What's the difference between mark and murk?

Mark


Definition:

  • (n.) A license of reprisals. See Marque.
  • (n.) An old weight and coin. See Marc.
  • (n.) The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.
  • (n.) A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace.
  • (n.) A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.
  • (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
  • (n.) A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.
  • (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark.
  • (n.) An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character.
  • (n.) That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach.
  • (n.) Attention, regard, or respect.
  • (n.) Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.
  • (n.) Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.
  • (n.) Preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.
  • (n.) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
  • (n.) A number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.
  • (n.) Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants.
  • (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."
  • (v. t.) To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
  • (v. t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.
  • (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.
  • (v. t.) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.
  • (v. t.) To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard.
  • (v. i.) To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Herpesviruses such as EBV, HSV, and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) have a marked tropism for cells of the immune system and therefore infection by these viruses may result in alterations of immune functions, leading at times to a state of immunosuppression.
  • (2) Patient plasma samples demonstrated evidence of marked complement activation, with 3-fold elevations of C3a desArg concentrations by the 8th day of therapy.
  • (3) Following in vitro C activation in NHS by delta IgG, the 40 KD C4d component increased markedly.
  • (4) However, when cross-linked to anti-CD4 or anti-CD8 antibodies a markedly enhanced proliferation of the corresponding subpopulation is observed.
  • (5) When chimeric animals were subjected to a lethal challenge of endotoxin, their response was markedly altered by the transferred lymphoid cells.
  • (6) Increased dietary protein intake led to increased MDA per nephron, increased urinary excretion of MDA, and increased MDA per milligram protein in subtotally nephrectomized animals, and markedly increased the glutathione redox ratio.
  • (7) Cyclic AMP stimulated phosphorylation by [gamma-32P]ATP of two proteins of apparent Mr = 20,000 and 7,000 that were concentrated in sarcoplasmic reticulum, but the stimulation was markedly dependent on the presence of added soluble cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
  • (8) Surprisingly, the clonal elimination of V beta 6+ cells is preceded by marked expansion of these cells.
  • (9) Muscle weakness and atrophy were most marked in the distal parts of the legs, especially in the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, and then spread to the thighs and gluteal muscles.
  • (10) of PLA2 caused marked degranulation of mast cells in the rat mesentery which was facilitated by addition of calcium ion (10 mM) but antagonized by pretreating with three antiinflammatory agents.
  • (11) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
  • (12) Marked enhancement of IFN-gamma production by T cells was seen in the presence of as little as 0.3% thymic DC.
  • (13) This effect was more marked in breast cancer patients which may explain our earlier finding that women with upper body fat localization are at increased risk for developing breast cancer.
  • (14) Completeness of isolation of the coronary and systemic circulations was shown by the marked difference in appearance times between the reflex hypotensive responses from catecholamine injections into the isolated coronary circulation and the direct hypertensive response from a similar injection when the circulations were connected as well as by the marked difference between the pressure pulses recorded simultaneously on both sides of the aortic balloon separating the two circulations.4.
  • (15) A marked overlap of input from the two eyes is an unusual feature for a diprotodont marsupial and has previously been seen only in the feathertail glider.
  • (16) The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is almost always markedly elevated.
  • (17) Marks out of 10: Enyeama 9 ; Odiah 4 , Shittu 6 , Yobo 6 , Taiwo 4 (Uche 74 6 ); Kaita 4 , Lukman 5 , Etuhu 3 , Obasi 5 (Odemwingie 60 6 ); Yakubu 5 , Obinna 3 (Martins 52 6 )
  • (18) Sixteen patients (27%) manifested anomalies of the urinary tract: 12 had markedly altered kidneys, 8 of which were unilateral and ipsilateral to the diaphragmatic defect.
  • (19) Her muscle weakness and hyperCKemia markedly improved by corticosteroid therapy, suggesting that the diagnosis was compatible with polymyositis (PM).
  • (20) The introduction of intravenous, high-dose thrombolytic therapy during a brief period has markedly reduced mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Murk


Definition:

  • (a.) Dark; murky.
  • (n.) Darkness; mirk.
  • (n.) The refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed; marc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Children and the elderly were urged to stay indoors and some residents who ventured out wore face masks as the acrid murk entered its third day.
  • (2) But far from clearing the murk that always surrounds News Corporation's dealings with elected power, he has greatly thickened the fog.
  • (3) Still, even today you can't poke your head out into an old New York building's rear light well without smelling the greed that forced so many to live in ill-ventilated murk.
  • (4) Every time you close your eyes, an imaginary gay man's imaginary penis rises from the murk, bowing ominously in your direction, sensing your discomfort.
  • (5) You have to admire the way the Indie keeps going through so much murk.
  • (6) Then, back in the murk, it may be easier to decide whether the deliberations of 115 world leaders have made the slightest bit of difference.
  • (7) Labor has been extremely concerned about the impact of this murk on marginal seat campaigns in NSW.
  • (8) However, at least in some quarters, there is a great will to encourage innovation and avoid the murk that accompanied gene patenting.
  • (9) But you have to be a pretty implacable Murdoch foe (or career politician) to try to turn misty murk into freezing fog.
  • (10) Only forecasters talk about “winteriness”, “spits and spots” or “mist and murk”.
  • (11) That’s the new media, that’s why things go viral.” Social media has deepened the murk.
  • (12) The words are hard to make out in the reverb-drenched murk.
  • (13) This may be wrong, of course, but the sudden haste with which Mr Osborne has acted, and the murk that surrounds this decision, is puzzling.
  • (14) There was, however, an exception, a shaft of clarity and brilliance in the prevailing murk.
  • (15) Never escaping the murk becomes a moral and spiritual failure.
  • (16) The fourteenth reported patient with Murk Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasia is presented, with a remarkable followup from birth to the age of 15 years.
  • (17) In the opaque world of Chinese censorship, a few red lines shine through the murk.
  • (18) Upcoming debut album Spiritual Songs For Lovers To Sing was overseen by recent Björk collaborator Bobby Krlic AKA The Haxan Cloak, setting up an interesting tension between his trademark digital murk (exemplified by his 2013 album Excavation) and the heart-on-sleeve crusading of two of Roberts’s biggest musical heroes, Joe Strummer and Bruce Springsteen.