What's the difference between graff and overseer?

Graff


Definition:

  • (n.) A steward; an overseer.
  • (n. & v.) See Graft.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Simultaneous production of the label pair employs a continuous flow, mixed-gas target irradiated by the University of Wisconsin tandem Van de Graff accelerator.
  • (2) Black and Fenske have presented a topic that fits in very well with the discussions provided by Dr. Graff concerning overall patient evaluation and the understanding that skin diseases may be external expressions of internal disease.
  • (3) The idea is partly inspired by Arnie Graff the Baltimore-based community activist now working for the Labour party.
  • (4) (Debey, P., Hui Bon Hoa, G., Douzou, P., Godefroy-Colburn, T., Graffe, M., AND Grunberg-Manago, M. (1975) Biochemistry 14, 1553).
  • (5) The influence of the insulin secretagogues, carbachol and glucose, on protein kinase C activation in isolated pancreatic islets has been examined by determination of the phosphorylation state of an endogenous 80-kDa protein substrate of protein kinase C. The islet 80-kDa protein was identified as the myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate previously described (Stumpo D. J., Graff, J. M., Albert, K. A., Greengard, P., and Blackshear, P. J.
  • (6) "Used well, a residence can be a huge help to advancing a country's interests," says Garrett Graff, editor of the Washingtonian Magazine .
  • (7) In late 2013 one Russian customer visited Graff Diamonds , a top end jewellery store in London’s Bond Street.
  • (8) One thing that I think really radicalised women is when they understood that this could lead to incarceration for women who had miscarriages,” says Agnieszka Graff, a commentator, activist, and author of World without Women: Gender in Polish Public Life.
  • (9) Although phorbol dibutyrate (5 microM) abolished the cholinergic stimulation of IPs generation (Graff et al., 1987), it did not affect the fluoride-induced response.
  • (10) But EU ambassador Laurent Graffe said: "The money is on track.
  • (11) Following a recent spate of stories claiming there is in-fighting in the Labour election team, Alexander denied he had sacked the party's community organiser, Arnie Graff.
  • (12) A previously isolated thermosensitive mutant [Springer, M., Graffe, M. & Grunberg-Manago, M. (6977) Mol.
  • (13) With the aid of a modified form of the 'therapy session check sheet' (TSCS) of Graff and Luborsky, a constellation of low manifest and low positive transference together with high resistance was isolated which was linked with low LCON with a high prediction rate.
  • (14) Speaking in London at a promotional event for the film, Harrison Ford , who plays Colonel Graff in the sci-fi epic, rejected any suggestion that Card's views are relevant to the content of Ender's Game.
  • (15) Jason Graff writes: "The answer to who plays football in the MOST correct fashion will soon have an answer."
  • (16) People were astonished,” said Agnieszka Graff, a commentator and activist.
  • (17) But in Brevik, unlike Mongstad, “we can utilise waste heat from cement factory so we don’t have to add additional heat,” said Oscar Graff, the chief technology officer for Aker Solutions Clean Carbon .
  • (18) Dr. Graff has done something that I have always felt was important, that is to create a list of possible cutaneous lesions presenting on the lower extremities which might be associated with skin problems elsewhere or be manifestations of systemic disease.
  • (19) positivearts.co.uk Nationwide Based in Manchester, but working across the country, Graff Workshop offers a wide variety of workshops, from birthday parties to team bonding days.
  • (20) NaF (5-20 mM) also increased IPs generation (Graff et al., 1987); this effect was potentiated by AlCl3 (10 microM) and unaffected by pertussis toxin.

Overseer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The damage threshold during aortic valvuloplasty was determined in 12 normal swine subjected to inflation of oversized dual balloons.
  • (2) Porous polyethylene was thus better incorporated into the soft tissues than silicone rubber as long as the overlying soft tissues were not stressed by an oversized implant or inadequate soft tissue coverage.
  • (3) The parietal, squamosal, and exoccipital bones, and the quadrate cartilage were displaced when otic capsule material was absent or oversized.
  • (4) A literature review aimed at completeness, a study of the hitherto largest case material (24 cases), and a comparative analysis of the bleeding and normal gastric arteries gave the following results: (1) the walls of the pathologic arteries are of normal structure; (2) as submucous arteries, they are of normal diameter; (3) they are attached to the mucosa by virtue of Wanke's musculoelastic mantle; (4) at the level of the muscularis mucosae, they are definitely oversized; (5) in the area of the linkage of the artery to the mucosa, a vulnerable mucosal spot is created; (6) the artery is accompanied by a vein of similar caliber; and (7) perforation of the vein takes place before that of the artery.
  • (5) Analysis of variance suggests that the use of a 0.5-mm oversized transplant, as opposed to a 0- to 0.3-mm oversized transplant, contributed to the production of high myopia when tissue from donors younger than 2 years was used (P = 0.009).
  • (6) Oversized grafts should be avoided because of resultant turbulent flow and the tendency of thrombosis.
  • (7) Two nurses ready a yellow and black machine that looks like a drill press with an oversized button where the chuck would be.
  • (8) In 38 per cent of cases the reason for surgery was an oversized calf and in 84 per cent the operation was performed on the farm of origin.
  • (9) Still: “We had an oversight model that could have worked” – meaning the Congressional and judicial oversight systems for the NSA – “But the overseers weren’t interested in oversight – the Senate and House intelligence committees championed surveillance.
  • (10) HTC's phablet - an oversized smartphone, or small tablet - resembles the slim profile and curved metal back design of the well-received 5in HTC One Android smartphone , but features a larger 5.9in full HD screen that makes watching movies and sharing content with friends easier.
  • (11) I meet Olsen in London, somewhere east of Dingwalls (a venue she's due to play later) and in the neighbourhood of the Observer 's offices.. She's wearing dark clothes and oversized shades, pale‑faced underneath.
  • (12) Yet the relationship between the overseers and the overseen is not adversarial.
  • (13) With a tone at points mournful and angry, Udall, who lost his re-election last month, said “the CIA has lied to its overseers and the public”, and blasted the White House for not holding anyone “to account”.
  • (14) The authors' results demonstrate that within an oversized IVC, the BNF creates less flow disturbance and is less occlusive with clot capture than biiliac filters.
  • (15) The easy, cynical view is that this is just people with too much money and oversized appetites buying into hype.
  • (16) Late on Monday the new finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, sent a six-page list of proposed economic reforms to Brussels which held to some of Tsipras’s election campaign pledges, but largely diluted or abandoned them to win the support of the other 18 governments in the eurozone, and of the troika of bailout overseers from the European commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) .
  • (17) Oversized balloons with a ratio greater than 1.3 (n = 35) caused a high (37%) incidence of dissection, with three severely compromised arterial lumens.
  • (18) These oversized disks had incorporated 3H-leucine and extended along the margin of the outer or inner segment.
  • (19) Kaepernick and Reid dropped to one knee while a naval officer sang The Star-Spangled Banner and dozens of military members unfurled an oversize flag at the Chargers’ Qualcomm stadium.
  • (20) Sixty-eight of the 88 lenses had PAS which were strongly correlated with the lens being oversized (P less than .001).

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