What's the difference between maneuver and swerve?

Maneuver


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Manoeuvre
  • (n.) Alt. of Manoeuvre
  • (v. t.) Alt. of Manoeuvre

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The protocols which were developed in these studies also provide an effective maneuver for tumor-specific immunotherapy.
  • (2) As aircraft capable of sustaining high "G" maneuvers enter the U.S. Navy Fleet, the reported incidence of cervical injury to aircrew seems to have increased.
  • (3) A breath-holding maneuver was utilized with a high and a low N2O concentration in argon and oxygen.
  • (4) Nonspecific baroreflex loading maneuvers such as head-down tilt readily suppress stimulated arginine vasopressin levels in normal humans.
  • (5) These results show that the prevalence of pseudohypertension is very low in a non-selected elderly population and that Osler's maneuver was not related to the pressure difference between the direct and indirect methods.
  • (6) Until this can be accomplished, different emergency maneuvers should be tried.
  • (7) Because HMBA administration produces large anion gaps, a simple maneuver such as alkalinization might enable the escalation of plasma HMBA css values to > 2 mM.
  • (8) A volume signal is displayed to the operator throughout each test to help control the maneuver.
  • (9) Though increased gravitational stress probably changed regional emptying sequences little during full MEFV maneuvers, substantial changes of emptying sequence were expected during partial maneuvers.
  • (10) Oral intubation was the definitive airway maneuver in 213 patients.
  • (11) Heart rate elevation observed after hand grip maneuver did not change.
  • (12) The magnitude of this risk is difficult to calculate and some maneuvers are available to decrease the likelihood that this will occur.
  • (13) The other was an F wave always preceded by an M response and with a stimulus response jitter of under 50 musec; its jitter and latency are unaffected by the Jendrassik maneuver.
  • (14) The catheter with intact triple knots could be withdrawn without an invasive maneuver.
  • (15) The apparent paradox in these results is correlated with different effects of the two maneuvers on left atrial pressure.
  • (16) Twenty-one subjects flew aboard a KC-135 aircraft operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which performed parabolic maneuvers resulting in periods of 0-g, 1-g, and 1.8-g. Each subject flew once with a tablet containing scopolamine and once with a placebo in a random order, crossover design.
  • (17) In the last three patients with unresectable adenocarcinoma of the distal part of the stomach and invasion of the intestinal mesentery, due to foreshortening of the latter, the proximal loop of the intestine would not reach the desired level of the stomach until this maneuver was performed.
  • (18) The preinspiratory lung volume for the closing volume maneuver was varied from residual volume to closing capacity (CC).
  • (19) Five acceptable forced expiratory maneuvers were obtained with a portable spirometer from each person in a population of 1,670 selected from a stratified random sample of a community.
  • (20) The clinical diagnosis in these patients was supported by noninvasive maneuvers.

Swerve


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.
  • (v. i.) To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
  • (v. i.) To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
  • (v. i.) To bend; to incline.
  • (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
  • (v. t.) To turn aside.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Once in the mountains, we were immediately careering along slivers of swerving tarmac under a crystal-blue sky.
  • (2) Clearly underwhelmed, Pochettino's haste to board Southampton's flight south was such that he swerved post-match media duties.
  • (3) For US allies, trying to follow Washington’s lead over the past four months has been akin to trying to drive in convoy behind a car swerving violently at high speed, as the competing factions inside lunge for the steering wheel.
  • (4) Unusual to see one around here until just recently.” More deer vaulted in front of my car on Yubari’s main street the following day, forcing a swerve.
  • (5) Booed off at the interval, Sunderland began the second half by watching a shot from Stephen Gleeson, the visiting captain, swerve fractionally wide.
  • (6) Politicians of all parties have swerved this way and that.
  • (7) Due to oncoming traffic he couldn’t and swerved in towards me and my child on a bike seat.
  • (8) Swerving sanctions … and Swiss lawyers The Panama Papers help explain how people close to Putin became enriched.
  • (9) But by exaggerating the point, Parker swerves around another truth – that the UK's intelligence agencies are already scooping up more material than ever before, and GCHQ has an ambition to go further.
  • (10) Chris – lassoed from a parallel universe where Tom Cruise gave Hollywood a swerve to focus on taking his guitar-alt-musings to open mic spots instead – looks on, coldly dissecting technique and cutting to seduction tips.
  • (11) 8.23pm BST 38 min: Right on cue, Lampard becomes a positive presence for Chelsea, receiving the ball 25 yards from goal and unleashing a viciously swerving shot that forced Artur to produce a magnificent one-handed save!
  • (12) I’m waiting to hear what he says about Joshua because I have a feeling he’ll swerve him too.
  • (13) 45 min: The half concludes with a fine, swerving cross by Belhadj to Djebbour, who, predictably, misses it.
  • (14) Bale won one from Oliver Norwood in the 56th minute and Michael McGovern had to dive to keep out his dipping, swerving shot.
  • (15) 53 min: Internazionale goalkeeper Julio Cesar is pressed in to service, diving low and to his right to save a viciously swerving shot from Lionel Messi.
  • (16) We were able to swerve around the big distributional issues – and indeed the laws of politics – given the supposed end to boom and bust.
  • (17) The deft swerve around the words "dinner party" (these, being aspirational middle class, are presumably non-U in Maude-ian circles) and "meal" (also non-U, though I've no idea why; I'm only aware of this at all because a horrible old Etonian I once met ticked me off when it fell sluttishly from my lips).
  • (18) He turned, stepped away from Xavi and thumped a swerving rocket into the top corner by Pinto's near post.
  • (19) The EgyptAir flight that plunged into the Mediterranean Sea last week did not swerve before it went down, according to senior Egyptian officials, in a sharp contradiction of comments about “sudden swerves” made by the Greek defence minister .
  • (20) In the video, the driver appears to attempt to swerve away from the activist before knocking him to the road.