What's the difference between hough and sough?

Hough


Definition:

  • (n.) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.
  • (n.) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.
  • (n.) The popliteal space; the ham.
  • (n.) Same as Hock, a joint.
  • (v. t.) Same as Hock, to hamstring.
  • (n.) An adz; a hoe.
  • (v. t.) To cut with a hoe.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As the 100-day mark approached, Hough said: “I think the support remains.” “The economy improved elsewhere,” she said.
  • (2) Newborns were studied at district hospital, Chinsurah, in Houghly district (West Bengal) from September 1977-August 1978.
  • (3) There have since been several workshops offered by Xomed and Dr. Hough, who developed the device, to train otolaryngologists how to implant this device.
  • (4) Professor Mike Hough, who was in the team that started the Home Office's then British crime survey in the early 1980s, says the fact that both the key yardsticks – the official crime survey and the police statistics – point in the same direction suggests there has been a "real and welcome fall" in crime.
  • (5) The literature thus far is limited to the experience of Hough and others involved with his initial trials.
  • (6) Camra's pubs director, Julian Hough, said the pub's success was hard earned against some tough competition: "The Swan with Two Necks really is the best of the best, having beaten rival pubs at every step, in a process which starts at a local level and takes a full 12 months to complete.
  • (7) A subtle curved line due to pneumothorax is then detected by means of the Hough transform.
  • (8) Perry Boys Abroad, by Ian Hough, has been released by Pennant Publishing
  • (9) If he can’t produce, then he’ll be as bad as Hillary.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Melissa Hough, president of the board of trustees of the Slate Belt Heritage Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania.
  • (10) The algorithm is based on the Hough transformation and can determine the parameters describing an ellipse even in low signal-to-noise ratio images and when the contour is only partially visualized such as in non-perfused regions of the left ventricular myocardium.
  • (11) A) There are 2 types of bone conduction implant: the "Audiant Bone Conduction" system of Hough-Vernon (Xomed), where an outside electromagnetic coil sends signals transcutaneously to a magnetic screw embedded on the temporal bone.
  • (12) Case study Julia Hough, a 39-year-old emergency services call handler in Dorset, was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2002.
  • (13) EGK Red carpet host Ryan Seacrest and actor Julianne Hough arrive at the Golden Globes with matching bouffants.
  • (14) In this paper we present you our clinical experience of 2 cases in which we implanted the Audiant Bone Conductor (by J. Hough).
  • (15) We report a case of an adrenal lipoma, a very rare lesion first described in 1899 and of which a total of six cases have previously been reported (Lange 1966, Page, De Lellis & Hough 1986).
  • (16) This group was tentatively assigned to His 14 on the basis of the results on X-ray crystallographic and chemical modification studies [Hough et al.
  • (17) PopCap Games , whose highly entertaining and child-friendly game Plants vs Zombies was nominated for a Bafta last year, feature "player profiles" on their website, including "Barbara Simpson, 36 – Connecticut mom plays Bejeweled Blitz with a baby on her lap" and "Ann Hough, 48 – Mother, daughter bond over Plants vs Zombies".
  • (18) EGK Actress Julianne Hough arrives at the Golden Globes.
  • (19) The stenotic change was detected on the basis of the reference diameter estimated by Hough transformation.
  • (20) Four of 33 tumors were classified as benign according to the Weiss, van Slooten, or Hough systems (tumor tissue was unavailable for seven patients).

Sough


Definition:

  • (n.) A sow.
  • (n.) A small drain; an adit.
  • (v. i.) The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring.
  • (v. i.) Hence, a vague rumor or flying report.
  • (v. i.) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
  • (v. i.) To whistle or sigh, as the wind.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) David first sough psychological help at Oxford when, miserably unhappy, he was introduced by his friend Charles Collins to the psychiatrist and Freudian psychoanalyst RD Gillespie.
  • (2) No commitment has been given to release the much-sough-tafter business case or the contract itself once it is signed.
  • (3) Evidence for selective extravasation of thoracic duct lymph-borne cells, derived from rats with adjuvant disease, within joints of normal or adjuvant arthritic recipients was sough by adoptive transfer of radiolabeled cells.
  • (4) It is of the greatest simplicity, and it is sough by asking the subject to follow the finger of the examiner.

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