What's the difference between inconsistency and paradox?

Inconsistency


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility.
  • (n.) Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.
  • (n.) Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These data are inconsistent with an involvement of A-current reduction in LTP.
  • (2) Results were inconsistent with both the feature detector fatigue and response bias hypothesis.
  • (3) The lack of TBM prior to germinal center development and their absence in aged mice are inconsistent with the concept that TBM are required for the induction of the germinal center reaction.
  • (4) Moreover, it was more apparent in less differentiated tumors in which the granular pattern was often absent or inconsistent.
  • (5) Many governments try to protect their tax base through national blacklists based on criteria that are often unclear and inconsistently applied.
  • (6) Richard now is presented, albeit somewhat inconsistently, as evil in response to social ostracism because of his ugly deformities.
  • (7) It was concluded that 1) late ejection was quantitatively important to LV pumping, 2) behavior during late ejection was inconsistent with E(t)-R, and 3) ad hoc modification of E(t)-R models was not likely to yield LV pumping models that could satisfactorily reproduce instantaneous P(t) and Q(t) behavior over the entire ejection period.
  • (8) In these conditions the changes of the phrenic activity were weak and inconsistent.
  • (9) The only inconsistency in the mariner gene phylogeny is in the placement of the Zaprionus mariner sequence, which clusters with mariner from Drosophila teissieri and Drosophila yakuba in the melanogaster species subgroup.
  • (10) Meningococcal antisera raised against LPS from MGC A, B, and C also provided good protection against endotoxemia from the homologous capsular groups, but it was inconsistent against the heterologous serogroups.
  • (11) Twenty-three percent employed no birth control and 27 percent used diaphragms, the majority either inconsistently or incorrectly.
  • (12) Physicians are urged to reject involvement in rationing as inconsistent with their role as patient advocates and to support technology assessment, fee revisions, and more stringent self regulation as ways to discourage malpractice suits.
  • (13) The multiple reasons for an inconsistency of the epidemiological data are discussed.
  • (14) A 22 year old female-to-male half-Aboriginal transsexual had been exposed to gross neglect and violence, separation and inconsistent cultural supports during childhood.
  • (15) An algorithm is implemented to determine the form and phase shift for inconsistent type II quadrupoles for any space group having glide or screw-axis translations which are not a consequence of lattice centering.
  • (16) Defence lawyers contended that Saiful's testimony about the alleged sodomy, at a Kuala Lumpur condominium in 2008, was riddled with inconsistencies and the DNA evidence mishandled by investigators.
  • (17) In other words, absolute levels of these brain substances were inconsistent with respect to obesity across experiments.
  • (18) TGF-beta 1 regulated those differentiation markers of osteoblast phenotypes, although the effects were inconsistent depending on serum concentrations.
  • (19) These results are inconsistent with predictions of wavelength dependence inherent in recent theories of ocular scatter.
  • (20) The terminology of the pericardial sinuses and recesses has been inconsistent, and the authors propose a nomenclature for standardizing the names of the recesses of the serous pericardium.

Paradox


Definition:

  • (n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Paradoxically, each tax holiday increases the need for the next, because companies start holding ever greater amounts of their tax offshore in the expectation that the next Republican government will announce a new one.
  • (2) This "paradox of redistribution" was certainly observable in Britain, where Welfare retained its status as one of the 20th century's most exalted creations, even while those claiming benefits were treated with ever greater contempt.
  • (3) Although selenium deficiency in livestock is consequently now rare in Oregon, selenium-deficient soils and attendant selenium deficiency conditions have been reported near the Kesterson Wildlife Refuge in the Northern part of the San Joaquin Valley, California, where, paradoxically, selenium toxicity in wildfowl, nesting near evaporation ponds, occurred and attracted wide attention.
  • (4) Our findings may hold the key to understanding the apparent paradox that although neuroleptics presumably induce their therapeutic actions in disorders such as Tourette syndrome and schizophrenia as well as their parkinsonian effects by blocking dopamine receptors, this antagonism occurs immediately while behavioral changes often require weeks for maximal development.
  • (5) Urinary output paradoxically increased during the first day following starvation, but fell dramatically thereafter.
  • (6) Transient "paradoxical" increase of ST segment elevation followed by rapid falling was observed in 4 patients.
  • (7) The duration of paradoxical sleep was particularly increased resembling the effects of benzodiazepines.
  • (8) Comparing measurements of base line and 30 and 60% of Pmmax indicated that the degree of asynchrony, paradox, and variation in compartmental contribution were significantly related to the level of the load; significant abnormalities were observed at even 30% of Pmmax, a target pressure that can be sustained indefinitely.
  • (9) Nitroprusside, which is the drug of choice for treating this "paradoxical hypertension," was not readily available.
  • (10) We have attempted to investigate a relationship between the paradoxical GH secretion with the abnormal glucose tolerance test present in some cases of acromegaly.
  • (11) Allen Mathies, president and chief executive officer at Huntington Memorial Hospital, cited a paradoxical side effect stemming from the success of his hospital's geriatric outreach programs.
  • (12) Paradoxical bronchoconstriction was not observed when salbutamol was diluted with water.
  • (13) Similar paradoxes bedevilled all the other chief themes.
  • (14) But like so many of his colleagues in the Trump administration , Spicer has shown us how unconsciousness and stupidity can, however paradoxically, assume a Machiavellian function – how a flagrant example of gross insensitivity and flat-out odiousness can serve as yet another useful and convenient distraction.
  • (15) In addition, despite this overall protective effect, zinc paradoxically increased the glutamate-induced destruction of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-d)-containing neurons, a subpopulation that was shown in the preceding paper (Koh and Choi, 1988) to exhibit resistance to NMDA receptor-mediated neurotoxicity, and vulnerability to non-NMDA receptor-mediated neurotoxicity.
  • (16) Photograph: YouTube Formation is a protest and celebration, concerned with and in love with the very particular paradox of the black American identity and experience.
  • (17) Paradoxical embolus to the right coronary artery was demonstrated premorbidly and at autopsy.
  • (18) A sample of physician-referred chronic insomniacs was randomly allocated to either progressive relaxation, stimulus control, paradoxical intention, placebo or no treatment conditions.
  • (19) There was no difference between paradox and normal hearts in calcium stimulated ATPase activity in the SR.
  • (20) The apparent paradox in these results is correlated with different effects of the two maneuvers on left atrial pressure.