What's the difference between jagged and serrated?

Jagged


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Jag
  • (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Jags are doing a nice job of showing a 'worst case scenario'.
  • (2) Truth told, I simply hadn't the time to do anything more than snap a bar of expensive chocolate into jagged shards and put it in the middle of the table.
  • (3) From here the view is breathtaking; looking down on Loch Coruisk and tiny sandy beaches below all ringed by the looming jagged peaks of the Cuillin.
  • (4) The turbine housings, which are half-complete, resemble the jagged ramparts of a fort.
  • (5) She told the Jags their actions to improve the military sexual abuse crisis was "not enough" Gillibrand asked Harding which he believed had done their duty in the Aviano case – the jury or the convening authority.
  • (6) Is it a waste of money to spend this fantastic sum on one painting, a canvas depicting a mess of jagged female limbs?
  • (7) Biopsy specimen from deltoid muscle consisted of untypable fibers of varying diameters with jagged Z-lines and increased variability of myofibrillar diameters.
  • (8) The Jags' owner, Shahid Khan, is investing substantial sums of his own money into upgrading Jacksonville's existing stadium , and successful businessmen rarely spend their own cash for no reason.
  • (9) A breakthrough was already looking inevitable and, sure enough, in the seventh minute Bale embarked on another jagged dash down the left.
  • (10) Surfaces with poor cleanability before and after abrasion were characterized by pitting, crevices or jags.
  • (11) On the day of the accident, Simon Lowe, Jagged Globe’s managing director, flew to Kathmandu, on to Lukla, and then made the full day’s trek to her home.
  • (12) When it rains in Bogotá the clouds swallow up the jagged Andean peaks that surround the city.
  • (13) The reduced-quintinomial distribution provides theoretical results that describe the characteristics of the PND's quite well, accounting for the smooth or scalloped behavior of short-counting-time data, the jagged nature of long-counting-time data, and the Poisson-like character of very-short-counting-time data.
  • (14) He lifts his trouser leg to reveal a long, jagged scar on his left ankle.
  • (15) The cells of the stratum corneum are rough, jagged, and contain myriad niches in which bacteria dwell.
  • (16) Jaguars 20-7 Titans The boos are ringing out in Tennessee, where Jordan Todman just took the ball in on a five-yard run to restore the Jags’ two-score advantage.
  • (17) When they lifted them they saw through the tears the smiles of the doubters, their jagged teeth shining through oily jaws.
  • (18) The scenic drive along Bear Lake Road skirts broad meadows full of elk grazing beneath jagged peaks.
  • (19) And there is the flinty personality, sharp, jagged, unyielding.
  • (20) Photograph: Alamy While the Westfjords’ main roads (Route 60 and Route 61) provide views along the jagged routes that rise, fall, twist and turn along each fjord, there are also activities to try: kayaking, hiking, cycling.

Serrated


Definition:

  • (a.) Notched on the edge, like a saw.
  • (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Concurrently the pointed spines become scale-like and serrated.
  • (2) Compared with conventional mechanical lithotripsy with serrated, jawed instruments, electrohydraulic lithotripsy is a safe, easy to learn and effective technique for treating bladder stones.
  • (3) When it's serving time, use a good serrated knife to saw cleanly through the rhubarb.
  • (4) AD evoked by stimulation of the hippocampus (long duration discharges of slow serrated waves) differed characteristically from AD following stimulation of the VMD (short duration spike and wave complexes).
  • (5) The cemented pins were serrated and plain and the cements used were: (1) ZOE, (2) zinc phosphate, (3) glass ionomer, and (4) polycarboxylate.
  • (6) The lumen of the cisterna contains a serrated layer of dense material referred to as the intracisternal lamina.
  • (7) The innermost layer is characterized by numerous serrations, the tips of which project into the lumen of the capsule.
  • (8) Esophageal radiologic findings showed a serrated type shadow defect 6 cm in diameter at the middle thoracic esophagus.
  • (9) Specially designed threaded and serrated posts were machined in precious metal.
  • (10) Comparison of a first group of 23 patients submitted to venous thrombectomy alone with 102 patients protected by filters or serrated clips shows a drastic decrease in lethal pulmonary embolism postoperatively.
  • (11) Vented parallel-sided, serrated posts cemented into matching precision channels provide excellent retentive strength; however, they do not offer significant resistance to rotational forces.
  • (12) A serrated suction tip with a variety of diameters and serrations has been developed for the microsurgical removal of tumors.
  • (13) The InS is formed in four steps; cell aggregation (19 days postconception and one day postpartum), formation of bone extensions and collagen fiber bundles (4 and 7 days postpartum), modification of the orientation of these fiber bundles (14 days postpartum), and formation of the serrated suture and fiber bundles with regular orientation (21, 30 and 60 days postpartum).
  • (14) Klein has now worked her serrated humor into a debut collection of autobiographical essays, titled You’ll Grow Out Of It , published in the US this week.
  • (15) Cast gold, parallel-sided, serrated post and cores were cemented in extracted teeth.
  • (16) Microscopically, the thickened areas consisted of abundant acellular collagen fibers containing numerous elastinophilic, thick, serrated fibers and globules, identical with the elastofibroma fibers seen in elastofibroma dorsi.
  • (17) A serrated, "corkscrew" pattern was present and corresponded well to the perivascular fibrosis noted histologically.
  • (18) Class 3 units responded maximally to pinch with serrated forceps but also were activated by light touch and pressure.
  • (19) The sinuses of smooth contour are usually smaller than those with serrated contour, and in case of the first ones, the left one is missing.
  • (20) Nociceptive stimulus was applied to the skin of adult cats by pinching with a serrated forceps or by radiant heat with Pain meter.

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