What's the difference between interest and lustre?

Interest


Definition:

  • (n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
  • (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
  • (n.) To cause or permit to share.
  • (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
  • (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
  • (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
  • (n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
  • (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
  • (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A group of interested medical personnel has been identified which has begun to work together.
  • (2) Hypothyroidism complicated by spontaneous hyperthyroidism is an interesting but rare occurrence in the spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disorders.
  • (3) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
  • (4) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
  • (5) "Britain needs to be in the room when the euro countries meet," he said, "so that it can influence the argument and ensure that what the 17 do will not damage the market or British interests.
  • (6) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
  • (7) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
  • (8) To this figure an additional 250,000 older workers must be added, who are no longer registered as unemployed but nevertheless would be interested in finding another job.
  • (9) Whittingdale also defended the right of MPs to use privilege to speak out on public interest matters.
  • (10) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
  • (11) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
  • (12) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (13) While the majority of EU member states, including the UK, do not have a direct interest in the CAR, or in taking action, the alternative is unthinkable.
  • (14) And the irony of it is it doesn't interest me at all.
  • (15) Further exploration of these excretory pathways will provide interesting new insights on the numerous cholestatic and hyperbilirubinemic syndromes that occur in nature.
  • (16) The information about her father's semi-brainwashing forms an interesting backdrop to Malala's comments when I ask if she ever wonders about the man who tried to kill her on her way back from school that day in October last year, and why his hands were shaking as he held the gun – a detail she has picked up from the girls in the school bus with her at the time; she herself has no memory of the shooting.
  • (17) Our interest in the role of association brain structures during this behavior is not occasional.
  • (18) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
  • (19) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
  • (20) Interestingly, different mechanisms of nucleated and non-nucleated TC directed lysis by CD4+ effectors were implied by distinct patterns of sensitivity to cholera toxin (CT) and cyclosporin A (CsA).

Lustre


Definition:

  • (n.) Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
  • (n.) Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
  • (n.) A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.
  • (n.) The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
  • (n.) A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes.
  • (n.) A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.
  • (v. t.) To make lustrous.
  • (n.) Same as Luster.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Disney's new chief executive, Bob Iger, has wasted no time restoring some lustre to the Magic Kingdom.
  • (2) When that lustre goes, however, we're just left with a large, unpleasant shop.
  • (3) The once pristine Boulevard Mobutu has lost its lustre.
  • (4) The macular changes consisted of an orange-like ophthalmoscopic appearance and a decreased macular lustre.
  • (5) The prime minister's officials played down the significance of the decision, which has taken some of the lustre off his coup of becoming the first European leader invited to Washington for talks with Obama since his inauguration in January.
  • (6) But has Frances botched her chances with lack-lustre flavour?
  • (7) For Max Hastings, as for Gove, the looming threat of a German Europe justified Britain's cause in the first world war and gives undying lustre to our boys' sacrifice in the trenches.
  • (8) Natalie Maines and the sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison have the lustre of women raised on healthy diets and quality grooming products.
  • (9) He may lack broadcasting experience, but his successful transformation of a much-loved British brand that had lost its lustre is seen by some as providing the perfect template for an ITV renaissance.
  • (10) During the long period when Caravaggio’s name had lost its lustre, many of his paintings found themselves reattributed to these Utrecht painters and vice versa: at some point 70% of the paintings in the National Gallery exhibition were said to be by Caravaggio.
  • (11) As a direct ingredient it would be easy to identify, but unfortunately mica remains as part of a complex mix of materials that are used to make colour pigments and lustres.” Boyd says the company has not knowingly purchased any materials containing natural mica since 2014.
  • (12) While the theory runs that the No 7's disquiet is due more to pay-rise jockeying than a love deficit of the Bernabéu, his performances have not lost lustre despite Madrid's poor start to La Liga.
  • (13) With 3D tickets costing on average 30% more at Odeon and Vue cinemas than other films, and with the added cost of glasses, which small children and those who wear contact lenses and spectacles often find uncomfortable, the format is losing its lustre.
  • (14) A method for tooth surface lustre measurements with a scanning reflectance sensor system is described.
  • (15) However, the Gujarat model begins to lose its lustre if you look at other development indicators.
  • (16) There are policies aplenty but the issue is how they hang together and whether Miliband possesses the strategic skills and has sufficient supporters, including among the Blairites and trade unions, as well as the personal lustre to deliver at a price the electorate is willing to pay.
  • (17) Pyne said on Wednesday the changes would add “lustre” to the parliament.
  • (18) Equally, his distinctive voice added lustre to the TV version of Animal Farm (1999), as Boxer.
  • (19) (5) Clinically the non-gamma2 amalgams are remarkable for superior marginal integrity and, seemingly, also for improved persistence of surface lustre.
  • (20) Erdoğan is regarded as having lost much of his international lustre.