What's the difference between fountain and quell?

Fountain


Definition:

  • (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.
  • (n.) An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.
  • (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.
  • (n.) The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 1971 the Fountain Valley (Calif.) High School established a program at Fairview State Hospital in Costa Mesa.
  • (2) Although only a small section of the site has been excavated, there are baths, luxurious houses, an amphitheatre, a forum, shops, gardens with working fountains and city walls to explore, with many wonderful mosaics still in situ.
  • (3) Three minutes’ walk from Westfield is Centenary Square, the redeveloped public space that now blurs into City Park, a huge combination of a shallow artificial lake and towering fountains.
  • (4) Saying Robinson’s death made him heartsick, Reverend Alexander Gee Jr, pastor of the Fountain of Life church, recommended a soul-searching analysis.
  • (5) The city is a fountain that never stops: it generates its energy from the human interactions that take place in it.
  • (6) Atomization at the liquid surface and the production of a fountain contributed to aerosol formation.
  • (7) Tony Fountain, chief executive of the NDA, told workers on Wednesday morning: "The reason for this [closure] is directly related to the tragic events in Japan following the tsunami and its ongoing impact on the power markets.
  • (8) Private Eye's ideas of "new boys" are joke writers Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain, who have been there a mere 10 years.
  • (9) Two controlled studies at Fountain House examined the influence of psychiatric rehabilitation services on rehospitalization.
  • (10) Locomoting amoebae were monopodial, exhibited fountain flow cytoplasmic streaming and translocated externally bound erythrocytes to the rear of cells.
  • (11) Yun’s quest – a modern version of the age old dream of tapping the fountain of youth – is emblematic of the current enthusiasm to disrupt death sweeping Silicon Valley.
  • (12) Fountain, who had also been president of BP's North American power unit, is said to be on an "eye-watering" pay package, albeit one that would probably involve him taking a cut from his BP salary.
  • (13) As the poet Kahlil Gibran beautifully put it: “To the bee, a flower is the fountain of life, and to the flower, the bee is a messenger of love.” In the process of foraging for food, bees are designed to pollinate.
  • (14) We feel like outsiders, fading elderly creatures from a lost world of fountain pens, sherbert dips and wirelesses.
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pixadores have also targeted historic sites such as the Ramos de Azevedo fountain in downtown São Paulo.
  • (16) Free Visit an urban beach Fountains on the South Bank, London.
  • (17) In December 2006, claimed £213.95 to repair fountain and hang lights on Christmas tree.
  • (18) Trundling on a cheesy tourist trail around the Italian capital (the Trevi fountain, the Spanish Steps), it tells four whimsical stories that never intersect, meaning that its most watchable stars – Alec Baldwin, Penélope Cruz, Roberto Benigni and Allen, appearing in one of his movies for the first time since Scoop, in 2006 – never interact.
  • (19) One of these is the Parque de los Deseos , a stone plaza with fountains that doubles as an outdoor amphitheatre for film screenings.
  • (20) P. aeruginosa was isolated from 45 of 353 environmental samples, including water fountains, ice machines, bar soaps, and germicide solutions for toilet brushes.

Quell


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To die.
  • (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
  • (v. t.) To take the life of; to kill.
  • (v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
  • (v. t.) To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.
  • (n.) Murder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Vladimir Putin brushed off complaints of election fixing during his annual televised live chat with the nation on Thursday , but behind the scenes his lieutenants are anxiously plotting how to quell rising discontent.
  • (2) Dozens were injured, including 20 policemen, in a protest triggered by food costs that was eventually quelled by baton charges and teargas.
  • (3) Consider the open joke that was the repeated European bank stress tests ; the foot-dragging of the central bankers to quell financial panic; the IMF report last week showing that even if Greece took the troika’s medicine it would still be lumbered with “unsustainable” debt .
  • (4) This, in turn, would provide the cover to push through aspects of the Trump agenda that require a further suspension of core democratic norms – such as his pledge to deny entry to all Muslims (not only those from selected countries), his Twitter threat to bring in “the feds” to quell street violence in Chicago, or his obvious desire to place restrictions on the press.
  • (5) However, Ralf Speth, chief executive of JLR, moved to quell these fears by claiming the company would remain focused on the UK, where it was rumoured to be considering a deal to buy the Silverstone racing circuit.
  • (6) Al-Ahram Online said police fired tear gas to quell the violence and several cars in the area were destroyed or set on fire.
  • (7) The government has attempted to quell blackout fears this winter after a fire shut down half the capacity at a power station in Oxfordshire.
  • (8) You can't blame Silvio Berlusconi and José Manuel Barroso, president of the European commission, for trying to quell the sense of panic in bond markets.
  • (9) For even a superior military force requires a clearly defined strategy if it is to quell rather than fuel violence.
  • (10) This is usually quarter-finals day but the rain means we've also got a couple of fourth-round matches to get through - Maria Sharapova, the favourite after Serena Williams' exit, and Angelique Kerber face off on Centre Court first up, while last year's finalist, Sabine Lisicki, who quelled Ana Ivanovic's resistance yesterday, meets the dangerous Yaroslava Shvedova - the Kazakh who once played a golden set in these parts.
  • (11) "We still meet the highest security standards", said the company's co-founder, Hans-Christoph Quelle.
  • (12) But Abbott has made it clear he will not stand aside, and is seeking to allay his colleague’s concerns and quell the dissent, including about the powerful role played by his chief of staff, Peta Credlin .
  • (13) Door-to-door immunizations and a community canvass for susceptibles were marshalled to quell a rubeola outbreak in Norfolk, one of 25 outbreaks reported in Virginia from January through August 1977.
  • (14) Egypt has been struggling to quell a jihadist insurgency since the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, focused mainly on their primary holdout in the Sinai Peninsula in the east.
  • (15) For one so self-conscious in his career choices, he's remarkably unself-regarding to talk to; almost as rackety and frank as Freddie Quell, his character in Paul Thomas Anderson's film – our movie of the year, of which his performance is the centrepiece.
  • (16) The attorney general, George Brandis, has already had to quell one burst of internal dissent when he unveiled the first tranche of national security changes during the last parliamentary sitting fortnight.
  • (17) Officials also recently held talks with the Russian military over a new treaty intended to help quell the rise of cyber attacks.
  • (18) Only hours after US and Swiss officials raided the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich – amid the news that several senior Fifa officials faced extradition to the US on federal corruption charges – De Gregorio attempted to quell the growing storm at a press conference by describing the incident as good for Fifa.
  • (19) And if they don’t and won’t, we need to start redistributing shame, making people feel ashamed, so when they repeat what the FN is saying, we reply, ‘ Quelle honte !’ [Shame on you].
  • (20) The city is haunted by memories of the regime's tactics: In 1982, Assad's father and predecessor, Hafez, ordered the military to quell a rebellion by Syrian members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement there, sealing off Hama in an assault that killed between 10,000 and 25,000 people.