What's the difference between master and predominant?

Master


Definition:

  • (n.) A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
  • (n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being.
  • (n.) One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.
  • (n.) One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
  • (n.) A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
  • (n.) A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
  • (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.
  • (n.) A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
  • (v. t.) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
  • (v. t.) To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.
  • (v. t.) To own; to posses.
  • (v. i.) To be skillful; to excel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Once the normal variations are mastered, appreciation of retinal, choroidal, optic nerve, and vitreal abnormalities is possible.
  • (2) There’s a fine line between pushing them to their limits and avoiding injury, and Alberto is a master at it.
  • (3) At the masters level, efforts are generally directed at utilization and evaluation of research more than design and implementation.
  • (4) He loved that I had a politics degree and a Masters.
  • (5) Learn from the masters The best way to recognise a good shot is to look at lots of other photographs.
  • (6) We’re all very upset right now,” said Daniel Ray, 24, in his third year of the divinity master’s degree program.
  • (7) The fitting element to a Cabrera victory would have been thus: the final round of the 77th Masters fell on the 90th birthday of Roberto De Vicenzo, the great Argentine golfer who missed out on an Augusta play-off by virtue of signing for the wrong score.
  • (8) The four members of the committee are all masters of wine, and the chairman is a retired diplomat, Sir David Wright.
  • (9) The master unit is probably present in all seven pairs.
  • (10) Examination of the role of the public health officer indicates that registered nurses with a master's degree in public health have, in many cases, more training and experience than physicians to function effectively in this role.
  • (11) The technique is readily mastered by any urologist experienced in endoscopic surgery.
  • (12) Here, the balance of power is clear: the master is dominating the servant – and not the other way around, as is the case with Google Now and the poor.
  • (13) Unions warned it could lead to a system where civil servants were loyal to their political masters rather than the taxpayer.
  • (14) Though there will be an open competition, the job is expected to go to Lord Dyson, who will step down from the supreme court to become master of the rolls.
  • (15) I can’t think about retiring,” said Miyazaki, who will compete in the Japanese masters championships next month.
  • (16) Each health educator would receive an adjunct appointment at the health-grant university and would be required to participate in special training sessions and to master progressive health education strategies.
  • (17) Part of the problem is that today's science is taking human capabilities to master nature to new levels.
  • (18) For Tóibín, it is the third time on the Booker shortlist following The Blackwater Lightship in 1999 and The Master in 2004.
  • (19) My immediate suspicion is that the pupil is taking the same course as the master, though I accept it is a large thesis to hang on beige furnishings.
  • (20) He will only be able to satisfy all the expectations if he masters, by virtue of his training and experience, the art of setting up a treatment plan with priorities.

Predominant


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A group I subset (six animals), for which predominant cultivable microbiota was described, had a mean GI of 2.4.
  • (2) These results indicate that astrocytes possess bradykinin receptors and that these are predominantly of the B2 subtype.
  • (3) Exudative inflammatory processes predominate in the ulcer floor.
  • (4) The secondary leukemia that occurred in these patients could be distinguished from the secondary leukemia that occurs after treatment with alkylating agents by the following: a shorter latency period; a predominance of monocytic or myelomonocytic features; and frequent cytogenetic abnormalities involving 11q23.
  • (5) In hypophysectomized rats the activity of alanine aminotransferase was increased, but its normal zonation (predominance in the periportal zone) was preserved.
  • (6) Anaerobes, in particular Bacteroides spp., are the predominant bacteria present in mixed intra-abdominal infections, yet their critical importance in the pathogenicity of these infections is not clearly defined.
  • (7) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (8) Analysis of conjugated discharges ACHs showed that they appeared predominantly periodically (87% of cases).
  • (9) Alcohol abuse remains the predominant cause of chronic liver disease in the Western world.
  • (10) Immunogold electron microscopy demonstrated that outer dense fibres were the predominant immunoreactive site.
  • (11) Saturated acyl residues predominated in lysolecithin and unsaturated ones in acids released by hydrolysis of egg lecithin.
  • (12) The axons of A5, RPoOl and RaD neurons exhibit no lateral predominance in their spinal projections.
  • (13) Of the three patients with a pure or predominantly endometrioid pattern treated with diethylstilbestrol, two had a marked clinical response.
  • (14) The mRNA data of the developing gut correspond with previous protein data, which showed that the shorter Mr 210,000 polypeptide predominates during earlier developmental stages and the larger Mr 260,000 polypeptide appears later in the embryonic gut (Aufderheide, E., and P. Ekblom.
  • (15) Neisseria meningitidis group B serotype 2 strain M986 contains two predominant outer membrane proteins, with apparent molecular weights of 41,000 (protein b) and 28,000 (protein e).
  • (16) Preliminary rhythmic somatic stimulation has a predominantly facilitating effect on EPs appearing in response to tonal stimuli in the areas A1, S2, S1.
  • (17) Following injections of HRP into the apex of the heart, the sinoatrial (SA) nodal region and the ventral wall of the right ventricle, we observed that HRP-labeled sympathetic neurons were localized predominantly in the right stellate ganglia, and to a lesser extent, in the right superior and middle cervical ganglia, and left stellate ganglia.
  • (18) Ultrastructual analysis indicated that the majority of the microtubules assembled predominantly from the pericentriolar material but also onto the centrioles.
  • (19) The organisms were predominantly associated with host deposits of erythrocytes, phagocytes, platelets, and fibrinous-appearing material, which collectively appeared on the valve surface in response to trauma.
  • (20) These animals spent a much greater portion of their SWS in the lighter SWS I, as compared to the control group which showed a predominance of the deeper SWS II.