What's the difference between interweave and lace?

Interweave


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.
  • (v. t.) To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tate Modern, London, 16 October to 9 March, tate.org.uk Australia The complex art traditions of this remarkable continent – from Aboriginal dreamings and immigrant Romantic painters to the visionary Sidney Nolan – interweave in what promises to be a compelling epic spanning centuries of landscape and myth.
  • (2) These structural features support the idea that pyridoxine-biosynthetic genes are members of complex operons, perhaps to interweave coenzyme biosynthesis genetically with other metabolic processes.
  • (3) The analysis of last years is showing stronger a interweave from clinical Psychology and clinical medicine.
  • (4) After an analysis of the complex interweaving reactions of laser on biological materials, the laser applications in medicine and surgery are reviewed by the author.
  • (5) The kind of total darkness that enfolds the Welsh seaside town of "Llareggub" at the opening of Dylan Thomas's wonderful mid-century "play for voices" , which interweaves the thoughts and words of upwards of 60 characters over one day, is lost to the modern world.
  • (6) Published in their original handwritten form, the minutes of meetings of the Bank’s Court of Directors from 1914 to 45 , and of another key decision-making body, the Committee of the Treasury, from 1914 to 1931 , reveal a rich interweaving of the Earth-shattering and the mundane, which carried several echoes of the most recent crisis period of 2007-09 – minutes from which were released by the Bank on Tuesday.
  • (7) The light-microscopic appearance of a background fibrillary matrix imparting a "neural" appearance was the result of the interweaving of myriad cell processes filled with thin cytoplasmic filaments possessing fusiform densities.
  • (8) In view of the intricate interweaving of the various factions, the shifting alliances and complexity of the front lines in Syria , communication between Russia and the US on the precise territory subject to a ceasefire will have to be tightly co-ordinated.
  • (9) The operationalization of the model is based upon the interweaving of the role dimensions of the CNS, the goals of case management, and the components of collaborative practice into patient care.
  • (10) An attempt is made to analyze the complex interweaving of psychological, religious, cultural, and sociological factors in the precipitation of the outbreak.
  • (11) This study was carried out by a large group of workers in the Institute of Anatomy in Prague, with close and mutual interweaving of their contributed works.
  • (12) The structure of the diaphragm was revealed thus to be composed of radial fibrils of 7 nm in diameter, interweaving in a central mesh, and creating by their geometric distribution, wedge-shaped channels around the periphery of the pore.
  • (13) Here the use of EM has provided a direct visualization of the form and architecture of coaggregates revealing a dense interweaving of presynaptic filaments and dsDNA.
  • (14) Guides Dr David Mathieson and Dr Justin Byrne interweave history with the moving story of John Cornford , a British man (and Darwin’s great grandson) who helped beat back Franco’s army.
  • (15) Clinical material is presented which demonstrates typical forms of identification, and the interweaving of these motives is shown.
  • (16) The mature parasite often exhibited a highly invaginated surface contour with the result that the cytoplasm of the host cell and parasite became intimately interdigitated, this interweaving is unlikely to be recognized in light microscopic studies.
  • (17) Fifth, in the inner and outer plexiform layers, numerous filamentous branchlets extend 20 microns or more from the radial trunk, interweaving with branchlets from nearby Müller cells to form dense and continuous strata.
  • (18) In the inferior layer the fibres leave their formation, run diagonally in the direction of the trophoblast and interweave with each other to a mat of fibrils at the border to the trophoblast.
  • (19) The interweaving of the properties of these Ca2+ channels, with their spatial distributions and their influence upon other channel types, acts to transduce and integrate information within cells.
  • (20) Reticulin staining of the fibrous trabeculae in the posterior (scleral) part of the lamina revealed a structure composed of interweaving skeins of collagen fibres frequently arranged tangentially around the canals, 40-220 microns in diameter, through which optic nerve axons pass.

Lace


Definition:

  • (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.
  • (n.) A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
  • (n.) A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
  • (n.) Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.
  • (v. t.) To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
  • (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
  • (v. t.) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
  • (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage).
  • (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Litvinenko died aged 43 after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium-210 at a meeting with two Russian men at the Millennium hotel in Grosvenor Square, London, in November 2006.
  • (2) Girls loved him, his flouncy lace sleeves, tight trousers, big hats, curly hair.
  • (3) Other designs included short ruffle cocktail dresses with velvet parkas slung over the shoulder; blazers made of stringed pearly pink; and gold beading and a lace catsuit.
  • (4) He says he is not bitter but his words are laced with hostility.
  • (5) Renal calcification following renal vein thrombosis (RVT) has a virtually diagnostic lace-like radiological pattern.
  • (6) Part of that must be down to the way the language of welfare reform is surreptitiously laced with innuendo about scroungers and skivers.
  • (7) The only reminder of what happened is a small, blackened, crater near the northern part of town, where a rocket laced with a nerve agent fell, killing more than 70 people in one of the worst mass casualty chemical attacks in the six-year war in Syria .
  • (8) In smears prepared from aspirated material, uniform tumour cells, embedded in a myxoid matrix and partly arranged in a lace-like pattern, were found.
  • (9) This week the British fashion industry finally shed its image of cautious provincialism laced with endearing eccentricity and earned the applause of those members of the international fashion community in London for the show of the top ready-to-wear designers and the major fashion exhibitions at Olympia and the Kensington Exhibition Centre.
  • (10) A lace used in obstetrics for ligation of umbilicus served as the tourniquet.
  • (11) These days, rat poison is not just sown in the earth by the truckload, it is rained from helicopters that track the rats with radar – in 2011 80 metric tonnes of poison-laced bait were dumped on to Henderson Island, home to one of the last untouched coral reefs in the South Pacific.
  • (12) Blood laced with disgrace flows from my hands, feet and side.
  • (13) • Follow the Guardian's World Cup team on Twitter • Sign up to play our great Fantasy Football game • Stats centre: Get the lowdown on every player • The latest team-by-team news, features and more It was also a night that was laced with controversy.
  • (14) Sweden's third-largest city is laced with 500km (310 miles) of cycle lanes, more even than in Copenhagen, a short hop across the Öresunds Bridge .
  • (15) FceRII showed a lace-like pattern irrespective of the distribution of IgE.
  • (16) Laced stabilizers offer an equal or possibly greater amount of support, are less costly and easier to apply, and can be retightened frequently during activity.
  • (17) Athletic shoe manufacturers have introduced specialized lacing systems and high-top performance shoes to improve ankle stability.
  • (18) The distribution of radioactivity between newly synthesized poly(A)-containing and poly(A)-lacing polysomal RNA was altered, but no differences in mRNA half-life were observed in growth compared with effects of sham nephrectomy.
  • (19) He was reported missing after missing roll call on 30 June 2009, and a huge search operation began immediately, with foot patrols combing the landmine-laced and helicopters flying dozens of missions to look for him from the air.
  • (20) It was a migraine-inducing reminder of this team's fallibility, a position of relative authority having been surrendered wastefully; even attempts to salvage a point were rather unconvincing and laced with panic.