What's the difference between maw and paw?

Maw


Definition:

  • (n.) A gull.
  • (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
  • (n.) Appetite; inclination.
  • (n.) An old game at cards.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Aung San Suu Kyi will entrust the party in parliament in the hands of other NLD elders, as expected, and assume a role within the cabinet,” said Nyantha Maw Lin, the managing director at political consultancy Vriens & Partners in Yangon.
  • (2) Adherence to the Maximal Allowable Weight (MAW) standards established by regulation can be difficult for many active duty personnel.
  • (3) The one-man freak show that appeals to the anarchist (even in me) will slither into the greasy maw of the US Republican party.
  • (4) Imagine a bald Jimmy Savile painted aquamarine, contorting his mouth into a gaping downturned maw.
  • (5) The postradiation longevity of the MAW rats proved extended as compared to that of the controls.
  • (6) Three anti-Factor-VIII antibodies from hemophiliacs were reacted with samples of batches of Maws commerical bovine and porcine Factor VIII concentrates manufactured over a 12-year period.
  • (7) The results demonstrated the following for the first time: 1) A right medial atrial wall (MAW) extends anteriorly from the interatrial septum, superior to the interventricular septum (IVS).
  • (8) Measurements of blood pressure (BP), cardiac output (CO), mean airway pressure (Maw), peak airway pressure (Paw), and fistula flow (FF) were carried out with the chest closed.
  • (9) The MAW rats showed a greater osmotic stability of erythrocytes, a higher concentration of nucleic acids, and a larger count of leucocytes.
  • (10) Twice a day the experimental weanlings were given MAW and the controls--tap water.
  • (11) Doug Maw, who started a petition against its use, said he was “disgusted” a more suitable alternative had not been sourced.
  • (12) But he made his mark with a magazine series entitled Music Now, dedicated to the contemporary scene and featuring such composers as Peter Maxwell Davies, Nicholas Maw and John Tavener.
  • (13) The properties of proteolytic enzymes produces from calf maws and from an Ascomycete were studied.
  • (14) Doug Maw, who started the petition to remove animal products from bank notes, urged people to contribute to the Bank’s consultation and expressed concern about the possible use of palm oil.
  • (15) 2) An atrial interventricular septum (A-IVS) groove is located between the base of the MAW and the crest of the IVS.
  • (16) The results showed that MAW recorded the lowest values followed by AME, then MDL, then MVC.
  • (17) But to illustrate, were I in that sort of mood today, I'd probably whack out something along the lines of WHAT SORT OF SORRY WORLD DO WE LIVE IN WHEN WE HANG ON EVERY WORD FALLING FROM THE TEDIOUS GAPING MAW OF CHRIS MOYLES?
  • (18) Twelve male and five female subjects underwent the protocol of the four strength testing techniques investigated: isometric maximum voluntary contraction (MVC); maximum acceptable weight (MAW); maximum dynamic lifting (MDL); and acceptable maximum effort (AME).
  • (19) How will it deal with the blood-sucking maw that has replaced Cobbett's Great Wen as metaphor for booming London ?
  • (20) And we’re not caught in the maw of Heathrow.” His comments come only months after Willie Walsh, boss of BA’s parent company IAG, backed Salmond’s campaign for Scottish independence , which raised the prospect of lower aviation taxes.

Paw


Definition:

  • (n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
  • (n.) The hand.
  • (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
  • (v. t.) To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
  • (v. t.) To scrape or beat with the forefoot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In pentobarbital-anesthetized rats or in perfused hind paw of rats, the potentiation induced by cocaine and tripelennamine was more marked to norepinephrine than to epinephrine, but an inverse relation between norepinephrine and epinephrine was observed in the potentiation by I and II.
  • (2) Both face and paw receptive fields are unions of a certain set of skin areas called compartments.
  • (3) At both 24 h and 1 week, the inflamed paw showed pronounced supersensitivity to the antinociceptive action of morphine against noxious pressure.
  • (4) An actor dressed like one of the polar bears that figure in Coke ads limped up, wearing a prosthesis on one paw, a dialysis bag and tubing.
  • (5) His shot, though, was pawed on to the inside of the post by David Marshall and it was left to Victor Wanyama to lash the loose ball into the empty net.
  • (6) In the spinalized preparation, steady-state and nonsteady-state responses have an equal likelihood of emerging from the initial cycles of a paw-shake response, suggesting that regular coupling of joint oscillations is not planned by pattern-generating networks within lumbosacral segments.
  • (7) The spinal ascending pathways responsible for neuronal ventrobasal (VB) thalamic responses elicited by joint stimulation of the posterior paw were determined in arthritic rats used as a model of experimental pain.
  • (8) The response was composed of an isometric phase, during which the body weight was shifted from the stimulated limb to the opposite forelimb while the stimulated limb was gently pushed backwards, and a movement phase during which the stimulated paw actually accomplished the placing reaction.
  • (9) Tiny, tiny... rodents – some soft and grey, some brown with black stripes, in paintings, posters, wallcharts, thumb-tacked magazine clippings and poorly executed crayon drawings, hurling themselves fatally in their thousands over the cliff of their island home; or crudely taxidermied and mounted, eyes glazed and little paws frozen stiff – on every available surface.
  • (10) Carrageenin-induced inflammatory oedema of the rat paw was considerably inhibited at i.v.
  • (11) The goalkeeper then had to paw out another Carroll header.
  • (12) In inflammatory studies, 1-4 showed inhibition of formaldehyde-induced paw swelling (edema).
  • (13) Hence, Paw was a major determinant of oxygenation, although a PEEP greater than Pflex appeared necessary to optimize oxygenation at a constant Paw.
  • (14) A comparison has been made between liposome-encapsulated and free indomethacin for their anti-inflammatory activities in the carrageenan paw oedema test in rats, and their inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation induced by adenosine 5-diphosphate (ADP) in-vitro.
  • (15) Standard 5-member series of weak electro-cutaneous stimulations of the fore-paw were applied in chronic experiments to two dogs with implanted cortical electrodes.
  • (16) from the 1st to the 3rd day and then each 2nd or 3rd day inhibited paw swelling in adjuvant arthritis of the rat during the time of treatment.
  • (17) It has been shown that under all types of stimulation the latent periods (LP) of nociceptive reactions of paw licking and tail flick were significantly increased, as compared to baseline level, thus suggesting suppression of the pain sensitivity.
  • (18) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) only partially inhibit the hyperalgesia in the inflammation induced by carrageenin in the hind rat paw, one of the most frequently used nociceptive tests.
  • (19) The models used were (1) carrageenin-induced paw oedema in rats previously depleted of polymorphonuclear cells, (2) carrageenin-induced rat pleurisy and (3) migration of rat peritoneal leucocytes from glass capillary tubes in vitro.
  • (20) AOA and B-H were markedly effective both in scavenging the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated and in inhibiting lipid peroxidation; they also significantly reduced both adjuvant- and adriamycin-induced paw oedema in rats.

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