What's the difference between lifelong and lifetime?

Lifelong


Definition:

  • (a.) Lasting or continuing through life.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For Kohut, interpretation depends on the prior establishment of a stable, sustaining transference; human connexion is a lifelong necessity and full understanding an achievable aim.
  • (2) I like to think of Shakespeare as one delicious smorgasbord that I have a lifelong pleasure in eating.
  • (3) Periodical examinations, repeated admissions and treatment of the malignant disease sequelae, make the relationship between the patient and the doctor a lifelong one.
  • (4) Later, animals exposed to lifelong 5 or 2% soy lecithin preparations were hypoactive, had poor postural reflexes, and showed attenuated morphine analgesia.
  • (5) These injuries, however, have a profound potential for causing lifelong disability and disfigurement and should be addressed as soon as the patient's condition stabilizes.
  • (6) Microcephaly causes lifelong physical and developmental problems for babies born with it.
  • (7) (i) ipsilateral mastectomy with contralateral biopsy; (ii) ipsilateral segmental excision with block dissection of the axilla; (iii) bilateral mastectomy; and (iv) diagnostic excision biopsy and lifelong follow-up of both breasts with clinical examination and mammography.
  • (8) After multiple thrombotic events, lifelong oral anticoagulant therapy is necessary.
  • (9) Shrewsbury and University College also cemented a lifelong friendship with Richard Ingrams, one of the founders and editors of Private Eye, for which Foot was to do some of his finest work, cushioning attacks on the scandalous nature of Ingrams' organ with corruption exposed by the "serious side".
  • (10) The lifelong-deposited ZrO2 colloid had no stimulating effect.
  • (11) Because epidemiologic studies have consistently failed to find an increased respiratory disease incidence in lifelong residents of Quebec chrysotile mining towns who were never employed in the chrysotile industry, these findings imply that even asbestos burdens much higher, and fiber size distributions much longer, than those of the general population of most North American cities, are not associated with demonstrable pathologic effects.
  • (12) In terms of lifelong participation, if we build the momentum up to the age of 11 and then it all disappears it’s really hard to re-engage again later.” Olympic legacy failure: sporting numbers plummet amid confusion and blame Read more It is a view shared by David Ellis, the headteacher at York high school, another establishment where sport is thriving.
  • (13) Certainly the results can be improved by a lifelong close observation of the patients.
  • (14) The lifelong condition is well recognised and treated among children, but there is less support for adults with autism.
  • (15) Finally, there is his lifelong commitment to Ebenezer Howard and the garden-city movement.
  • (16) He will himself have to repeatedly reapply for PIP, despite the fact that the severity of his condition meant he was granted a lifelong DLA award, after a paper-based assessment.
  • (17) The realisation of a "medical record linkage" concept to achieve a lifelong medical surveillance requires the evaluation of the size and structure of the expected data.
  • (18) Protection against insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus was lifelong, provided cyclosporin A prophylaxis was initiated when insulitis was minimal or absent, and pancreatic insulin content was normal.
  • (19) The results suggest that the lifelong progression toward the hypertensive state begins in childhood, and that these beginnings are measurably in the population averages of both nephrosclerosis and blood pressure elevations.
  • (20) Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a very common lifelong infection in South Africa, with intermittent periods of silent reactivation.

Lifetime


Definition:

  • (n.) The time that life continues.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The enzyme is immobilized to provide better control over its catalytic activity and to increase the lifetime of the biosensor.
  • (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) Fertility of American women for the period 1935-1968 was studied by use of such lifetime probabilities.
  • (4) In a lifetime study, female beagle dogs in a closed colony were administered 226radium and 90strontium.
  • (5) He poses a far greater risk to our security than any other Labour leader in my lifetime September 12, 2015 “Security” appears to be the new watchword of Cameron’s government – it was used six times by the prime minister in an article attacking Corbyn in the Times late last month, and eight times by the chancellor, George Osborne, in an article published in the Sun the following day.
  • (6) The estimated mean decrement in KCO for a cadmium worker employed 5 or more years with a cumulative exposure of 2000 yr.microgram.m-3 (exposure to the current UK control limit of 50 micrograms.m-3 for a working lifetime of 40 yr) lies between 0.05 and 0.3 mmol.min-1.kPa-1.l-1 (95% confidence interval).
  • (7) For one porphyrin the binding equilibrium was also measured by measuring the lifetime of tryptophan and also by measuring the polarization of bound porphyrin.
  • (8) The reduction in channel lifetime caused by cholesterol, however, was much larger than would be predicted from its effects on bilayer thickness and surface tension.
  • (9) The favourable effects result primarily from the removal of intraepithelial lesions preventing the occurrence of invasive tumours.In countries where resources are limited, the aim should be to screen every woman once in her lifetime between 35 and 40 years of age.
  • (10) Dibucaine photophysics was also studied and the short lifetime of the neutral form of the anaesthetic with respect to that of the monoprotonated species was attributed to an intramolecular charge-transfer interaction.
  • (11) Now, 42 years later, he lives in the same flat in Portland Place, central London, though he is richer by £1bn, a peer in the House of Lords, and this week received a lifetime achievement gong at the Asian Business Awards.
  • (12) It is no longer physically possible nor considered socially valuable to spend a lifetime bearing and rearing children, even for those women who desire to do so.
  • (13) The home fans were lifted by the sight of Billy Bonds, a legend in these parts, being presented with a lifetime achievement award before the kick-off and the former West Ham captain and manager probably would have enjoyed playing in Allardyce's combative midfield.
  • (14) A pure Domal magnesium anode was utilized with this cathode, which seemed to be a good compromise between to battery's voltage, its lifetime, and its lack of toxicity to body tissues.
  • (15) Fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra and lifetime studies revealed that at least 75% of the porphyrins were bound to metal, probably Zn, while the rest was free.
  • (16) Their unique point of view comes from diverse social and cultural experiences punctuated by a lifetime of inequities.
  • (17) Andrew Strauss accepted the award for team of the year on behalf of the England cricket team while a moving tribute to Seve Ballesteros - presented the lifetime achievement award by José María Olazábal - was streamed live from Spain.
  • (18) An epidemiologic survey of the lifetime and six-month prevalence rates of several psychiatric disorders was conducted in Puerto Rico.
  • (19) The show is so out of touch that 17-year-old contestant Nicholas McDonald complained to Dermot live on air during week five that none of the genres had happened within his lifetime.
  • (20) Commenting on the potential £300,000 lifetime gap highlighted in Monday’s analysis, the TUC general secretary, Frances O’Grady, said: “Far more must be done to tackle the UK’s gender pay gap.

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