What's the difference between indelible and indispensable?

Indelible


Definition:

  • (a.) That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory.
  • (a.) That can not be annulled; indestructible.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) What the film does, though, is use these incidents to build an idiosyncratic but insightful picture of Lawrence, played indelibly by Peter O'Toole in his debut role: a complicated, egomaniacal and physically masochistic man, at once god-like and all too flawed, with a tenuous grip both on reality and on sanity.
  • (2) An analysis of insertions and deletions (indels) occurring in a databank of multiple sequence alignments based on protein tertiary structure is reported.
  • (3) Unfortunately for Ban, however, his leadership at the UN is indelibly associated with precisely the kind of diplomatic dysfunction put on display at such mega-conferences.
  • (4) The scene changed, my life had changed, and I moved into legal and more indelible forms of self-expression.
  • (5) I had a ball!” Bellingham, though, knew that gravy, like Lady Macbeth’s damned spot, left an indelible mark.
  • (6) Sabi Sand said it had injected a mix of parasiticides and indelible pink dye into more than 100 rhinos' horns over the past 18 months to combat international poaching syndicates.
  • (7) The violent images from that period 10 years ago – of Israeli security forces expelling Jews from their houses – remain indelibly inscribed in the settler community’s consciousness, and are viewed like kryptonite by Israel’s most rightwing government ever.
  • (8) But the brutal conflict of the Thrilla in Manila is the one indelibly etched into boxing history.
  • (9) Except that there was a wind - a gale of ideas, music, appearance and lifestyle which would leave its indelible mark on Western society, and beyond.
  • (10) The present report represents an extension of initial 3H-proline autoradiographic studies designed to provide, at both the cytologic and histologic levels, an indelible topographic record of skeletal events in aging mice.
  • (11) Deliberate hypotension can reduce major blood loss and indelicate operations can produce a drier field increasing the ease of surgery and the likelihood of a good result.
  • (12) However, by 1884, Osler had already left his indelible imprint on the students (both medical and veterinary) he had taught in Montreal, one of whom took over the teaching of pathology in the veterinary college.
  • (13) A former West Australian attorney general , Jim McGinty, told the Age newspaper that the image of her splashed across media outlets left an indelible impression.
  • (14) And though the names and faces of many who were lynched have slipped from the pages of history, their deaths, the report argues, have left an indelible mark on race relations in America.
  • (15) Not only have they left an indelible mark on American life, but the Obamas are a couple of the most beloved national figures right now,” said Neil Sroka , communications director for Democracy for America who was an Obama campaign staffer in 2007-2008.
  • (16) It left indelible marks on the island’s political and education systems, both of which are closely modelled on those of the UK.
  • (17) A quick, simple method of doing this would be to provide patients' with a plastic card, similar to a credit card, with instructions and details of the reaction written on it with an indelible pen.
  • (18) To mark his appointment, Grohl wrote a personal blogpost about how record-shopping and music discovery had left an indelible mark on his own life.
  • (19) More than 60 people were killed in Taliban attacks on Saturday, with dozens more injured including 11 men whose index fingers were cut off by the Taliban because they were stained with the indelible ink that marked them out as voters.
  • (20) Or has 1984's winner The Bone People , alone, left an indelible scar?

Indispensable


Definition:

  • (a.) Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.
  • (a.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption.
  • (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She was organised, good with people, very grown up and quickly proved herself to be indispensable.
  • (2) The lack of any easy clinical characteristic objectivisation often prevents easy recognition and complex diagnostic investigation is therefore indispensable.
  • (3) Duplex and color Doppler sonography have become indispensable for evaluating the major vessels of the abdomen.
  • (4) The data presented here indicate that renal clearance is not indispensable for eliminating etoposide.
  • (5) Therefore, observance of the generally accepted withdrawal time of 10 days is indispensable.
  • (6) Nurses are an indispensable part of these urban health teams and, if they are not already, should start now to become involved in urban policymaking and planning and consider how their national nurses' association can individually or collaboratively support healthy city projects and national healthy city networks.
  • (7) It is indispensable to establish a close cooperation between the public health authorities and the private physician, and we therefore wish to sincerely thank all colleagues and Public Health Officers for their collaboration.
  • (8) Treasury secretary Tim Geithner called her an "exceptional talent" whose broad experience would "provide invaluable leadership for this indispensable institution at a critical time for the global economy".
  • (9) These changes facilitate radium therapy which remains an indispensable arm for sterilizing primary lesions.
  • (10) "We will take part as requested … An agreement is indispensable for Europe, and not just Europe ," UniCredit chief executive Federico Ghizzoni told reporters in Rome, according to Reuters.
  • (11) A careful physical examination is indispensable, and masses should be evaluated with consideration given to mobility, location, consistency, contour, and site.
  • (12) Using this scoring system it is possible to establish comparable groups of patients - which seems indispensable for a critical examination of various therapeutic procedures.
  • (13) indispensable to attain normal reaching motor functions.
  • (14) This case shows that new or recurrent spinal cord symptoms may be due to a mechanical deformity of the cord rather than shunt malfunction, that restricting the length of the shunt catheter which is used to decompress PTSCCs is important, and that IOSS is an indispensable tool for visualizing the changes in spinal cord morphology during shunting procedures.
  • (15) In 46 patients the standard series was sufficient for diagnosis of allergic occupational contact dermatitis, but in thirty three cases it was indispensable to test them with additional subsances.
  • (16) That is a sign for increasing waste of reciprocal control of adrenal gland and liver, that is indispensable to maintenance of corticosteroid hemostasis.
  • (17) In order to establish whether the periaqueductal gray (PAG) is indispensible for peptide-induced excessive grooming, lesions were placed in the dorsal part of this structure.
  • (18) Polymodal pattern of regulation of this parameter is suggested which includes indispensable participation of both thermal and non-thermal factors of selection.
  • (19) Play is indispensable to human progress and good for individuals.
  • (20) Ultrasound is an indispensable tool for preliminary diagnosis ('filter function'), during treatment ('monitoring function') and in the followup examinations ('follow-up function') after shock wave lithotripsy of gallstones.