What's the difference between gilt and gist?

Gilt


Definition:

  • () of Gild
  • (v. t.) A female pig, when young.
  • () imp. & p. p. of Gild.
  • (p. p. & a.) Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
  • (n.) Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
  • (n.) Money.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An unexpected result of the Greek crisis has been a flight of capital into British government bonds, which has seen gilt prices fall.
  • (2) The litter size of vaccinated gilts was larger than that of the control gilts.
  • (3) Gilts that had already reached sexual maturity at the time of insemination showed a higher rate of oestrus and better litter size than immature animals.
  • (4) On Days 12-14 each gilt received twice daily infusions of Day 15 pCSP in one uterine horn and SP in the other uterine horn.
  • (5) Muscle glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase activity was reduced 75% in vitamin B-6-deficient gilts.
  • (6) However, antiviral activity was undetectable in medium conditioned by endometrium from one of the Day-12 gilts.
  • (7) However, financial markets seem unconcerned: 10-year gilts have rallied since the statement.
  • (8) The influence of embryos on growth of the uterus was determined by comparing uterine length, weight and diameter between gravid and nongravid horns within unilaterally pregnant gilts.
  • (9) The effects of exogenous oestradiol-17 beta on blood leukocytes were studied in four ovariectomized gilts.
  • (10) Control gilts given saline had ovaries containing antral follicles (4 to 6 mm in diameter).
  • (11) Relaxin stored in luteal cells of hysterectomized gilts was consistently greater (P less than 0.01) than that during the same days of late pregnancy; however, progesterone was greater (P less than 0.01) in hysterectomized compared with pregnant gilts only on day 116.
  • (12) Three gilts that were given zearalenone on PMD 7 to 10 were not pregnant and had regressing corpora lutea on the ovaries at euthanasia.
  • (13) Each uterine horn in treated gilts (N = 5) was infused with 150 micrograms PGE2 in 3 ml of saline at 0900 h on day 12, 15 and 18 of the estrous cycle.
  • (14) It was concluded that puberty may have been attained when a certain BF or fatness was achieved, because growth rate of restricted-fed gilts and quickly growing gilts with ad libitum access to feed may have been associated with reduced fat deposition.
  • (15) The effect of ovarian steroids on the uterine secretion of ir-MENK was examined by measuring ir-MENK in uterine fluids from cyclic and pregnant gilts as well as ovariectomized, ovarian steroid-treated gilts.
  • (16) A corn-soybean meal diet fed to all gilts was formulated to meet or exceed nutrient requirements except for energy.
  • (17) At slaughter, uterine length (P less than 0.05), uterine weight, width of uterine horns, endometrial surface area, endometrial weight and percentage of uterine weight represented by endometrium was greater (P less than 0.01) for Large White gilts.
  • (18) This study provides strong evidence that purified pPRL maintains both relaxin and progesterone secretion as well as the morphology of aging corpora lutea for at least 10 days after hypophysectomy in hysterectomized gilts.
  • (19) Receptor number was greater for M than for P gilts on d 14 (P less than .07) and d 18 (P less than .01).
  • (20) Thirty-four gilts in two experiments were fed altrenogest for 18 d to block spontaneous growth of ovulatory follicles after luteolysis.

Gist


Definition:

  • (n.) A resting place.
  • (n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Should authorities decide not to charge Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Brown , there will be an explosion, Gist predicted.
  • (2) In a separate ruling today, the appeal court said the government must reveal the gist of "sensitive" intelligence material to Kashif Tariq , whose cousin was convicted in 2008 of conspiracy to murder in the plot to blow up aircraft with liquid bombs.
  • (3) The GIST for IgE is simple to perform and requires neither short-lived radioisotopes, expensive scintillation detection equipment, nor scarce, purified IgE.
  • (4) Chilcot announced last month that after years of heated disputes with successive cabinet secretaries, and discussions with Washington, he had agreed to a settlement whereby summaries, and "the gist", of more than a hundred records of conversations between Blair and George Bush in the runup to the invasion, and of records of 200 cabinet discussions, would be published, but not the documents themselves.
  • (5) Here's the link to their story (in Spanish), but the gist is that Real's Florentino Perez had agreed a €45m fee with Arsenal, only for Ozil to opt against the move.
  • (6) It was the negative influence of his former disciple, that teutonically resolute Austrian chap that mislead il Duce; we Italians were less ruthless with the Jews – that was the gist of his speech.
  • (7) We studied "formal thought disorder" in schizophrenics, schizoaffectives, and manics by examining syntax processing and perception of meaning, using the "embedded click" and "memory for gist tasks," two paradigms that were developed by psycholinguists.
  • (8) Dedicated political obsessives follow his step-by-step guides to why the Tories are wrong, but few others pick up even the gist.
  • (9) The immune process of sensitisation was induced with "Tenzym prilled" (TP, Grindstedvoerket) and with "Maxatase" (M, Gist-Brocades) protease enzymes in the epicutaneous test (ET), using concentration series and various durations of application.
  • (10) However, muscle-specific actin (HHF35) caused a positive reaction in most GIST (92%).
  • (11) Dow is evaluating Earth Genome’s software to see if GIST can help the company make good water infrastructure decisions that conserve resources, control long term water costs, and help it avoid future competition with farmers and cities.
  • (12) Nevertheless, Williams says that Bryan's emails, or the gist of them, should have been relayed to the CQC inspector responsible for Winterbourne View.
  • (13) The gist of that diplomatic foot stamping may seem vaguely familiar to those following Australian politics recently.
  • (14) Preliminary studies indicate that the GIST makes possible nonisotopic measurement of ragweed-specific IgE antibiotics in human serum.
  • (15) While the people of Doncaster might not know the detail of the national statistics, they are aware of the gist.
  • (16) 5.42pm BST Some instant reaction to the Berlusconi video message: Vincenzo Scarpetta (@LondonerVince) Gist of #Berlusconi 's video message: He won't quit politics even if ousted from parliament.
  • (17) Weick says the forecasting functions in GIST allow him to layer on variables such as local population growth and water use trends, which will impact future water pricing.
  • (18) "I would rather have root canal surgery without anaesthetic than go to Glastonbury," was the gist of her response.
  • (19) Excluding 24 cases of gastric schwannoma, 96 cases of GIST consisting of 62 benign tumors and 34 sarcoma (low grade, 17; high grade, 17), with 9 cases arising in the esophagus, 57 in the stomach, 28 in the small intestine, and 2 in the colon, were studied.
  • (20) The final wording was under review by the White House but the basic gist remained unchanged, scientists who worked on the report said.