What's the difference between glove and mitt?

Glove


Definition:

  • (n.) A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
  • (n.) A boxing glove.
  • (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a glove.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This is a struggle for the survival of our nation.” As ever, after Trump’s media dressing-down, his operation was quick to fit a velvet glove to an iron fist.
  • (2) a) To determine the frequency of perforations in latex surgical gloves before, during, and after surgical and dental procedures; b) to evaluate the topographical distribution of perforations in latex surgical gloves after surgical and dental procedures; and c) to validate methods of testing for latex surgical glove patency.
  • (3) Analytical recovery from cotton gloves, solutions of foliar dislodgeable residues, and air-sampling filters was essentially complete.
  • (4) The exposures to the finger positions then were repeated with the monitor inside a 0.5 mm lead-equivalent glove.
  • (5) Despite the high rates of dermatoses found in a study of 686 female workers in a canning factory in March 1990, use of protective gloves was extremely low, even though there was evidence that they prevented acute paronychia and intertrigo.
  • (6) Burqas, hijabs, gloves are not mentioned in the Qur'an either.
  • (7) It was hypothesized that the noted inhibition was a result of contamination with latex gloves.
  • (8) Results of the determinations indicated that protective leather gloves contained considerable content of chromium, and chromium-free machine oils and lubricants were polluted with chromium's minute quantities as the oils and lubrications were being used.
  • (9) We found that thin gloves manufactured from polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride are ineffective barriers while gloves of thin latex are superior but not without failure.
  • (10) Glove manufacturers were queried to ascertain the occurrence of Lowinox 44S36 and butylhydroxyanisole in different brands of latex and vinyl examination gloves.
  • (11) In total, 275 pairs of gloves were collected from 100 consecutive operations.
  • (12) The procedures at a high risk of glove punctures were hip operations (57 per cent) and internal fixation (54 per cent).
  • (13) The perforation rates for the outer and inner layers were 35.3 and 8.8% respectively, indicating that a second set of gloves substantially improves the likelihood of maintaining an intact barrier between medical staff and patient.
  • (14) A 30-year-old surgeon developed reactions to latex gloves.
  • (15) Two kidneys (Group 3), deemed unsuitable for transplantation, were perfused for 24 hours with perfusate swished with unwashed sterile gloves.
  • (16) The experimental model used may permit rapid investigation of other glove systems as barriers to the transfer of infectious agents through gloves by needlestick.
  • (17) Gloves were the barrier worn most frequently when appropriate (74%), followed by goggles (13%), gowns (12%), and masks (1%).
  • (18) The air of the wards and operating theatre as well as the hands and gloves of surgeons and assistant nurses apparently did not play any role as a source of S. aureus infection.
  • (19) Droplets of each admixture were placed on stainless steel, laboratory coat cloth, pieces of latex examination glove, bench-top absorbent padding, and other materials on which antineoplastics might spill or leak.
  • (20) Dermatologists are now wearing gloves for most procedures.

Mitt


Definition:

  • (n.) A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This suggests his wealth exceeds the total worth of 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who was attacked for his wealth throughout the campaign.
  • (2) It is claimed that Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, was "starstruck" by his association with Eastwood and that the film-maker's speech was not vetted beforehand.
  • (3) That's Mitt Romney, the man with a car elevator and multiple homes.
  • (4) 3.46am BST Here's the instant response from Ewen MacAskill , at the scene of the debate-crime: Barack Obama staged a strong comeback in his second showdown with Mitt Romney, with the president describing his Republican opponent as "offensive" in suggesting he was playing politics over Benghazi and portraying him as more extreme than George W Bush on social issues such as women's rights.
  • (5) 5.32pm GMT South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has come out... to introduce Mitt Romney?
  • (6) Republicans were supposed to learn from Mitt Romney but I don’t think they did.” Allegations of rigging were widespread, even though a vote has not yet been cast, but few were willing to predict what kind of backlash there would be.
  • (7) His move so close to the election is likely to draw fire from Republican critics, though a response to the announcement from presidential candidate Mitt Romney was notable by its absence.
  • (8) During the 2012 presidential election, Republican nominee Mitt Romney regularly liked to joke that President Obama wanted the US economy to look "more like Europe".
  • (9) Republican Mitt Romney, for example, raised $18.4m in his first three months of the 2012 campaign.
  • (10) 7.00pm GMT Fifth question : has the president had the discussion with Mitt Romney that he promised he would on election night?
  • (11) Mitt Romney's historic gaffe caught on video – published, with great timing, by the left-leaning Mother Jones magazine – in which he said that his campaign was writing off 47% of American voters since they "depended on government" handouts, was committed in an equally significant manner, as he delivered the remarks to a closed group of potential major donors in Florida.
  • (12) What the papers say The Economist (for Obama) "A man who once personified hope and centrism set a new low by unleashing attacks on Mitt Romney even before the first Republican primary.
  • (13) Mitt Romney praises Trump after 'deal with the devil' dinner Read more “It’s not about revenge, it’s about what’s good for the country, and I’m able to put this stuff behind us,” Trump said in a television interview on NBC’s Today show on Friday.
  • (14) Obama doesn't have much to say, and neither does Mitt Romney but after that Libya cock-up his brain is mush and he starts going on about two parent families – what?
  • (15) The Romney Family Table is available online and in bookstores now, and could serve as the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who likes Mitt Romney, or likes seeing pictures of someone else's happy, gorgeous family, or simply is determined to ensure that the Romneys don't just dissolve into obscurity.
  • (16) That would be strike out it seems, as Napoli foul-tips one into the catcher's mitt, the first strikeout for Matt Moore.
  • (17) But as Republicans grapple with how to respond to groups like Black Lives Matter, they risk inflicting the kind of harm that in 2012 earned GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney just 6% of the African American vote.
  • (18) So far the Republican primary has spoiled us, from Rick Perry's "oops" to corporate asset-stripper Mitt Romney's admission that he liked firing people, delivered just before he was snapped apparently receiving a sit-down shoe-shine from an underling – not a good look for a would-be man of the people.
  • (19) October 17, 2012 2.21am BST Oh, a bit of a to-do between Macho Mitt and Obama, over federal licenses and oil drilling, and Mitt's looking a bit Al Gore 2000 here, wandering around being all aggro and complaining about the rules.
  • (20) Where we already have the electoral numbers, our political vengeance has been merciless against the GOP; witness California after its electoral dalliance with anti-immigrant policies or Mitt Romney’s disastrous 2012 campaign .