What's the difference between geck and geek?

Geck


Definition:

  • (n.) Scorn, derision, or contempt.
  • (n.) An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull.
  • (n.) To deride; to scorn; to mock.
  • (n.) To cheat; trick, or gull.
  • (v. i.) To jeer; to show contempt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Patients were randomized to have their skin closed with either continuous subcuticular non-absorbable polypropylene 'prolene' suture (33 patients) or metal skin staples (Autosuture 'Premium' or Davis and Geck 'Oppose'; 33 patients).
  • (2) The stomas were matured by mucocutaneous eversion and were fixated with Maxon (Davis & Geck, Pearl River, NY) 4-0 and Vicryl (Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ) 3-0 sutures.
  • (3) We compared the performance of 10-0 Novafil (polybutester, Davis & Geck, American Cyanamid Company, New South Wales, Australia.)
  • (4) Polybutester (Novafil, Davis & Geck) and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE (Gore-tex, W L Gore) were compared with nylon (Ethilon, Ethicon UK) for elective inguinal herniorrhaphy.
  • (5) Poly(glycolic acid) (Dexon; Davis and Geck Company) canine vascular anastomoses between aorta and synthetic grafts and between severed femoral vessels were compared with comparable anastomoses made with Teflon-coated Dacron (Tevdek; The Deknatel Company) with respect to clinical performance, morphologic characteristics, and tensile strength.
  • (6) Dexon Mesh (Davis & Geck, Sugarland, TX) was used to partition the abdomen after incomplete resection of a locally advanced left colon cancer.
  • (7) The transmural implantation of stainless steel sutures into the distal descending colon of albino Swiss rats during the postinitiation phase of tumor induction resulted in significantly fewer animals exhibiting perianastomotic tumors 12 weeks later (3 of 21 animals) when compared with either polyamide (Nurolon; Ethicon, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) (14 of 20 animals; P less than 0.001) or polyglycolic acid (Dexon Plus; Davis and Geck, Gosport, United Kingdom) sutures (17 of 21 animals; P less than 0.001).
  • (8) Two suture closing materials were used--Surgilon (siliconized braided nylon, David and Geck, Wayne, NJ) and Vicryl (polyglactin 910, Ethicon, Somerville, NJ).
  • (9) The synthetic absorbable suture material "Dexon" is made of polyglycol acid, and it has been introduced to market by the firm Davis and Geck (U.S.A.).
  • (10) Similar colotomies were closed using a single layer of interrupted sutures of 5-0 Maxon (Davis & Geck, Pearl River, NY) in a control group (n = 20).
  • (11) When comparably sized needles were compared, Ethicon manufactured the sharpest needles, followed by Davis & Geck and Deknatel needles.
  • (12) A basolateral cotransporter of Na, K, and Cl with 1:1:2 stoichiometry (Geck, P., and E. Heinz.

Geek


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Freaks And Geeks was my thing, based on my experiences.
  • (2) Far from being depressed, the audience turned into a heaving mass of furious geeks, who roared their anger and vowed that they would not rest until they had brought down the rotten system The "skeptic movement" (always spelt with "k" by the way, to emphasise their distinctiveness) had come to Singh's aid.
  • (3) Google has tried hardware – even home hardware – before with a smart power meter (shut down in September 2011), the Nexus Q set-top box (never went on sale), and is currently trying to persuade people beyond geek boundaries to try its Google Glass headset.
  • (4) There have always been geeks and fans here, it’s just now they call it Comic-Con.
  • (5) Shadowtroopers and AT-AT walkers should keep the geeks happy At-AT walkers Photograph: YouTube Black-armoured stormtroopers have featured in numerous (largely non-canonical) Star Wars novels, games and comic books over the years, but never in the movies themselves.
  • (6) At the same time, however, I also know to expect a series of variations on two classic negative comments: "You geeks need to get out more" and "Do adults really play these things?"
  • (7) In the spirit of the page, this is a reception where 900 science enthusiasts can chat, meet pop-science experts and geek out.
  • (8) Geek Girl Meetup Geek Girl Meetup is targeted at females with an interest in tech, design and startups.
  • (9) Jeff Jarvis , professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jeff, author of Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News; What Would Google Do?
  • (10) He inhabits a variety of modes: the lecturer, the thinker, the math geek in a hoodie in front of a chalkboard of formulas, the leader with a lightly clenched fist to show decisiveness and determination.
  • (11) • Week in Geek sees Ben Child hoping James Mangold will get it right for The Wolverine , a second attempt to spin off Hugh Jackman's X-Men character.
  • (12) Comic-book epics Finally, no Week in Geek preview would be complete without a rundown of the coming year’s superhero stylings.
  • (13) Silberman’s story on the topic, The Geek Syndrome , was published by Wired in 2001.
  • (14) Tobey Maguire fans – and there are many vocal and vehement ones – will insist that no one can replace the king of geek chic in the Spider suit, but they may come to accept that if anyone can, it's Garfield.
  • (15) All your baby has actually done – in geek terms – is receive the latest OS update, which fixes a few bugs (it goes cross-eyed less often), clears up some performance issues (it feeds more efficiently), and enables new features (object-batting now included).
  • (16) They tried to make the geek the hero, and audiences don't get the excitement of projecting on to that, because that's who they are already.
  • (17) Geek culture is made up of, and enjoyed by, all kinds of people and our norms should reflect that.
  • (18) The others were fiddly, trivial-looking plastic things cluttered with buttons and dials, appealing mainly to gadget-obsessed geeks with the time to figure out how to work them.
  • (19) Hamilton can be enjoyed by both the musical theater geek and the rap aficionado, but it ultimately has more to offer the former.
  • (20) Simon Brew of Den of Geek wrote : "He might not be Ryan Gosling, but Affleck has quietly been impressing as an actor, and maturing as one too.

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