What's the difference between geck and heck?

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.

Heck


Definition:

  • (n.) The bolt or latch of a door.
  • (n.) A rack for cattle to feed at.
  • (n.) A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.
  • (n.) A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
  • (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
  • (n.) A bend or winding of a stream.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It might not work, heck it probably won’t work, but something had to change in the Knicks organization.
  • (2) But it seems a heck of a lot of money for just 54 days in post and after getting things so badly wrong."
  • (3) This could prevent a person from taking over if a car loses control, making it “even more important that the details of any accidents be made public so people know what the heck’s going on”.
  • (4) "It's a heck of a lot of money," said the Vermont senator, Bernie Sanders, who is an independent.
  • (5) Guardian staff JamieJackson 22 April 2014 10:48am That's what we're told on a consistent basis: that there is a heck of amount of money available if needed.
  • (6) "Heck, you folks even get Fozzie's jokes, but it was the great impresario Lord Lew Grade who gave us our first big break ... and we're forever grateful to him and to everyone here in England."
  • (7) Zito is looking for that double play to get the heck out of the inning, but is gifted a pop to left that shortstop Brandon Crawford is out to collect.
  • (8) Heck, maybe these early season struggles were the result of the Curse of the Orange Uniforms .
  • (9) An epizootic of focal epithelial hyperplasia (FEH) or Morbus Heck in a pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) colony is described.
  • (10) Game five's mean a heck of a lot in North American series, and this one is no different.
  • (11) If a misfiring Manchester City can be a goal away from the final, why the heck not?
  • (12) Better coordination of all teacher training routes will have to come, with some sort of middle tier at a local level to ensure supply and quality.” Husbands agrees: “You could get a heck of a long way if you went down the route of school-university alliances.
  • (13) Updated at 1.24am GMT 1.16am GMT Predictions please That is one heck of an act to follow, let me tell ya.
  • (14) Its amino acid composition and N-terminal sequence agree well with results derived from the sequence of the VRS gene [Heck, J.D., & Hatfield, G.W.
  • (15) The disorders mentioned include: eczematous processes, rosacea-like dermatitis, steroid rosacea, acne, especially the diagnosis and therapy of cystic acne, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, viral infection (Heck's disease) and circumscribed scleroderma versus systemic sclerosis and hemiatrophy of the face.
  • (16) Heck, if the Giants could do it a year ago, why not these Dodgers, who have even better pitching than San Francisco did, not to mention lineup that could wipe the floor with Buster Posey and his buddies on the Bay.
  • (17) The occurrence of focal epithelial hyperplasia (Heck's Disease) in a 12-year-old Mexican-American female is presented.
  • (18) Heck, Davidson even won Edinburgh Central, a constituency where previously the Tory candidate had come fourth.
  • (19) Maybe she lingered over the first chart in the book: That's a heck of a chart.
  • (20) You don't have to approve the way he went about it, heck this writer doesn't approve of the way he went about it, but LeBron James has won his first ring, and there's a good chance it's not going to be his last.

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