What's the difference between foge and fogy?

Foge


Definition:

  • (n.) The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The SN test by Bechmann, the skin test by Schimmelpfenning and the ELISA test by Foged give some perspectives.
  • (2) The osteolytic toxin of Pasteurella multocida induces bone resorption in vivo and in vitro (Foged et al., 1988; Kimman et al., 1987).
  • (3) The full list is 100 strong and also includes David Cameron's speechwriter Clare Foges, singer Adele and presenter Clare Balding.
  • (4) Not all prove catalase-Foges-Proskauer- and methylred--positive.
  • (5) Clare Foges, chief speechwriter to David Cameron for four years until 2015, wrote about the situation of the government attacking an institution which is broadly supported by the public, including many Conservatives: “Undermining the envy of the world would make us the idiots of the world,” she wrote in the Times on Monday (paywall) .
  • (6) The paper deals with the results of analysis of 219 strains of Klebsiella using 12 tests--fermentation of adonite, asparaginic acid, sodium citrate, dulcite, d-tartrate, glutamic acid, inosite, L-proline, sodium malonate; reactions with methyl red, Foges-Proscauer, with 5-ASA.

Fogy


Definition:

  • (n.) A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) fOGI can detect as little as 100-200 pg of O. gibsoni DNA.
  • (2) A clone--fOGI--has been isolated which does not interact with DNA prepared from O. gutturosa, O. lienalis, O. ochengi, O. cervicalis or O. volvulus (both Liberian and Mexican isolates).
  • (3) It is thus concluded that fOGI has the sensitivity to detect microfilariae of O. gibsoni found in the skin of cattle and the specificity to differentiate them from closely related species living in the same environment.

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