foes at least , like clinching proof of serial failure by the commander-in-chief.
  • (8) Someone close to the trust told me in the autumn, "Both parties are bashing the BBC – it used to alternate – but the Tories may have done a bigger deal with [longstanding BBC foe Rupert] Murdoch than Labour did in the mid-90s.
  • (9) But in addition to providing clearer guidance to doctors, the change could have the effect of undermining several state laws, supported by abortion foes, that force clinicians to administer mifepristone according to the old regimen that the FDA approved in 2000.
  • (10) A puppet Government set up at Vichy which may at any moment be forced to become our foe; the whole western seaboard of Europe, from the North Cape to the Spanish frontier, in German hands; all the ports, all the airfields upon this immense front employed against us as potential springboards of invasion.
  • (11) In one way they were right to state the obvious – because Celtic were utter plod at the back – but hubris is best not displayed until you are beyond the reach of vengeance, as opposed to being about to walk into the fortress of the foe you have just mocked.
  • (12) A simple rocket immunoelectrophoresis method foe mu-CD screening is also shown.
  • (13) Syria • President Barack Obama is meeting Senator John McCain at the White House today hoping his foe in the 2008 presidential election will help sell the idea of a US military intervention in Syria .
  • (14) Isis’s violence is far from being nihilistic – a charge usually levelled by those who are wishfully blind to the attraction of their foes.
  • (15) It is useful foe evaluating the effect of antacids after stimulation of acid secretion with a test meal.
  • (16) Then Murray goes on the front foot, jabbing away a volley to make it 40-15, but Federer then wrong-foots his foe with a feathery forehand at the net to hold.
  • (17) But even as Turkey is increasingly drawn into the firing line of Syria’s civil war and the region-wide struggle against Sunni Muslim extremism, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s combative and choleric president, remains stubbornly fixated on a wholly different foe – the Kurds .
  • (18) Have they shamed intransigent foes into seeking a political solution?
  • (19) He concedes that there are several Russians who have annoyed Putin more but says “among foreigners” he’s probably the President’s biggest foe.
  • (20) But on Wednesday morning the eyes of the Russian elite – from ministers to Kremlin critics – will be on an unassuming courthouse in the centre of this city, where Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin's loudest foe, will go on trial charged with embezzlement.

Foy


Definition:

  • (n.) Faith; allegiance; fealty.
  • (n.) A feast given by one about to leave a place.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The magnitude of pancreatic growth after FOY-305 administration was significantly greater at 27 days in the pancreatic remnant than growth of the equivalent pancreatic segment (duodenal and parabiliary) in sham-operated rats treated with FOY-305.
  • (2) "Mourinho denied a breach of FA rule E3 in that his behaviour in re-entering the field of play and approaching the match referee [Foy] in an attempt to speak to him, in or around the 90th minute of the game against Aston Villa on 15 March 2014, amounted to improper conduct.
  • (3) DIC was controllable by the use of FOY and heparin.
  • (4) Two-time FOY administration after patient's recovery from sepsis led to a definite, similar transient increase in platelet count.
  • (5) The ability of FOY to inhibit significantly AP produced by supramaximal doses of CRT, coupled with its inhibitory properties on components of the coagulation and complement cascades, stress the importance of continued research on this compound as a potential therapeutic agent for treatment of AP and its systemic sequelae.
  • (6) only the metabolites (FOY 251, GBA) were detected in blood samples withdrawn from the portal and hepatic vein.
  • (7) In addition, FOY and FOY 305 were found to significantly decrease the subcellular redistribution of cathepsin B that occurs in both models.
  • (8) Histologically, the extent of acinar cell vacuolization in the pancreas was significantly reduced and interstitial edema, although not assessed by quantitative morphometric techniques, appeared to be qualitatively lessened in the FOY-treated rats.
  • (9) In conclusion, early treatment with FOY does not appear to have any demonstrable beneficial effects in acute pancreatitis.
  • (10) Following recovery from the critical stage with administration of elcatonin and FOY, therapy for cancer initiated.
  • (11) Here are some examples: in Chamonix , Chamois Blanc 7 is a cute little apartment, with modern decor and lots of pine panelling, sleeping four from €600 in February and March, or €500 in April; while in the Tarentaise, 20 minutes from lovely Sainte-Foy , which has nice runs, great hiking into the backcountry and is within a short drive of La Rosière and Les Arcs, La Tillette is a super-stylish modern chalet sleeping eight, with massive windows and white interiors, L'Occitane toiletries and off-piste skiing to the door.
  • (12) The results of the present study suggest that synthetic protease inhibitor, FOY or FOY-305, is beneficial in the treatment of acute pancreatitis.
  • (13) These results indicate that FOY is effective in controlling hypercoagulability after surgery for esophageal carcinoma and in suppressing activity of the proteinases that cause both blood coagulation and fibrinolysis.
  • (14) The hepatic extraction of the anti-proteolytic active metabolite FOY 251 during a single liver passage was 23%.
  • (15) Heparin and MD-805 were more effective on TT than MDS, FUT-175 and FOY at high concentrations significantly prolonged TT.
  • (16) FOY is an effective agent and may decrease postdialysis bleeding complications in certain high-risk patients.
  • (17) With FOY TT became less prolonged with a passage of time, suggesting time-dependent reduction of its anticoagulant activity.
  • (18) Steve Bruce bemoaned Chris Foy’s decision not to dismiss Gary Cahill for what he described as a dive more befitting the ballet as Hull City endured a ninth match without a win after succumbing to the Premier League leaders, Chelsea.
  • (19) Commander Simon Foy, who heads the Homicide Command, expressed disappointment at the verdict and said police would be "reflecting upon it" before deciding how to proceed.
  • (20) The stabilities of PGE1, PGE1-CD, FOY, PD and BF incorporated in gel ointment, stored at 5, 25 and 40 degrees C for up to 90 days, were investigated.

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