What's the difference between moment and tic?

Moment


Definition:

  • (n.) A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.
  • (n.) Impulsive power; force; momentum.
  • (n.) Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.
  • (n.) An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.
  • (n.) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
  • (n.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At the moment we are, if anything, slightly lagging."
  • (2) Jonker kept sticking his nose in the corner and not really cooperating, but then came a moment of stillness.
  • (3) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
  • (4) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
  • (5) It is a moment to be grateful for what remains of Labour's hard left: an amendment to scrap the cap was at least tabled by John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn but stood no chance.
  • (6) I just know that in that moment he’s not in condition to carry on in the game.
  • (7) It is an intriguing moment: the new culture secretary, Sajid Javid, who was brought in to replace Maria Miller last month, is something of an unknown quantity.
  • (8) Such a science puts men in a couple of scientific laws and suppresses the moment of active doing (accepting or refusing) as a sufficient preassumption of reality.
  • (9) Provided that adequate reflection is given and the appropriate moment chosen, it is well tolerated and provides all the necessary information.
  • (10) At the moment the MPA makes the appointments in consultation with the Met commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson.
  • (11) Moments later, explosive charges blasted free two tungsten blocks, to shift the balance of the probe so it could fly itself to a prearranged landing spot .
  • (12) Conservative commentators responded with fury to what they believed was inappropriate meddling at a crucial moment in the town hall debate.
  • (13) "At the moment there are about 1,600 criminal justice firms, and they all have a contract with the lord chancellor.
  • (14) But at least one customer signalled that America's gun lobby might be on the cusp of a moment of introspection.
  • (15) One of the things Yang has said he wants to investigate is: "This state we're in ... a moment when we have to negotiate our past while inventing our present."
  • (16) At the moment they’re playing some of the best football I’ve seen from any Tottenham team for many, many years.
  • (17) The history of events at the end of 2010, from the moment on 4 November when Cable called in the regulators, shows how relentlessly James Murdoch and his PR man Frédéric Michel lobbied and berated the politicians who were trying to stand in their way.
  • (18) Can somebody who is not a billionaire, who stands for working families, actually win an election into which billionaires are pouring millions of dollars?” Naming prominent and controversial rightwing donors, he said: “It is not just Hillary, it is the Koch brothers, it is Sheldon Adelson.” Stephanopoulos seized the moment, asking: “Are you lumping her in with them?” Choosing to refer to the 2010 supreme court decision that removed limits on corporate political donations, rather than address the question directly, Sanders replied: “What I am saying is that I get very frightened about the future of American democracy when this becomes a battle between billionaires.
  • (19) It is that beautiful moment when the original Metamorphosis is destroyed so that it can be refashioned for a global community of readers in dire need of new forms of storytelling.
  • (20) It came in a mix of joy and sorrow and brilliance under pressure, with one of the most remarkable things you will ever see on a basketball court in the biggest moment.

Tic


Definition:

  • (n.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A case of epidermoid tumor presenting with a painful tic convulsif was reported.
  • (2) This treatment was given to 11 patients with Huntington's chorea (ChH), 4 with faciolingual dyskinesis (DFL), 3 with torticollis spasmodicus (TS), 3 with maladie des tics (MT) and 8 with dyskinesia following treatment with L-dopa (MP).
  • (3) The highest predictive values for the exclusion of TiC are shown by inconspicuous concentration capacity accompanied by normal ammonia excretion, total acid excretion, water diuresis, free water clearance or urine dilution capacity.
  • (4) In an effort to test this hypothesis, the relationships between organism concentrations and water chemistry parameters that have the potential to alter Cd availability including pH, calcium (Ca), total organic carbon (TOC) and total inorganic carbon (TIC) were examined.
  • (5) Tics are modified by multiple psychological contents (aggressive or sexual impulses, imitation of others) which tend to become independent of their origin.
  • (6) On the basis of the achieved results the author comes to the conclusion that in the pathogenesis of a pseudoneurotic tic an important role is being played by a premorbid insufficiency of the motor analyzer.
  • (7) The authors hypothesize that neurotransmitter abnormalities existing in Down's syndrome may predispose such individuals to basal ganglia dysfunction and the subsequent development of tics.
  • (8) All tics subsided before the age of 20 years, only to recur after the age of 60 years, once again including both motor and vocal tics that changed in location and severity slowly over time.
  • (9) The observation of a young north african afflicted with a tic disorder suggests an underlying meaning in the apparently confused motoric discharges, thanks to psychodrama and to ethnopsychoanalytic consultations with the family.
  • (10) Only PIP or TIC + SUL or TAZ were able to inhibit at least 90% of tested strains.
  • (11) Five of our 7 patients had a positive family history of tics, and 2 a confirmed family history of gout.
  • (12) When diagnostic criteria were broadened to include any tics in co-twins, concordance rates were 77% and 23% for MZ and DZ pairs, respectively.
  • (13) Associated psychopathology was common: 38% received an anxiety disorder diagnosis; 29% received a mood disorder diagnosis; tics were observed in 24%.
  • (14) Pharmacological intervention, using clonidine, also did not reduce tic frequency.
  • (15) Further there are associations between a family history of tics and obsessive compulsive disorder in the subsequent generation.
  • (16) The narrative drivers are pretty slack – improbable dialogue ("I'm a very wealthy man, Miss Steele, and I have expensive and absorbing hobbies"); lame characterisation; irritating tics (a constant war between Steele's "subconscious", which is always fainting or putting on half-moon glasses, and her "inner goddess", who is forever pouting and stamping); and an internal monologue that goes like this … "Holy hell, he's hot!
  • (17) The activity of TIC against Bacteroides fragilis was improved up to 64-fold by clavulanic acid, with a definite but less pronounced effect on the non-fragilis Bacteroides species.
  • (18) The tic occurred 40 to 50 times per minute on its peak at age 16.
  • (19) In a direct interview study, the perinatal experiences of 31 TS patients were compiled in an effort to identify risk factors associated with tic severity.
  • (20) The majority of patients with tic douloureux are successfully treated by pharmacotherapy with phenytoin or carbamazepine.

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