What's the difference between lion and loin?

Lion


Definition:

  • (n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.
  • (n.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.
  • (n.) An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) October 27, 2013 7.27pm GMT Around the league And here’s how things look elsewhere, as we head into the fourth quarter: Cowboys 13-7 Lions Browns 17-20 Chiefs Dolphins 17-20 Patriots Bills 10-28 Saints Giants 15-0 Eagles 49ers 35-10 Jaguars 7.25pm GMT End of 3rd quarter: 49ers 35-10 Jaguars The quarter ends with the Jaguars facing a third-and-one at their own 32.
  • (2) Two similar calici agents, San Miguel sea lion virus (SMSV) and vesicular exanthema of swine virus (VESV) are susceptible to the virucidal activity of disinfectants of differing formulation.
  • (3) Gassman and Hoffman were both given Golden Lions for life achievement.
  • (4) Lion cubs fathered by Cecil, the celebrated lion shot dead in Zimbabwe , may already have been killed by a rival male lion and even if they were still alive there was nothing conservationists could do to protect them, a conservation charity has warned.
  • (5) Lynn Kramer, the zoo's vice-president of animal operations and welfare, said five lions were typically in the exhibit and have never appeared to endanger each other before.
  • (6) Two “Belgian journalists” had been in the Panjshir valley of northern Afghanistan for weeks, supposedly waiting to interview Ahmad Shah Massoud, the so-called Lion of the Panjshir, leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, an al-Qaida adversary.
  • (7) RNA labeled with [3H]uridine from Vero cells infected with San Miguel sea lion virus in the presence of actinomycin D was analyzed by glycerol density gradient sedimentation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
  • (8) The group comprised 29 pumas (Felis concolor), 32 lions (Panthera leo), 27 tigers (P tigris), 19 leopards (P pardus), 18 jaguars (P onca) and 22 cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).
  • (9) For 20 years the great British inequality machine has hurtled on, driven largely by the burgeoning incomes of this top 0.1% – almost all of whom are directors, bankers or work in business services and real estate – who captured the lion’s share of any gains in real productivity.
  • (10) Kolo Touré: the lion-hearted loveable leader who is a triumph for tenacity | Paul Doyle Read more West Ham, who also saw a £31m bid for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette rejected this week, are now expected to return with an improved offer for both players.
  • (11) Acute viral hepatitis was diagnosed in five California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) stranded along the Los Angeles coast.
  • (12) Check your ego “I went through a big learning curve with Wales and then the British and Irish Lions in 2001,” Henry says.
  • (13) "I used to hate lions," he adds, "but now, because my invention is saving my father's cows and the lions, we are able to stay with the lions without any conflict."
  • (14) Bahrain, meanwhile, is picking up the lion’s share of the bill for the construction of a Royal Navy base, the Mina Salman support facility, which will include warehouses, a 300-metre jetty, accommodation, sports pitch and helipad.
  • (15) The animated advert cost £1m to make and features a hare and a bear created by some of the artists behind Disney's Lion King.
  • (16) In neighbouring Honduras , a group of farmers who were tired of seeing the lion's share of their produce go to middlemen decided three years ago to work with buyers in the country's largest city, San Pedro Sula, selling directly to supermarkets and fast-food chains, to offer a steady supply of lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli and other vegetables.
  • (17) In Cecil the lion fallout, hunters defend Walter Palmer and fear big game bans Read more The move comes after an American dentist killed a well-known lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe last month in an allegedly illegal hunt, setting off a worldwide uproar.
  • (18) Announcing the completion of a £600m tie-up with Premier Oil , Rockhopper said it was on track to pump oil from its Sea Lion field by the third quarter of 2017 and was working with its bigger partner to develop other prospects in the Falklands area.
  • (19) Antibodies were found to San Miguel sea lion virus (SMSV) types 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 13, and to Tillamook (bovine) calicivirus, but no antibodies were found to the walrus calicivirus.
  • (20) Eleven other lions, nine of which were initially underdosed, required additional injections of the drug combination for safe handling.

Loin


Definition:

  • (n.) That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Increasing slaughter weight from 60 to 90% was associated with an increase in panel tenderness scores for loin steaks.
  • (2) However, trimmed hams and loins from the 20-ppm RAC treatment represented a greater (P less than .05) percentage of carcass weight than did those from control animals.
  • (3) Stimulation increased the tenderness of loin steaks as determined by both panel scores and shear values, and of bottom round steaks (shear-force values).
  • (4) More than half of the symptoms were located to the head-neck or back-thorax-loin.
  • (5) Platelet life span was shortened and the index of renal platelet localization increased when patients with the loin pain and haematuria syndrome received oestrogens.
  • (6) He was admitted on August 14, 1991, because of right loin pain.
  • (7) Almost all patients complained of loin pain and 48% had lower urinary tract symptoms.
  • (8) Pigs fed ractopamine had shorter carcasses, less fat depth and fat area, smaller weights of stomach and colon plus rectum, but higher dressing percentages, longissimus muscle areas, weights of trimmed Boston butts, picnics and loins, ham lean and predicted amounts of muscle than pigs not fed ractopamine (P less than .05).
  • (9) One is for loin of pork spiced with green peppercorns.
  • (10) These results suggest that specific gravity or indicators from the carcass, ham or loin section can be employed to predict percentage of protein in pork carcasses.
  • (11) Two neonates, with a palpable mass in the loin, turned out to have adrenal haemorrhage.
  • (12) The larvae were expressed by pressure from 2 lesions, on the neck and the loin, and the pockets were disinfected with alcohol.
  • (13) In 44.3% of cases the disease started from the general cerebral symptomatology and consciousness disturbance; in 13.6% it started in a brain stroke-like manner followed by the development of the comatose status; in 13.6% of cases from memory disorder and unmotivated actions; in the same percentage of cases, the disease onset was marked by the dominance of dizziness, diplopia, ataxia and central hemiplegia ; in 15.9% the disease started from pains in the stomach, loin and lower limbs.
  • (14) Coefficients were positive (P greater than .10) for individual pig and litter weights at birth and weaning and for the carcass traits of length, longissimus muscle area and percentage of ham and loin.
  • (15) It is interesting that in our group not only membranous but also minimal change as well as mesangium proliferative glomerulonephritis had high incidence of RVT (47%, 45% and 36% respectively) Only 6 cases (26%) had a typical acute presentation with severe loin pain, significant increase of urinary protein, enlargement of involved kidney.
  • (16) Breakpoint analysis indicated that 1.11% lysine maximized longissimus muscle area, whereas trimmed ham and loin weights were maximized at .91 and .98% lysine, respectively.
  • (17) Loin muscle characteristics indicated that differences in tenderness between breed groups were not attributed to cold shortening effects or differences in amount or integrity of connective tissue.
  • (18) Contrast-enhanced CT and MR imaging of the kidney were performed in two patients with acute renal failure and severe loin pain following a track race.
  • (19) We describe four patients who presented with either a marked systemic illness or a loin mass due to pyonephrosis.
  • (20) For older children, loin or abdominal pain was the chief presenting symptom (68%).

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