What's the difference between kain and vain?

Kain


Definition:

  • (n.) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the rat cortical slice preparation, 7 was shown to antagonize excitation induced by 1 with some selectivity, whereas 14 proved to be a rather selective antagonist of KAIN-induced excitation.
  • (2) The effects of L-glutamate diethyl ester (GDEE) HCl, glutarate diethyl ester (GlrDEE) and glutarate dimethyl ester (GlrDME) on depolarizing responses to alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5- methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA), kainate (Kain), N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and quisqualate (Quis), and spontaneous paroxysmal discharges (SPDs) were examined.
  • (3) That is a pejorative accusation, that’s not the phrase that I would use to describe what I read about this week,” Kaine said.
  • (4) The neurotoxic Amanita muscaria constituent ibotenic acid, a nonselective NMDA receptor agonist, has been used as a lead structure for the development of the specific NMDA receptor agonist AMAA, AMPA, and a number of therapeutically interesting AMPA and KAIN receptor agonists.
  • (5) The candidate’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump visited a Hindu temple this week in Virginia, the home state of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine which is expected to vote blue on 8 November.
  • (6) But we’re not allowing it to be a normal.” Kaine also spoke of the US campaign against Islamic State, although the terror group has not claimed responsibility for the explosion.
  • (7) And media surveys, at least in Virginia and Ohio, show Kaine and Brown winning (restrictive Indiana laws make polling prohibitively expensive there).
  • (8) So for the next 26 days, we need to do everything we can to help her and Tim Kaine win this election.
  • (9) N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA), quisqualic acid (QUIS), and kainic acid (KAIN), respective agonists for three excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptor subtypes, stimulated [3H]dopamine ([3H]DA) release from dissociated cell cultures of fetal rat ventral mesencephalon.
  • (10) The central excitatory neurotransmitter (S)-glutamic acid (Glu) activates at least three types of receptors the NMDA, AMPA, and kainic acid (KAIN) receptors.
  • (11) A staffer for Bob Casey said the senator had received 80,000 letters from constituents, a 900% increase in correspondence over the previous year; Mark Warner said his office had received 41,000 calls specifically in opposition to DeVos; Tim Kaine’s office put the number of letters and calls in opposition to her at 25,000.
  • (12) The early component decayed with a time constant of 2 s to a lower level of membrane current and discontinuation of the application was followed by an after-current which returned to the base-line with a time constant of about 7 s. It is suggested that NMDA, ASP, GLU and QU, but not KAIN, not only activate the receptor channel complex but also induce use-dependent block.
  • (13) Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, argued that his running mate has hard-earned experience in such crises.
  • (14) KAIN-evoked release was unaffected by the sucrose substitution and was attenuated in the Na2SO4-containing buffer.
  • (15) The deaminated analogues of GDEE are very weak Kain antagonists.
  • (16) The Chamber spent $4.4m alone trying to block the election of Democrat Tim Kaine in swing state Virginia, and another $4.3m to keep Democratic senator Sherrod Brown from re-election.
  • (17) I have traditionally been a supporter of the Hyde amendment,” Kaine told the conservative magazine the Weekly Standard in July.
  • (18) Compound 14 and, in particular, 7 effectively protected rat striatal neurones against the neurotoxic effects of KAIN, whereas the toxic effects of 1 were reduced only by 7.
  • (19) Neither Kaine nor the Clinton campaign has said if he now supports Clinton’s position.
  • (20) Donald Trump groping remarks reveal 'pattern of sexual assault', says Kaine Read more Trump’s press event came just 48 hours after a tape was released of the candidate making obscene boasts about using his fame to kiss and grope women without their consent.

Vain


Definition:

  • (superl.) Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
  • (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
  • (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
  • (superl.) Showy; ostentatious.
  • (n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For example, if we purchase new examination equipment without any consideration or if we decide what type of equipment to introduce according to the common advice of the purchase committee of the hospital or the medical school, then we cannot design an ideal system of laboratory examinations and are forced to invest a large sum of money in vain.
  • (2) The George Bush campaign juggernaut hit the first serious pothole of its cash-fuelled drive to the presidency yesterday, as the Texas governor tried in vain to fend off questions about whether he had used cocaine as a young man.
  • (3) Full set list, show one (thanks to princevault.com ) Take Me With U (acoustic) Raspberry Beret (acoustic) U Got The Look (acoustic) Instrumental jam (acoustic) Train In Vain (acoustic) Q & A (1) incl.
  • (4) VaIN rarely is an isolated lesion and frequently is preceded by, or coexists with, other types of premalignant genital squamous neoplasia.
  • (5) He’s the kind of self-styled intellectual journalist in politics who caused so much trouble in 20th century politics, not a bad man, decent enough in his way, but not as smart as he thinks he is, vain with it.
  • (6) For long spells, West Ham searched in vain for inspiration as they tried to find a way past Newcastle United’s defence and end a run of three matches without a win.
  • (7) Further, in a vain attempt for a boost in the Hoosier State, Cruz unveiled former rival Carly Fiorina as his running mate if he receives the nomination and was able to cajole the state’s sitting governor, Mike Pence, into an endorsement.
  • (8) The next few days may well determine whether, this time, such loyalty will be in vain; but, while yearning for a clarion call and what was described as "vision" in this paper's leading article yesterday, I need to pose some pretty stark questions to Guardian readers.
  • (9) He aims to put his newspapers, including the Times and the Sun, behind a paywall, something described by the co-founder of Twitter, Biz Stone, as a vain attempt to "put the genie back in the bottle".
  • (10) In vain I argued that Robin Day seemed to wear the same jacket and shirt every week, and fled back to radio."
  • (11) Now I can feel that my son's blood wasn't totally lost in vain.
  • (12) In vain will Cameron plead that blame should lie with Brown and his Labour colleagues.
  • (13) At a media day held to mark the completion of the training and arranged before the tragedy, soldier after soldier came forward to insist that, though they were apprehensive, they were determined to do a good job, partly to make sure that their six colleagues had not died in vain.
  • (14) He somehow scrambled to deuce and delighted in forcing Dimitrov to chase in vain from one side of the court to the other to go 6-5 up.
  • (15) Assessment of patients between 9 and 99 (mean 55) months after partial colpectomy for VAIN showed no recurrence of disease in ten patients (83%).
  • (16) The scientific establishment struggled in vain to produce evidence that would reassure the public.
  • (17) No grieving wants to go through that, and our city doesn’t want to go through that.” Murphy said an accelerated program to equip Baltimore police officers with body cameras would mean Gray “did not die in vain”.
  • (18) His mother has said she tried in vain to get help for him.
  • (19) But he flailed in vain as the police officers grabbed him, one forcing his T-shirt roughly up over his head as three or four others laid in with their wooden batons, dragging and pushing him to a line of waiting Land Cruisers and more helmeted cops.
  • (20) As Steve spends half his money trying in vain to keep a scowl off Michelle's face and the rest comfort eating, Liz stumped up half the cash.