What's the difference between gag and prank?

Gag


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.
  • (v. t.) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
  • (v. t.) To cause to heave with nausea.
  • (v. i.) To heave with nausea; to retch.
  • (v. i.) To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3.
  • (n.) Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
  • (n.) A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.
  • (n.) A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The distribution of polyanionic glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in the developing mouse vitreous was studied histologically by P.A.S.
  • (2) Finally, the BLV gag and pol gene products are highly related to those of the human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV); relatedness varied from 37% amino acid identities within the N terminal gag protein to 54% within the nucleic acid binding protein.
  • (3) These results strongly suggest that urinary GAGs determination is a precise method for ovulation detection.
  • (4) The effects of GAG on retinal GABA enzymes were long-lasting and not reversed by dialysis.
  • (5) To clarify the mechanism by which retinoid causes cleft palate, we investigated the effect of retinoic acid (RA) on proliferation activity and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis in mouse fetuses palatal mesenchymal (MFPM) cells.
  • (6) Unexpected displacement of the endotracheal tube during anesthesia caused by postural change of the neck or passive compression by the mouth gag was investigated under transluminal fiberoptic observation.
  • (7) Thus in patients with nephrolithiasis, not only is the 24-hour urinary excretion of GAGs significantly low but the 3-hourly urinary concentration of GAGs is also significantly decreased as compared to healthy subjects.
  • (8) Moreover, Mo-MuLV-related gag sequences retained in MPSV are not essential for the distinctive biological properties of MPSV.
  • (9) A transformed cell line containing a truncated gag-abl-pol protein, p85, that lacks most of the FeLV pol sequences was obtained by transfection of NIH 3T3 mouse cells.
  • (10) Even as those words were being published, lawyers and senior executives from News International's subsidiary News Group were preparing to run to court to gag Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, who was suing the News of the World for its undisclosed involvement in the illegal interception of messages left on his mobile phone.
  • (11) We now report the identity of the amino acids inserted in vitro in response to UAA and UGA in fusion products containing the gag-pol junction region.
  • (12) Fusion of 90 amino acids of HIV-1 Gag protein to HBcAg still allowed the formation of capsids presenting on their surface epitopes of HIV-1 core protein, whereas fusion of 317, 189, or 100 amino acids of Gag prevented self-assembly of chimeric particles.
  • (13) The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt , has ruled out introducing a new privacy law to deal with issues around superinjunctions and gagging orders, following a meeting with the justice secretary, Ken Clarke.
  • (14) Evidence accumulated over the past decade has demonstrated that the bladder surface GAG prevents bacterial adherence.
  • (15) In the first series of experiments, the GAG were measured in a control (n = 22 Wistar rats) and in a PGE2-treated group (n = 20 Wistar rats) without steroid supplementation.
  • (16) The amino acid sequences that were deduced from this cDNA revealed a highly conserved cysteine-rich region that displayed homology with a domain characteristic of other steroid receptors and with the gag-erbA oncogene product of avian erythroblastosis virus.
  • (17) FL cells infected with vaccinia virus or its recombinant carrying the gag gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were examined by ultra-high-resolution scanning electron microscopy.
  • (18) Mutations recovered after exposure to carboplatin display the same preference for sequences that contain 5'-AGG-3', 5'-AGA-3' and 5'-GAG-3' as was found for cisplatin.
  • (19) At high cell densities both cell types showed reduced incorporation into hyaluronate and an increase in cellular GAG due to enhanced labeling of chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate.
  • (20) Anti-Id 4B4 also inhibits p24 gag antibody binding by as much as 40%.

Prank


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.
  • (v. i.) To make ostentatious show.
  • (n.) A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic.
  • (a.) Full of gambols or tricks.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She was not aware that it was an assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents.” If at least one of the women thought the killing was part of an elaborate prank, it might explain the “LOL” message emblazoned in large letters one of the killers t-shirts.
  • (2) The mayor is a good person, but no one invited him, certainly not officially … The pope was furious.” While the prank provided fodder to critics of the mayor, it also underscored a more serious issue between the Vatican and Rome just a few months ahead of the church’s jubilee year of mercy, which begins on 8 December.
  • (3) The furore over Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's prank-gone-wrong brought the debate surrounding boorish comedy to a head, and has shifted the goalposts for broadcast comedy.
  • (4) The prank involved a man saying a vulgar phrase on air while Shauna Hunt, a reporter with Toronto-based television news channel CityNews, interviewed fans after a soccer match.
  • (5) "It's like someone's playing a prank, because we came so close, after having gone through so much," says Sara, Abbas's 24-year-old sister.
  • (6) Some audience members thought he was part of a prank.
  • (7) Como Park Zoo and Conservatory came up with the idea in response to a common prank where people leave trick messages for friends from people named things like Don Key and Sally Mander, then including the phone number for the local zoo.
  • (8) We heard from Plaxico Burress on Tuesday that he put grapes in Eli Manning's shoes for a prank.
  • (9) The prank is very nearly as cruel as the reality would have been in such an instance.
  • (10) It felt like a very natural combination on both sides.” The success of the Pokémon April Fool pranks showed that the underlying mechanics of Ingress could be repurposed, to build something that could bring in millions of players who would never usually look twice at the sci-fi trappings of the original game.
  • (11) April 1, 2016 April Fools’ Day is not historically an international holiday but countries around the world have celebrated a day of pranking.
  • (12) Rob enlisted James's help to play a prank on another friend, hoisting a bike into a tree, out of reach.
  • (13) Did he not expect people to laugh out loud at his pranks?
  • (14) The lightning-fast and scrupulously rational online judicial process through which society punishes the guilty, eg furiously tweeting death threats at an Australian DJ whose prank telephone calls are ethically indistinguishable from murder.
  • (15) Concluding that only Piz could have concocted such a vile prank, Logan laid down the law, sentencing Veronica’s boyfriend to major beatdown.
  • (16) The doses were so high and it did it so fast and all over the body, so it would have affected his heart, it would have affected his lungs, it would have affected everything.” Asked how long it took for Kim to die after he was attacked, Subramaniam said: “I would think it was about, from the time of onset, from the time of application, 15-20 minutes.” Kim Jong-nam killing: suspect 'paid $90 to take part in prank' Read more Despite the poisoning, Malaysia has insisted the killing poses no remaining danger to the public and on Sunday declared its international airport a “safe zone” after completing a sweep of the terminal where Kim had been assaulted.
  • (17) They looked like highly-trained assassins but may actually have been dupes , tricked into thinking they were taking part in a prank TV show.
  • (18) A Canadian television sports reporter took her on-air trolls to task on Sunday after falling victim to a prank that has overwhelmingly targeted female live television reporters over the past year and four months and appears to brazenly glorify and celebrate the sexual assault of women.
  • (19) But Prince Charles seemed to make light of the prank at an engagement at HMS Belfast on Thursday.
  • (20) He later explained that he was taking the "feminine garments to a lady in Gibraltar and thought that he would try them on "for a prank".

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