What's the difference between heroine and heroism?

Heroine


Definition:

  • (n.) A woman of an heroic spirit.
  • (n.) The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.
  • (2) The typology developed in two previous surveys of illicit heroin products is applicable to many of the samples studied in this work, although significant changes have occurred in the chemical profile of illicit heroin products from certain geographical regions.
  • (3) A procedure for detection and quantification of urinary 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM), a metabolite of heroin, is described.
  • (4) We have investigated the presence of fragments of the HIV genome with a new nucleic acid amplification technique (PCR or polymerase chain reaction) in lymphocytes from 33 seronegative couples with anti-HIV antibodies, most of which were heroin addicts.
  • (5) The Amazonian super heroine was dropped from the role less than two months later.
  • (6) Of 242 north Italian heroin addicts, 24 (9.9%) were HBsAg positive.
  • (7) Both heroin and alcohol addicts were characterized by a high frequency and magnitude of life change.
  • (8) But why did a pregnant heroin addict, or Nadia and the mother who put her into care, want to appear?
  • (9) Rates of past-year heroin abuse or dependence and heroin-related overdose deaths in the United States, 2002–2013.
  • (10) From Stranraer to Stornaway there is a fair chance every primary school child in the country will catch a glimpse of their heroine's gold medal at some stage, like it or not.
  • (11) Newborn infants delivered from mothers addicted to heroin often develop a deprivation syndrome.
  • (12) The results suggest that withdrawal-induced arousal may not be entirely eliminated by the heroin substitute, methadone.
  • (13) The efficiency of the volatilization of heroin using this procedure was studied under laboratory conditions using thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography.
  • (14) The first one is a renal adenocarcinoma in a heroin-abuser patient, of a type we have only found mentioned in the literature in 4 other cases.
  • (15) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
  • (16) Plasma ACTH, cortisol, and cyclic-AMP levels of eleven heroin addicts were dertermined before and after treatment with a fast detoxification procedure using acupuncture and electrical stimulation (AES) together with the administration of limited doses of naloxone.
  • (17) Ian Livingstone is not all that keen on being photographed near the life-sized model of Lara Croft in his study – even though he was largely responsible for launching her on the world nearly 20 years ago, and the heroine of the Tomb Raider video games, comics and films helped to make his fortune.
  • (18) India is presently facing the problem of increased trafficking in drugs; heroin and hashish are supplied to the west through the subcontinent.
  • (19) The results suggest that heroin and PCP induce alterations in the septohippocampal cholinergic innervations and in related behavioral performance.
  • (20) A flawed heroine of the anti-apartheid struggle, she is unlikely to keep a low profile in the coming days or to bite her lip if she believes Mandela's memory is being betrayed.

Heroism


Definition:

  • (n.) The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Koroma said he was “humbled by the dedication” of 35,000 Ebola response workers “whose heroism is without parallel in the history of our country”.
  • (2) But how about some first-hand heroism over a second-hand table?
  • (3) Donald Trump's loud mouth got him into trouble, and it will get him out | Jeb Lund Read more Despite Trump’s penchant for controversial comments – including disparaging the heroism of Arizona senator John McCain during the Vietnam war, which led to widespread condemnation within his party – Trump has maintained a substantial lead in national polls for the Republican presidential nomination.
  • (4) As the toxicology reports come in post-disaster, the facts of a broken tail mechanism and of Washington's indubitable resourcefulness and heroism (possibly coke-fuelled) during the disaster fade into the background as the full extent of his addictions becomes clear.
  • (5) In The Plague, the stricken protagonists are searching for some way of being human beyond heroism and sanctity.
  • (6) Part of the fascination here is not just the brittleness, or the basic novelty but the sense of hope in Iceland’s managed miracle, a saga of halls, heroism and meticulous small‑island obsession.
  • (7) "By making the hero a girl, he took all that macho stuff out of the equation and that gave him the freedom to examine heroism.
  • (8) Then, as Barnett puts it, there’s the culture of heroism in relief work: humanitarians like to save the day and would much rather do so on their own.
  • (9) There is a substantial section about the Holocaust .’’ Kaczyński, who engineered his party’s landslide parliamentary election victory last October, has devised a “politics of memory’’ policy that aims to highlight Polish heroism and sacrifice throughout history.
  • (10) Marie Colvin's tragic death in Syria this week has brought rightly glowing tributes to the heroism of one of the bravest journalists.
  • (11) They are an outlet for heroism, a reason for lucrative taxation and, with luck, a source of glory.
  • (12) Kobani was the Kurdish Stalingrad, and its defence became a byword for heroism.
  • (13) The town’s successful defence became a byword for heroism.
  • (14) The more astringent sensibility belongs, of course, to Dahl: one born of boarding-school bullying, extreme heroism in the second world war as a fighter ace and the death of a beloved child (to whom he dedicated The BFG).
  • (15) "But Novodvorskaya's heroism concealed the fact that she was a person with a European education and a talented publicist.
  • (16) In a nutshell: Persian heroism Israel – The Urburb Welcome to the 'urburbs' ... the Israel pavilion.
  • (17) It was, he said, "a day to remember all those who lost their lives" on both sides as well as to "salute the heroism of the task force" sent to correct a "profound wrong".
  • (18) It shows crowds of people cheering the heroism of these new pioneers.
  • (19) My dad just did what he was trained to do but, under fire, when it's observed, it's called heroism."
  • (20) Most remain deeply proud of the heroism shown by their colleagues.

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