What's the difference between harness and tie?

Harness


Definition:

  • (n.) Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.
  • (n.) The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.
  • (n.) The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
  • (v. t.) To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.
  • (v. t.) Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.
  • (v. t.) To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The need here is to promote the development of genuinely participative models – citizens panels and juries, patient and community leaders, participatory budgeting, and harnessing the power of digital engagement.
  • (2) The case is presented of a patient sustaining cervical spine dislocation and quadriplegia attributed to impingement upon a 3-point attachment harness restraint.
  • (3) Finally, it is suggested that the gestural approach clarifies our understanding of phonological development, by positing that prelinguistic units of action are harnessed into (gestural) phonological structures through differentiation and coordination.
  • (4) Each experiment was designed as a 2 x 2 x 3 factorial with normal birds and acclimatization birds fitted with harnesses or housed over collection trays and given one of three dietary treatments.
  • (5) Harnessing its greatest asset – its authors – PEN is planning to publish an open letter to each of the five imprisoned writers every day this week, in the run up to the 33rd annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November.
  • (6) "We should be looking instead at decentralising the system, and looking closer to home for our energy supplies, such as solar panels on homes or harnessing wind energy on the coasts, or inland," he said.
  • (7) The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank and other financial institutions expected to offer finance and South Africa agreeing to buy half of the power generated.
  • (8) None of us is locked into a harness on a bench, being made unwillingly acquainted with tobacco products.
  • (9) In LNCaP cells (a prostate tumor cell line) the hAR is a heterogeneous protein which is synthesized as a single 110 kDa protein, but becomes rapidly phosphorylated to a 112 kDa protein.
  • (10) However, Reinfeldt's majority was undermined by the far right, who have sought to harness anti-immigrant sentiment in a country where one in seven residents is foreign-born.
  • (11) Shows such as Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation or Alex Horne's Seven Years in the Bathroom demonstrate an impressive ability to harness technology to the cause of live comedy; the visual aspects in both cases contribute enormously to the laughs, but it's hard to imagine how the shows would survive a power cut.
  • (12) Costs were diminished since with the same harness it was possible to carry out the intraoperative blood salvage and concentrate the erythrocytes contained in the oxygenator and its lines.
  • (13) Global policymakers know well the immense value of forests – so why have development interventions largely failed to harness the positive contributions of forested landscapes?
  • (14) Garcia says the movement is currently seeking to harness the anger in a common agenda of clear demands, a difficult task given the multiplicity of visions; it is not yet clear how much can be achieved.
  • (15) "In a way, it was good for harnessing anger," she continues.
  • (16) Specificity for the hAR was established by immunoprecipitation, immune-complex density gradient centrifugation and immunohistochemistry on human prostate tissue sections.
  • (17) In weightlessness, "falls" were achieved using elastic cords running from a torso harness to the floor.
  • (18) No significant changes in HAF, HAR, or hepatic tissue blood flow (HTF) occurred after the treatment.
  • (19) Almost a century after they were nearly destroyed by the Bolsheviks, these fierce horsemen – recruited by Ivan the Terrible in 1571 to guard Russia's borders – are back in harness.
  • (20) AHH and OHH suspension transiently increased interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production in response to the mitogen concanavalin A. Harness restraint alone did not affect IFN-gamma response.

Tie


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A knot; a fastening.
  • (v. t.) A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
  • (v. t.) A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
  • (v. t.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
  • (v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.
  • (v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
  • (v. t.) Low shoes fastened with lacings.
  • (v. t.) To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
  • (v. t.) To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.
  • (v. t.) To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
  • (v. t.) To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
  • (v. t.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
  • (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
  • (v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Behind her balcony, decorated with a flourishing pothos plant and a monarch butterfly chrysalis tied to a succulent with dental floss, sits the university’s power plant.
  • (2) 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.
  • (3) The quantity of social ties, the quality of relationships as modified by type of intimate, and the baseline level of symptoms measured five years earlier were significant predictors of psychosomatic symptoms among this sample of women.
  • (4) They are just literally lying.” In August Microsoft severed its ties, saying Alec’s stance on climate change and several other issues “conflicted directly with Microsoft’s values”.
  • (5) There is a gradual loosening of the adolescent's emotional dependence on her parents and a transfer of dependency ties to peers.
  • (6) We have reported on a simple and secure method of tying up hair during transplantation surgery for alopecia.
  • (7) Maybe it’s because they are skulking, sedentary creatures, tied to their post; the theatre critic isn’t going anywhere other than the stalls, and then back home to write.
  • (8) Beijing has no interest in seeing strained ties affecting development plans either.” The Moranbong band was founded by Kim Jong-un , with each member reportedly selected by a leader eager to make his mark on the cultural scene.
  • (9) Two years ago I met a wonderful man and we now feel it’s time to tie the knot.
  • (10) The glory lay in the defiance, although the outcome of the tie scarcely looks promising for Arsenal when the return at Camp Nou next Tuesday is borne in mind.
  • (11) Alec played a role in the resignation of the UK defence secretary Liam Fox last year over his close ties to his friend Adam Werritty.
  • (12) The Dodgers and Braves are tied 1-1 in the third inning and the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A's ALDS will start at 9:37pm EST.
  • (13) And if that ties up with one another then Oscar has got a major problem."
  • (14) Los Angeles were relentless in their vicious pursuit of a game-tying goal on Wednesday, bidding to send Game 4 into overtime.
  • (15) "This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth - and frantically computing how he's going to convince his partner that this is a really, really worthwhile investment."
  • (16) The levy would also confirm the dramatically changing nature of Pakistan's ties with its western partners, from a strategic alliance to a transactional relationship, with deep suspicions on both sides.
  • (17) Trade unions criticised the corporation’s 1% offer, tied to a minimum of just £390, for those staff earning under £50,000, calling it “completely unacceptable” .
  • (18) Unlike most CDU politicians, he keeps close ties to the British Conservatives despite their differences on Europe .
  • (19) Last week, the army major who ordered Dar to be tied to the vehicle was awarded a commendation for his counter-insurgency work in the region.
  • (20) He added, however, that the US would "remain the world's leading military and economic power for the next two to three decades" and he ruled out a radical shift in bilateral ties.

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