What's the difference between lama and lame?

Lama


Definition:

  • (n.) See Llama.
  • (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Many have called for the return of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Buddhist leader revered by many Tibetans.
  • (2) One constant theme is the wish for the Dalai Lama to return."
  • (3) Then, Chinese state media dismissed the UK as "an old European country" and criticised Britain's stance on Hong Kong and Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama.
  • (4) There has been no dialogue between the Chinese government and emissaries of the Dalai Lama since 2010.
  • (5) The prime minister listened carefully to the cautious Foreign Office voices but will heed Osborne's advice when he declines to raise the issue of the Dalai Lama and Tibet in Beijing.
  • (6) The spear-phishing tricks we saw the Chinese secret police using against the Dalai Lama in 2008 were being used by Russian crooks to steal money from US companies by 2010.
  • (7) As the Dalai Lama has said: “This blue planet is our only home and Tibet is its roof.
  • (8) The Dalai Lama is set to deliver a peace lecture via videolink on Saturday.
  • (9) Osborne paved the way for the a shift in relations with China during a visit to the country last month, during which he heavily emphasised friendship and trade ties, after relations hit a low point in 2012 following Cameron’s meeting with the Dalai Lama.
  • (10) It may help stave off a possible crisis of leadership in the event of the Dalai Lama's death.
  • (11) The presence of the Dalai Lama and many other senior lamas in exile stands for the severe manipulation and suppression of religious freedoms in Tibet.
  • (12) Other cables reveal that: • The Dalai Lama has told US officials that combating climate change is more urgent than finding a political solution in Tibet, which "can wait five to 10 years".
  • (13) "The Dalai Lama is a splittist," said Niendrak in response to a question about whether he would like the country's spiritual leader to come back.
  • (14) Blood counts of healthy juvenile and adult llamas (Lama glama) and guanacoes (L guanacoe) showed that guanacoes have higher red cell counts, haemoglobin values and packed cell volumes than llamas.
  • (15) Though the Dalai Lama has frequently raised environmental issues, he has never publicly suggested that political questions take second place, nor spoken of any timescale with such precision.
  • (16) "The Dalai Lama's 'middle way' aimed at achieving so-called 'high-degree autonomy' in 'Greater Tibet' is completely opposite to China's constitution and the country's system of regional ethnic autonomy," Yu added, according to Xinhua.
  • (17) "Without the Dalai Lama, we will not have any legitimacy in the eyes of Tibetans.
  • (18) Tibetans in Tibet have endured many decades of occupation, repression and loss, as the Chinese party-state has adopted a harsh and systematic approach to silencing Tibetans and suppressing dissent, with leaders calling for support of the Dalai Lama to be “crushed”.
  • (19) The question of who succeeds the Dalai Lama as spiritual leader will come to a head when he dies.
  • (20) "The Dalai Lama has … had to prove his democratic intent and ensure that the Tibetan freedom struggle was not a struggle for reinstalling the undemocratic government of the past, but a struggle for self-determination and democratic reforms in Tibet," she said.

Lame


Definition:

  • (superl.) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
  • (superl.) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
  • (superl.) Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  • (v. t.) To make lame.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The move was confirmed by a Lib Dem aide, who said Tory claims to be green were "already a lame duck and are now dead in the water".
  • (2) Five horses raced successfully and lowered the lifetime race records, 1 horse was sound and trained successfully, but died of colic, and 1 horse was not lame in early training.
  • (3) The highest cost for veterinary services related to episodes of disease were for dystocia, lameness, and ocular carcinoma.
  • (4) The LDET biopsies resulted in little discomfort whereas the SFT biopsies led to temporary lameness.
  • (5) Three dogs admitted for evaluation of lameness were determined to be infected with a neutrophilic strain of Ehrlichia.
  • (6) The main symptom "incoordination" (ataxia, asynergy, paresis, paralysis) is used by us more precisely only in case of impairment of nervous system by neoplastic infiltrations and does not signify as possible symptoms of general physical weakness, for example faltering, staggering, tumbling or lameness.
  • (7) Historically, both horses had intermittent lameness that had responded to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and brief rest periods.
  • (8) Analgesic potency of aspirin was decreased to the level of sodium salicylate by injection of prostaglandin E2 into the inflamed rat paw in the adjuvant-induced lameness test.
  • (9) Specific clinical signs of disease such as nervous disorders and lameness were also observed.
  • (10) Children were examined for lameness in the Danfa Project district of rural Ghana to assess the impact of endemic poliomyelitis and to test a widely held hypothesis that paralytic poliomyelitis is relatively rare in such districts (less than 1 per 1000 children affected).
  • (11) Seven horses, 2 to 4 years of age, were examined because of moderate-to-severe forelimb lameness, mild effusion of the middle carpal joint (3 horses), and pain on palpation of the origin of the suspensory ligament (4 horses).
  • (12) Fourteen dogs were using the treated limb within 1 day and eight dogs within 2 days, although some lameness may have persisted for several weeks.
  • (13) Six of the orally infected P. maniculatus developed clinical signs including ruffled hair coat, inappetence, reluctance to move, and lameness in the rear legs.
  • (14) In two cases, the detachment occurred unilaterally; one was a gilt showing severe lameness which precluded mating and the other was a uniparous sow which showed only slight lameness.
  • (15) Disseminated aspergillosis attributable to Aspergillus deflectus was diagnosed in a Springer Spaniel with lethargy, lameness, anorexia, weight loss, pyrexia, lymphadenopathy, hematuria, and urinary incontinence.
  • (16) Congenital malformation of the carpal joint in a young dog resulted in a progressive lameness.
  • (17) The narrative drivers are pretty slack – improbable dialogue ("I'm a very wealthy man, Miss Steele, and I have expensive and absorbing hobbies"); lame characterisation; irritating tics (a constant war between Steele's "subconscious", which is always fainting or putting on half-moon glasses, and her "inner goddess", who is forever pouting and stamping); and an internal monologue that goes like this … "Holy hell, he's hot!
  • (18) Normal and osteochondrotic humeri and femurs were obtained from five normal and ten lame adolescent boars to study cartilage proteoglycans.
  • (19) Among his many recommendations, Laming called for improvements in the exchange of information between the various authorities.
  • (20) A female juvenile rhesus monkey experienced a 3-wk period of vague lameness and limb disuse, followed by a severe attack of acute polyarthritis resulting in marked radiographic changes.

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