What's the difference between juncture and stage?

Juncture


Definition:

  • (n.) A joining; a union; an alliance.
  • (n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.
  • (n.) A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The area of juncture of the ventral and dorsal divisions of the equine large colon was characterized, in 13 chronic unanesthetized animals and in 25 in vitro preparations, as an area of resistance to aboral flow.
  • (2) Melanocytes are cells of neural crest origin residing at the dermal-epidermal juncture.
  • (3) The in vitro breaking force of a braided nylon looped-suture tendon juncture designed to decrease tying time was compared with the breaking force of the modified Kessler and Bunnell techniques.
  • (4) The Farage adviser said he looked back on many people within Ukip as “a bunch of rag-tag, unprofessional, embarrassing people who let Nigel down at every juncture.” He told the Guardian: “Someone needs to go in there with a big stick.
  • (5) At such a juncture a writer can inject their own imagination to isolate them from the real world or maybe they can exaggerate the situation – making sure it is bold, vivid and has the signature of our real world.
  • (6) A technique is described to protect a tendon juncture on the back of the hand following tendon disruption.
  • (7) "I ask for a vote of confidence because we are at a critical juncture," said Papandreou in a speech opening a marathon parliamentary debate which will culminate with the crucial vote on Tuesday.
  • (8) It’s best not to think at what junctures his advice to “choose a partner, trust your instincts; the next generation will be your legacy” might unexpectedly and unwelcomely spring to mind, but I hope he looks away if there are happy hour shots involved.
  • (9) At this juncture, it appears that both of these phenomena might occur only in cells of neural origin.
  • (10) Our work shows that the morphological modifications of the vitreoretinal juncture during the aging process vary following location.
  • (11) At this perilous juncture, there's not much to be gained from saying that monetary union was always a daft idea.
  • (12) • A longer version of this essay will appear in the forthcoming issue of Juncture, the journal of the IPPR
  • (13) The intraoperative phase was found to be the most dangerous juncture for the development of thrombi, with 36 per cent of all thrombi emerging on the day of surgery and another 22 per cent on the first and second postoperative days.
  • (14) It is painted all in black, save for three steel roller shutters that each represent a juncture of White's life: one is yellow, a nod to the livery of the upholstery business he started when he was 21; the second is red, the signature colour of his blues-rock band, the White Stripes; the last is blue, the colour he has latterly adopted for his solo career.
  • (15) Sangin assault is sign of Taliban confidence and warning to Kabul Read more Sangin has for years been the scene of fierce fighting between the Taliban and Nato forces, and and sits at the juncture in the biggest poppy-growing region in the world.
  • (16) "We have now reached a critical juncture at these negotiations," Clinton told a press conference.
  • (17) Were the US and Europe to lead such an effort at this crucial juncture, Hezbollah would find itself facing a vastly more complicated spider web of domestic, regional and international constraints than it already does when it comes to its desire and ability to exercise violence – an outcome that would undoubtedly be welcomed by a great number of citizens, both here and beyond.
  • (18) At this juncture I received a tremendous outpouring of sympathy from my British friends.
  • (19) Juncture with abundant connective tissue rich in small-cell infiltrates was noted in intestinal anastomoses between outbreds, followed by dehiscence or incomplte junction.
  • (20) Rapid emptying of the peritoneal cavity permitted two laparoscopies, which revealed the tumoral origin of the ascites in two cases, and one laparotomy for porto-caval shunt in bleeding esophageal varices at the earliest possible juncture.

Stage


Definition:

  • (n.) A floor or story of a house.
  • (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
  • (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
  • (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
  • (n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
  • (n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.
  • (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
  • (n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
  • (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.
  • (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.
  • (n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.
  • (n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
  • (v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) CT appears to yield important diagnostic contribution to preoperative staging.
  • (2) Increased plasmin activity was associated with advancing stage of lactation and older cows after appropriate adjustments were made for the effects of milk yield and SCC.
  • (3) The intrauterine mean active pressure (MAP) in the nulliparous group was 1.51 kPa (SD 0.45) in the first stage and 2.71 kPa (SD 0.77) in the second stage.
  • (4) These cells contained organelles characteristic of the maturation stage ameloblast and often extended to the enamel surface, suggesting a possible origin from the ameloblast layer.
  • (5) When TSLP was pretreated with TF5 in vitro, the most restorative effects on the decreased MLR were found in hyperplastic stage and the effects were becoming less with the advance of tumor developments.
  • (6) Microelectrodes were used to measure the oxygen tension (PO2) profile within individual spheroids at different stages of growth.
  • (7) Measurement of urinary GGT levels represents a means by which proximal tubular disease in equidae could be diagnosed in its developmental stages.
  • (8) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
  • (9) 53 outpatients with HIV-infection classified according to the Walter Reed staging system (WR1 to WR6).
  • (10) In the stage 24 chick embryo, a paced increase in heart rate reduces stroke volume, presumably by rate-dependent decrease in passive filling.
  • (11) Small pieces of anterior and posterior quail wing-bud mesoderm (HH stages 21-23) were placed in in vitro culture for up to 3 days.
  • (12) The possibility that both IL 2 production and IL 2R expression are autonomously activated early in T cell development, before acquisition of the CD3-TcR complex, led us to study the implication of alternative pathways of activation at this ontogenic stage.
  • (13) Survival was independent of the type of clinical presentation and protocol employed but was correlated with the stage (P less than 0.0005), symptoms (P less than 0.025), bulky disease (P less than 0.025) and bone marrow involvement (P less than 0.025).
  • (14) Many thoracic motoneurons were able to survive up to posthatching stages following transplantation.
  • (15) An inverse relationship between the pumping capacity of the heart and vascular resistance was confirmed at different stages of examination and treatment of the patients.
  • (16) Cook, who has postbox-red hair and a painful-looking piercing in his lower lip, was now on stage in discussion with four fellow YouTubers, all in their early 20s.
  • (17) This experimental system allows separation of three B lymphocyte developmental stages: early differentiation in vitro, progression to IgM secretion in vivo, and late differentiation dependent upon mature T lymphocytes in vivo.
  • (18) Congenitally deficient plasmas were used as the substrate for the measurement of procoagulant activities in a one-stage clotting assay.
  • (19) It has announced a four-stage programme of reforms that will tackle most of these stubborn and longstanding problems, including Cinderella issues such as how energy companies treat their small business customers.
  • (20) Residual cancer was found in the radical prostatectomy specimen in 11 of the 29 stage-A1 patients (38%) and in 66 of the 86 stage-A2 patients (77%).