What's the difference between gala and gula?

Gala


Definition:

  • (n.) Pomp, show, or festivity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Neither could hydrolyze gala-type glycosphingolipids, cerebrosides, sulfatides, glycoglycerolipids, or sphingomyelins.
  • (2) But lest the duchess feel overlooked, the end section of the show featured long, pale-blue bias-cut crepe dresses with more of a charity gala feel; and knee-length silk crepe dresses with black grosgrain belts seemed princess friendly.
  • (3) Having visited all 10 members of Asean in his first year, he will host a gala Asean summit in Tokyo on 13 December that looks very much like an anti-China jamboree.
  • (4) Here's a sample: Having watched this fantastically unthinking and heavy-handed adaptation, the opening gala of this year's Cannes festival, I feel the only way to make it less subtle would be to let Michael Bay direct it.
  • (5) At the special gala dinner the next night, Geoff, Élodie and Daniela were delightful.
  • (6) Hall, R. Dolin, C. L. Gala, D. M. Markovitz, Y. Q. Zhang, P. H. Madore, F. A. Disney, W. B. Talpey, J. L. Green, A.
  • (7) They are also often silly, an immediate snapshot commemoration of the big and small events in our lives: witness Sasha and Malia Obama mean-mugging into Sasha's phone shortly after their father was sworn in a second time, or Hillary Clinton and Meryl Streep taking a toothy joint selfie at a state department gala last year.
  • (8) In 2008, Akhras was invited to a Tory gala dinner and he became an unofficial conduit for journalists seeking interviews with the government.
  • (9) Each large fraction from GR-2IIa and -2IIb consisted mainly of Ara, Gal, and GalA, whereas the intermediate fractions were composed of small proportions of 2-Me-Fuc, 2-Me-Xyl, and apiose (Api), in addition to Rha, Ara, Gal, and GalA.
  • (10) There were Francis Ford Coppola and Jeremy Irons, Orlando Bloom and Steven Seagal, Sophia Loren and Dionne Warwick, all gathered in the leafy heights of southern Moscow for a charity gala like no other: this charity does not dispense its largesse.
  • (11) Mannose 6-phosphate (man 6-P)-receptor mediated and Concanavalin A (ConA)-mediated uptake of purified alpha-galA was attempted in the endothelial cells as well as in cultured fibroblasts from the same fetus.
  • (12) All three candidates spoke at the gala, intended to raise funds for the state’s Republican party.
  • (13) This Wednesday, the Garden Bridge Trust will embark on its latest attempt to drum up financial support with a three-course dinner and “fundraising gala” within London department store Harrods.
  • (14) At a congressional hearing on the Virginia couple who gatecrashed last week's White House gala for the Indian prime minister, Mark Sullivan took full responsibility for the security breach that saw two US reality TV show hopefuls, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, get close enough to Obama to have their photo taken with him.
  • (15) In her acceptance speech for an equality award at a Human Rights Campaign gala, Jan shared her concern that I was fearful of bringing my whole self to work.
  • (16) Alibaba will kick off its Singles’ Day promotions with a televised gala on Thursday evening, with David Beckham replacing the singer Katy Perry as the event’s “global ambassador” after she pulled out at the last minute.
  • (17) The galacturono-tetra- and -penta-saccharides had one and three methyl-esterified GalA units, respectively, and some of the galacturono-oligosaccharides contained 2,4- or 2,3-linked GalA.
  • (18) Ensler used some of the proceeds to found V-Day, a worldwide movement to end violence against women, and persuaded famous actors to star in gala performances in Los Angeles and New York.
  • (19) "Welcome to the Academy Awards," he said at one gala, "or, as it is known in my house - Passover."
  • (20) Suárez will be presented with the award at a gala dinner at the Lancaster Hotel on 15 May.

Gula


Definition:

  • (n.) The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
  • (n.) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
  • (n.) A capping molding. Same as Cymatium.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The nature of the solution conformations of the alginic acid components D-mannuronan (poly-ManA) and L-guluronan (poly-GulA) from Azotobacter vinelandii were investigated by both one- and two-dimensional n.m.r.
  • (2) Using the latter analytical strategy, it was established that the Macrocystis pyrifera alginate was comprised of 60% 4-linked ManA and 40% 4-linked GulA residues, whereas the Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate was comprised of 80% 4-linked ManA and 20% 4-linked GulA residues.
  • (3) In the latter experiments, 4,6-di-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2,3-di-O-methyl-D-mannitol (5b) and 4,6-di-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2,3-di-O-methyl-L-gulitol (6b) were the sole products of reductive cleavage of the 4-linked ManA and 4-linked GulA residues, respectively.
  • (4) In Bio Rio's wood-panelled lobby, students Nikolaj Gula and Vincent Fremont acknowledged that most of their favourite films probably would not get an A rating.
  • (5) These data were used to investigate the interactions of poly-GulA and poly-ManA with Ca2+ ion in aqueous medium.
  • (6) "When you get many supporters on Facebook and in social media, you become a real power, and politicians want to talk to you because they see they can reach voters," says Andrzej Gula, of the Krakow Smog Alert .