What's the difference between haphazard and thorough?

Haphazard


Definition:

  • (n.) Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Poorly-differentiated tissue produced a more haphazard out-growth of pleomorphic cells with few processes and flattened pseudopodia.
  • (2) Ultrastructurally, however, this material is composed of nonbranching, haphazardly arranged fibrils of approximately three times the thickness of typical amyloid fibrils.
  • (3) For example, it is not known with any certainty whether the oscillations seen in fetal heart rate are highly organised, in reflection of underlying ultradian rhythms, or whether they are entirely random and haphazard.
  • (4) A review of 15 well-documented cases of proliferative periostitis reported in the literature and a description of six new cases, five fully documented, have shown the following: a variety of irritants both odontogenic and nondontogenic in origin may induce neoperiostosis in the mandible; radiographically, cortical redundancy and preservation of the original cortical outline are the most common findings; and microsocopically, a fibro-osseous pattern evincing one of the three trabecular orientations--parallel, retiform, or haphazard fibrous dysplasia-like--is featured.
  • (5) For many years directors of Canadian postgraduate specialty programs have selected candidates in an uncontrolled and haphazard way.
  • (6) Soon, reformers known as “sanitarians” focused their attention on replacing the haphazard and unsanitary plumbing arrangements in homes and workplaces with technologically advanced public sewer systems.
  • (7) We postulate that an embryonic rest was incorporated into the spinal canal and, when removed from its normal inducer tissue, grew haphazardly throughout the spinal cord.
  • (8) The single striking morphologic abnormality was the disorganized, haphazard architecture of the media in these areas.
  • (9) Canvasses from the UNHCR and Unicef, the children's agency, are piled haphazardly on to structures made out of wood with wicker roofs, sacking and animal skin.
  • (10) It is concluded that the haphazard and incomplete visualization of the uterine contents at present precludes the application of second-trimester fetoscopy for early detection of visible congenital fetal abnormalities.
  • (11) Some Tory ministers take the view that driving down the total cost of government and getting rid of bodies is enough – why care if the cuts are haphazard and disorganisation results?
  • (12) By having all second-year residents together, faculty teaching time was efficiently used, and the haphazard results from relying on faculty-resident precepting experiences in the family practice center to provide training in these areas was avoided.
  • (13) Pigment cell contributions exhibit no consistent pattern among the four macromeres, and are haphazardly distributed throughout the ectoderm.
  • (14) These data indicate that the occurrence of MLRs in children is not haphazard, and that the MLR in children can be reliably obtained during certain states of arousal.
  • (15) The inquest was left with an increasing impression of organisational haphazardness – even chaos – with different agencies meeting regularly but failing to share information or establish basic facts.
  • (16) The car glides through rolling hills; the camera shows the expression on the boy's face turning from delight to terror; the vehicle veers haphazardly to the side of the road and Théophile is seen leaping out, running to the nearest house for help.
  • (17) Changes of mechanical activity and coronary blood flow induced by haphazard uncorrelated sequence of stimuli, were studied in the dog heart.
  • (18) Early lesions of KS were characterized by the presence of dilated vascular spaces haphazardly arranged in the biopsy specimen, a sparse inflammatory cell infiltrate composed of lymphocytes (usually without plasma cells), and aggregates of cuboidal cells with the appearance of epithelioid cells.
  • (19) Johnson said it was time to stop "making do" and haphazardly expanding existing airports, adding: "We must ensure that the final outcome is not one that future generations will regret."
  • (20) These results suggest that the ECH in celiac disease is not a haphazard process but, instead, a selective proliferation of certain endocrine cell types.

Thorough


Definition:

  • (prep.) Through.
  • (a.) Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
  • (a.) Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
  • (adv.) Thoroughly.
  • (adv.) Through.
  • (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 2.39pm BST The European Union called for a "thorough and immediate" investigation of the alleged chemical attack.
  • (2) Before carrier vaccines are applied, these risks must be thoroughly evaluated case-by-case.
  • (3) To study these changes more thoroughly, specific monoclonal antibodies of the A and B subunits of calcineurin (protein phosphatase 2B) were raised, and regional alterations in the immunoreactivity of calcineurin in the rat hippocampus were investigated after a transient forebrain ischemic insult causing selective and delayed hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell damage.
  • (4) A careful history, a thorough physical examination, and an appropriate selection of tests will identify these patients.
  • (5) Thorough clinical investigation of the patient revealed sarcoid involvement of the skin, lungs, liver and lymph nodes and an extensive retroperitoneal surgically-verified lymph tumour.
  • (6) Sift the cocoa powder over the top and lightly but thoroughly fold it in with the metal spoon.
  • (7) A thorough nursing assessment is essential to detect and correct drug misuse and to diagnose drug abuse.
  • (8) Fetal activity throughout pregnancy has been thoroughly studied.
  • (9) A high index of suspicion of bilateral tumors and a thorough work-up resulted in the early diagnosis of small tumors.
  • (10) Results indicate that laryngeal paralysis following severe trauma can be a very early sign of aortic injury and requires prompt and thorough investigation.
  • (11) A thorough dental prophylaxis before acid-etching of enamel is often recommended.
  • (12) A thorough family history and an extensive investigation of bleedings in the neonatal period should make early diagnosis possible.
  • (13) The diagnosis in all patients was made on the base of a thorough clinical examination, the results from the electrocardiography and the selective coronarography.
  • (14) Xu, the ABP chairman, disputed any claims of impropriety, and said his company went through a “robust and thorough” tender process.
  • (15) Thorough knowledge of the modes of ventilatory support and criteria for weaning are essential for the critical care nurse to anticipate patient needs.
  • (16) Similarities and differences in the sensitization induced by cocaine and amphetamine (which are though to have different mechanisms of actions although common behavioral outcomes) have not been thoroughly studied.
  • (17) It is advisable to examine horses thoroughly during training and to use the results of training for the evaluation of their condition before difficult races.
  • (18) The requirement for technical reliability of the implantable device for patient safety requires a thorough understanding of all technical and medical details of the therapeutic device.
  • (19) If LTP is to be effective, thorough coagulation with tender blanching effects is mandatory.
  • (20) A thorough review of the literature concerning the Frey syndrome is reported.