What's the difference between honour and mense?

Honour


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All former US presidents set up a library in their name to house their papers and honour their legacy.
  • (2) When faced with a big dilemma, the time-honoured tradition of politicians is to order an inquiry, and that is what Browne expects.
  • (3) And that ancient Basque cultural gem – the mysterious language with its odd Xs, Ks and Ts – will be honoured at every turn in a city where it was forbidden by Franco.
  • (4) "The role of leader is one of the greatest honours imaginable – but it is not a bauble to aspire for.
  • (5) Lord Thomson of Monifieth , the now deceased chairman of the political honours scrutiny committee, was a former Labour minister but then sat in the Lords as a Liberal Democrat peer.
  • (6) Two days after Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse , published a beautiful essay calling for this year's First World War commemorations to " honour those who died " and "celebrate the peace we now share", Michael Gove has delivered the government's response.
  • (7) Speaking about the player, who scored crucial goals for England during qualification for the 2014 World Cup, Hodgson said: “Andros was unlucky to lose his place in the squad when he wasn’t getting a regular game and he’s gone to Newcastle, got a regular game, and done very well there.” Expressing his delight in being selected, Townsend tweeted: “Huge honour to be named in provisional England squad for the euros ... Will give my all over next few weeks to try to make final squad!” Hodgson also declared himself pleased to include Jordan Henderson, who returned to action for Liverpool in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion having been out since early April with damaged knee ligaments.
  • (8) We had a brief conversation and I said to him he was acting from high honour here, and I said how sorry I was this wasn’t happening in three or four years time..because Barry is a man of honour..and I think he is a very capable premier and I think he has been missed.” Asked whether he had ever met Nick di Girolamo , the prime minister said both he and Mr di Girolamo attended a lot of functions, and “I don’t for a moment say I have never met him but I don’t recall it.” But former federal Liberal MP Ross Cameron sounded much more sceptical about O’Farrell’s memory lapse when speaking to Sky News.
  • (9) Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system."
  • (10) But I say to the honourable gentleman we won’t get Britain building unless we keep our economy going.” Later, Marie called in to radio station LBC radio to say that the new Labour leader needed to “change the way he does things, mix things up each week and really not let the Conservatives know which side it’s coming from – firing on all corners but doing it in a calm and collected way”.
  • (11) Mr Cameron said on Thursday that our duty is "to honour those who served; to remember those who died; and to ensure that the lessons learned live with us for ever".
  • (12) Concern for the future and belief in scientific progress provided the motive for the foundation of the Prize which, in our time, is one of the most coveted of honours.
  • (13) Since the July summit, a reference group, a taskforce and working groups have been established to track whether pledges are being honoured and to monitor where, when and how contraceptives are being delivered.
  • (14) It is unclear whether the Trump administration will honour the agreement.
  • (15) Bratton says he is honoured to be asked to help and may be in London to meet the prime minister this week.
  • (16) The judge’s order to close the case came two weeks before US President Barack Obama is to be guest of honour at India’s Republic Day celebrations on 26 January.
  • (17) We defended this place with honour," Pogukay, a police colonel, said.
  • (18) Out of remaining single-honours courses, three-quarters of Italian degrees, two-thirds of German and half of French and Spanish studies degrees are taught at Russell Group universities.
  • (19) In a long piece on the Daily Beast, he also revealed that Mia Farrow had granted permission for her image to be used in film clips honouring Allen during the Golden Globes, and expressed surprise at her Twitter reaction.
  • (20) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."

Mense


Definition:

  • (n.) Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility.
  • (v. t.) To grace.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Extrapolation of gestational age from early crown-rump lengths (CRLs) has been difficult because previously established tables of CRL versus gestational age have contained few measurements at less than seven to eight weeks from the first day of the last menses.
  • (2) Menses resumed in all 6 women 7 to 41 days after the injection, galactorrhea disappeared in all 4 patients, and libido and potency become normal in both men with microprolactinomas.
  • (3) All eight girls with menarche before therapy had no further menses.
  • (4) We obtained blood samples from 88 women 45-58 yr old who were having cyclic menses every 1-2 mth (37 women, 133 samples) or were amenorrheic for greater than 3 mth (51 women, 310 samples).
  • (5) Women stopped using these 2 methods mainly because of the desire for a future pregnancy, menstrual spotting, and absence of menses.
  • (6) Users of the minipills often reported irregular menses.
  • (7) With corticosteroid therapy, the percentage decreased to 2 percent and menses resumed after secondary amenorrhea of two years' duration.
  • (8) These errors include losses of food on cooking and eating utensils and dishware, losses of feces or urine on toilet paper or in collection containers, and losses through sweat, exfoliated skin, hair and nail growth, saliva, menses, blood sampling, toothbrushing, semen, and, for nitrogen, from flatus and respiration.
  • (9) During both menses and the premenstrual week of the low fat dietary period there were significant decreases in self-reported symptoms associated with water retention.
  • (10) It has been used traditionally to treat bronchitis and to induce abortion and menses, but was only recognized as a male antifertility agent in the 1970s.
  • (11) Studies on the mechanism of action of Mifepristone as a luteolytic have shown that menses will occur even if exogenous hCG is given to sustain progesterone levels.
  • (12) After 8 months, she continued to experience normal menses.
  • (13) The complement of protected time--viz., "ovulatory age," the period between menarche and diagnosis of ovarian cancer (or cessation of menses) minus "protected time"--was strongly related to risk of ovarian cancer.
  • (14) The midluteal phase, characterized by high levels of estradiol and progesterone, was associated with improved performance on tests of speeded motor coordination and impaired performance on a perceptual-spatial test, relative to performance during menses.
  • (15) Mean CA-125 levels were significantly increased in both groups during menses.
  • (16) We conclude that inconsistent findings on the effect of menopausal status in the association of breast cancer with some reproductive factors are partly due to statistical imprecision and differential misclassification bias associated with different age-based or menses-based definitions of menopause.
  • (17) The magnitude of the variation was not affected by whether the biopsy specimen was obtained in the mid or late luteal phase, the degree of lag between the dating and subsequent menses, or the presence of an LPD.
  • (18) On day 5 after the onset of induced menses, all women had baseline blood samples obtained at 10-minute intervals for 4 hours.
  • (19) A 13-year-old girl with signs and symptoms of an acute abdomen was found to have uterus didelphys, unilateral hematocolpos, ipsilateral renal agenesis and menses.
  • (20) 24 women received 400 mg of RU 486 and the remaining 115 women received 600 mg on the day before the expected menses.

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