What's the difference between hand and pat?

Hand


Definition:

  • (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
  • (n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
  • (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
  • (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
  • (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
  • (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left.
  • (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
  • (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
  • (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
  • (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
  • (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
  • (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
  • (n.) Rate; price.
  • (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
  • (n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer.
  • (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
  • (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  • (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
  • (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
  • (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar.
  • (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
  • (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
  • (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
  • (v. i.) To cooperate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) HSV I infection of the hand classically occurs in children with herpetic stomatitis and in health care workers infected during patient care delivery.
  • (2) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
  • (3) On the other hand, human IL-9, which is a homologue to murine P40, was cloned from a cDNA library prepared with mRNA isolated from PHA-induced T-cell line (C5MJ2).
  • (4) We sought additional evidence for an inverse relationship between functional CTL-target cell affinity on the one hand, and susceptibility of the CTL-mediated killing to inhibition by alpha LFA-1 and alpha Lyt-2,3 monoclonal antibodies on the other hand.
  • (5) Handing Greater Manchester’s £6bn health and social care budget over to the city’s combined authority is the most exciting experiment in local government and the health service in decades – but the risks are huge.
  • (6) Then a handful of organisers took a major bet on the power of people – calling for the largest climate change mobilisation in history to kick-start political momentum.
  • (7) On the other hand, after exposure to BrdUrd, neuron specific enolase decreased in NB-1 and SK-N-DZ and increased in GOTO.
  • (8) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
  • (9) The NORPLANT-2 rod system on the other hand consists of only 2 rods.
  • (10) Symptomatic improvement was obtained in 14 of the 15 hands, and sensory-evoked response improved in 13 hands.
  • (11) Michael James, 52, from Tower Hamlets Three days after telling his landlord that the flat upstairs was a deathtrap, Michael James was handed an eviction notice.
  • (12) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
  • (13) DI James Faulkner of Great Manchester police said: “The men and women working in the factory have told us that they were subjected to physical and verbal assaults at the hands of their employers and forced to work more than 80-hours before ending up with around £25 for their week’s work.
  • (14) On the other hand, the majority of gynecologic patients with pelvic infections are young and healthy.
  • (15) The pons, on the other hand, has a bioelectrical activity of its own during PS, i.e., the ponto-geniculo-occipital spikes (PGO).
  • (16) One-nation prime ministers like Cameron found the libertarians useful for voting against taxation; inconvenient when they got too loud about heavy-handed government.
  • (17) On the other hand, the limbic after-discharges to the hippocampal or amygdaloid stimulation were enhanced by Z. mioga as well as chlorpromazin, but they were inhibited by diazepam.
  • (18) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
  • (19) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
  • (20) In a separate exclusive interview , Alexis Tsipras, the increasingly powerful 37-year-old Greek politician now regarded by many as holding the future of the euro in his hands, told the Guardian that he was determined "to stop the experiment" with austerity policies imposed by Germany.

Pat


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.
  • (n.) A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.
  • (n.) A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.
  • (a.) Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely.
  • (adv.) In a pat manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The causes of death were interstitial pneumonitis (CMV-associated, 2 pats.
  • (2) Eager to show I was a good student, the next time we had sex, I noticed that one of my hands was, indeed, lying idle – and started to pat him on the back, absently, as if trying to wind a baby.
  • (3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Daniel Radcliffe, centre, with Sarah Greene and Pat Shortt in The Cripple Of Inishmaan at the Cort Theatre in New York.
  • (4) They ended up exceeding that margin comfortably, surging to a 14-0 lead inside the first 19 minutes and then withstanding the inevitable Samoan fightback, with the Wigan wing Pat Richards kicking four penalties to punish their growing indiscipline.
  • (5) Both paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) and left ventricular dysfunction were reversed with administration of digoxin and propranolol hydrochloride.
  • (6) "It's ludicrous that Caroline should be Pat's boss", a rival agent tells me.
  • (7) Recently the company had to agree to a sales target with banks as part of a refinancing of its debt burden, which had come down to less than £1bn after the sale of Branston Pickle to Japanese Mizkan Group and the sale of Hartley's jams and Sun-Pat peanut butter to US company Hain Celestial.
  • (8) ), Botryodiplodia theobromae, Pat., Rhizopus arrhizus Fischer., Phomopsis psidii Nag Raj and Ponnappa apud Ponnappa and Nag Raj, and Pestalotiopsis versicolor (Speg.)
  • (9) In this photometric platelet aggregation test (PAT III) a small amount (0.6 ml) of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is being rotated in a disc-shaped cuvette at 20 rpm, at 37% C. Changes in optical density of PRP which are induced by the formation of platelet aggregates are continuously registered using a chart recorder.
  • (10) At that time the herbage larval infectivity around inoculated cow pats deposited in May, June and July was subject to a reduction of 48%, 89% and 46%, respectively, compared with fungus-free control cow pats.
  • (11) The efficiency of NEA (norethisteronacetate) as an adjuvant hormone therapy in 196 pat.
  • (12) Anyone who can make one of these games deserves a pat on the back – or to be locked up.
  • (13) The Pat smear was introduced to clinical medicine 35 years ago.
  • (14) Crucially, the commonest wild bees are the most important, which gives us the ‘win-win’ situation where relatively cheap and easy conservation measures can support these and give maximum benefit for the crops,” said Pat Willmer, a professor of biology at Scotland’s University of St Andrews.
  • (15) Pat McSweeney – content manager, Movember UK @PatMcSw3ney @MovemberUK Pat curates content for Movember.com, specifically the news section and homepage.
  • (16) It’s just tokenistic crap so they can get more back pats from the broader community,” he said.
  • (17) A slightly lower but statistically significant rate of repeated tests was found among patients who performed PAT by AMHTS compared with those who performed the tests via the conventional ambulatory system.
  • (18) Development in faeces and transmission to grass of C. oncophora larvae were disturbed by the disintegration of cow pats.
  • (19) The direction group also includes the heads of the BBC in the nations as well as BBC North director Peter Salmon, creative director Alan Yentob, chief creative officer Pat Younge and director of communications Paul Mylrea.
  • (20) We conclude that extrathoracic tracheal external pressure is not Pat because this pressure is probably affected by transmission of pleural pressure to the cervical interstitial tissue as well as by the contraction of cervical accessory inspiratory muscles.

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