What's the difference between indiscretion and liaison?

Indiscretion


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence.
  • (n.) An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "I think if you look at my record since I have been a manager, I have never had any indiscretions whatsoever," Rodgers continued.
  • (2) Jack Wilshere has sought to highlight his professionalism by posting a video of himself working hard in training, after becoming embroiled in his latest smoking controversy – an indiscretion that has infuriated the Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger .
  • (3) The former Big Brother contestant is at the centre of the storm about the use of gagging orders to suppress publication of celebrity sexual indiscretions.
  • (4) It should be borne in mind that alcohol is the popular explain-all of our culture and as such is used as an excuse for everything from sexual indiscretions to well-planned "impulsive" acts.
  • (5) Sterling’s indiscretion was not as dangerous but the match officials missed both incidents and retrospective action may follow.
  • (6) A number of concerns regarding runners' health practices were identified, including running while ill or in pain, incidence of injuries, negative feelings when unable to run, neglect of a conscious cool-down period, low weight levels, and a tendency to increase workouts following perceived dietary indiscretions.
  • (7) Therefore, it is important to recognize hypersensitivity to sesame seed without delay so that the patient may eliminate the causative agent and use suitable medication in the event of a dietary indiscretion.
  • (8) Downing Street has called on the Football Association to make an example of Luis Suárez after he was charged with violent conduct for biting Branislav Ivanovic and Liverpool declared their leading striker would not be sold as a result of his latest indiscretion.
  • (9) Hers is a cautionary tale in an era when it is possible to boast about sexual indiscretions, confess heartbreak or depression, or exact revenge against ex-lovers to a worldwide audience.
  • (10) The trio's indiscipline follows Moyes having to sanction Chris Smalling for a similar indiscretion at the end of last month.
  • (11) Saunders has sailed close to crass indiscretion more than once.
  • (12) But it is unethical and unconstitutional when it is done out of convenience to correct indiscretions.
  • (13) A foreign secretary, Harold Macmillan observed, is forever poised between cliche and indiscretion.
  • (14) That turned around as Woods's personal indiscretions emerged but Mickelson still had to go some professionally to capture hearts and minds.
  • (15) For her to accuse Mrs. Oponyo for indiscretions that have clearly arisen from her personal frustrations that her ego has not been massaged by the state is uncouth, and speaks volumes of a musician who desperately thinks she must generate recognition by bullying state officials instead of playing decent music on the stage.
  • (16) The dietary indiscretions resulted in severe enteritis (indiscretion enteritis).
  • (17) Anyway, this is only a minor indiscretion, compared to some of the blabbing I've done, even when I've been trying very hard not to.
  • (18) In each case toxicity was associated with dietary indiscretion or infection.
  • (19) Dick White, the head of MI5, told the inquiry that Burgess’s “weakness, including his indiscretion and his homosexual tendencies were well known in MI5 but they had not regarded him as a member of the Communist party or as a possible Soviet agent since they did not think him capable of sustaining such a role”.
  • (20) The indiscretion let slip an internal debate at Airbus about the future of the world’s largest jetliner.

Liaison


Definition:

  • (n.) A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Methods to minimize bias in the design and implementation of consultation-liaison research are suggested.
  • (2) Continuity of care programs, such as that developed by the Pain Service of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), with good communication and liaison work between hospital and community, add a much needed dimension to the pain management of these patients in the home.
  • (3) Since 1987 consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatrists in Europe have decided to develop a closer collaboration to stimulate the development of the C-L field.
  • (4) A system for detecting such cases was established through liaison with other hospital peer review committees or any physician or nurse who was privy to specific information and willing to submit it in writing.
  • (5) Today, in answer to questions from MPs on the Commons liaison committee, David Cameron said he would back the bank.
  • (6) To offer these individuals the optimum result, it is mandatory to have close liaison with an orthodontic colleague.
  • (7) A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard said: "We are in liaison with the US authorities.
  • (8) Ahmed Chinoy, head of the Citizens Police Liaison Committee, asked.
  • (9) Specialist learning disability liaison nurse Jainab Desai is making meticulous checks of the complex arrangements to receive a tricky patient with learning disabilities, with staff of the day surgery unit at Royal Bolton hospital.
  • (10) Subsequent to the questionnaire the PCCU liaison pharmacist implemented a visual display of monthly drug costs, an education program that included the presentation of questionnaire results, and drug information lectures discussing controversial therapeutic issues.
  • (11) This article was amended on 5 January 2016 to clarify that the US Fish and Wildlife Service is leading the crisis management reaction to the occupation in liaison with the FBI.
  • (12) The results indicate that a POC may serve a specific and definable segment of patients, whose characteristics depart from the clinical populations in consultation-liaison psychiatry and medical-psychiatric units.
  • (13) Perinatal care in rural areas could be improved by: 1) transforming underequipped rural maternity units into centers where pregnancies can be properly monitored; 2) avoiding the transportation of a premature baby by moving the mother prior to delivery to a properly equipped center; and 3) providing for effective liaison between rural maternity services and fully equipped maternal health centers.
  • (14) Prior literature suggested that psychiatric liaison on medical wards would produce a more positive attitude towards psychiatry, more psychosocial chart documentation, and a higher consultation request rate.
  • (15) A retrospective review of the records of 755 patients seen by a psychiatric consultation-liaison service in a general hospital was performed.
  • (16) The authors present the results of a one-year study showing equivalent mastery of basic psychiatric knowledge and skills and equally favorable student reactions after psychiatry clerkships on a consultation-liaison service and on other more traditional psychiatry services.
  • (17) The walk that will always stay in my mind is one that I enjoyed with my climbing partner Paul Ramsden and our liaison officer, Dawa, after we had made the first ascent of beautiful Manamcho (6,264m) in the Nyainqentanglha East range of eastern Tibet.
  • (18) The individual experiences of the authors as fellows in consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychobiology, and sleep disorders medicine are described.
  • (19) Celebrity endorsement is the super- weapon of modern humanitarianism – three-quarters of Britain's 30 largest charities (excluding housing and care trusts) have full-time celebrity liaison managers to ease the celebrities on and off aeroplanes in and out of hell.
  • (20) The number of hospital orders made at the court increased fourfold after the liaison scheme began.