What's the difference between hench and henchman?

Hench


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Pantano, and L. L. Hench, "Auger spectroscopic analysis of bioglass corrosion films," J.
  • (2) It was then that he returned to the character of Simon Hench from Otherwise Engaged for a new play, Simply Disconnected.
  • (3) The granules consisted of Hench's Bioglass and another glass with the same chemical composition made in Italy.
  • (4) Simon Hench, the publisher in Otherwise Engaged, simply wants to be left alone and fends off the world by acting as if it doesn't exist.
  • (5) More than 20 years later, in 1996, Gray successfully returned to the character of Hench in Simply Disconnected.
  • (6) Granules of a glass (A) prepared according to Hench's formula and a new vitreous material for biological applications (AKRA 15) were used for repair of bone defects in the dental field.
  • (7) The announcement in 1949, by Hench at the Mayo Clinic, that cortisone had a dramatic beneficial effect on bed-ridden patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis ushered in the cortisone era.
  • (8) This report deals with comparative results obtained with unloaded intra-osseous implants of bioglass (L. L. Hench), Al2O3-ceramic and Al2O3-ceramic coated with a mod.
  • (9) The objectives of the present article are to confirm the bone bonding phenomenon of Bioglass (BG) developed by Hench et al., and to observe the singularity of tissue reaction to it.

Henchman


Definition:

  • (n.) An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Someone, somewhere, must stand up to the bullying, hectoring hypocrisy of Cameron's "localism" act and his henchman, Pickles, in full "screw democracy" mode.
  • (2) In another corner, Tory hopeful Andrew Boff was explaining that his uncle wasn't after all, a henchman for the Krays; he was merely a wrestling dwarf who once played a Dalek.
  • (3) The henchman AI isn't very good in Skyfall , so they've simply added extra respawn points in the hope you won't notice.
  • (4) Jon Lansman (then a Tony Benn henchman, now a member of Corbyn’s inner circle) has already called for “mandatory reselection”.
  • (5) Jong-un’s latest purge, ironically, targeted his chief henchman.
  • (6) Smugger still is the accompanying (and relatively new) Instagram account – an endless stream of conspicuous consumption as Palermo enjoys yet more infinity pools (attentive readers might notice a theme emerging), luxury goods shopping ("I can't think of a better way to start the day in Paris than the ultimate girl's playground #DIOR") and interchangeable small dogs, usually flanked by at least one permatanned, ripped himbo henchman in shorty shorts.
  • (7) Key lashed back at Greenwald, calling him "Dotcom's little henchman" and a "loser", but later conceded that Snowden "may well be right" in his claim that the NSA monitors New Zealand communications through the XKeyScore tool.
  • (8) In fact, the most gold is found at the thin end of the villain spectrum – past the range where people want to blow everyone up and kill policemen, past the grunting henchman range and deep into the bit where you find the high-frequency douchebags.
  • (9) The most hateful character of all is Saridza's chief henchman, Captain Mailler.
  • (10) Baron Haussmann, Napoleon III's city-planning henchman, razed an estimated 60% of the medieval capital to create the grand boulevards.
  • (11) Clifford and a henchman even knew what room the identity parade had taken place in.
  • (12) Here he plays super-smooth microfilm smuggler Vandamm, egging on henchman Martin Landau to dispose of pesky Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint.
  • (13) Reader, 77, a former henchman of crime boss Kenneth Noye, is also being tested for suspected cancer and may only have months left to live.
  • (14) Was it the result of a bizarre and careless mistake of a lowly henchman?
  • (15) Key denied the claim, dismissing Greenwald a conspiracy theorist, a “henchman” for Dotcom, and even a “loser”.
  • (16) One last job: the inside story of the Hatton Garden heist Read more Reader, a former henchman of crime boss Kenneth Noye and a key ringleader behind the heist at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company, travelled to Hatton Garden by bus using his Freedom Pass, and abandoned the burglary on its second night.
  • (17) Little has a "beastly asthma suffering henchman" called Flick Ferdinando.
  • (18) While Bush was the invasion’s prime architect, and Blair his all-too eager henchman – lapdog, as half the British people saw him at the time – their relative fortunes since stepping down from office would suggest the opposite relationship.
  • (19) Other songs played publicly by the band, which is closely linked to Russia's opposition movement, have included "Putin Pissed Himself", "Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest", and "Fuck the Sexist, Fuck Putin's Henchman."
  • (20) The GMB, which backed Owen Smith for the party leadership , criticised the move, saying it would force the UK to rely on foreign dictators – “henchman, hangmen and headchoppers” – for gas, as well as needlessly stop the creation of high-skilled jobs.

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