What's the difference between mortal and superhuman?

Mortal


Definition:

  • (a.) Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
  • (a.) Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
  • (a.) Fatally vulnerable; vital.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the time of death.
  • (a.) Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
  • (a.) Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.
  • (a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours.
  • (n.) A being subject to death; a human being; man.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Perinatal mortality is strongly associated with obstetrical factors, respiratory distress syndrome, and prematurity.
  • (2) This study compares the mortality of U.S. white males with that of Swedish males who have had the highest reported male life expectancies in the world since the early 1960s.
  • (3) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
  • (4) The LD50 of the following metal-binding chelating drugs, EDTA, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexanediaminotetraacetic acid (CDTA) and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA) was evaluated in terms of mortality in rats after intraperitoneal administration and was found to be in the order: CDTA greater than EDTA greater than DTPA greater than TTHA greater than HEDTA.
  • (5) Importantly, these characteristics were strong predictors of subsequent mortality.
  • (6) There appears to be no risk of morbidity or mortality.
  • (7) The introduction of intravenous, high-dose thrombolytic therapy during a brief period has markedly reduced mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
  • (8) The hospital mortality was 2.4% in group A and 2.6% in group B.
  • (9) The mortality data were derived from the reports by Miyagi Prefectural Government.
  • (10) The medium time of admission (8.98 vs 9.5 days) and mortality rate (6.3% vs 7.1%) did not change.
  • (11) Our results underline the importance of patient-related factors in MVR, and indicate that care is needed in comparing the quality of MVR from different institutions with respect to mortality and morbidity.
  • (12) It was found that preterm infants (delivered before 38 weeks of gestation) had nine times the early neonatal mortality of term infants, irrespective of growth retardation patterns.
  • (13) High mortality, severe destruction of pancreatic B-cells and presence of sporadic mononuclear infiltrations in islets and around excretory ducts were observed.
  • (14) As many girls as boys receive primary and secondary education, maternal mortality is lower and the birth rate is falling .
  • (15) In contrast, the association of serum cholesterol with mortality due to causes other than coronary heart disease changed during follow-up (interaction of cholesterol with follow-up period: p = 0.004).
  • (16) Mortality, blood clearance and organ distribution of 125I labelled Escherichia coli were determined.
  • (17) In Stage II patients, chemotherapy has an impact on disease mortality for ER-positive and ER-negative premenopausal women and possibly ER-negative postmenopausal patients.
  • (18) It was found that there was a substantial increase in mortality rates in the area under the jets where there was large noise radiation.
  • (19) The positive predictive accuracy of a biophysical profile score of 0, with mortality and morbidity used as end points, was 100%.
  • (20) We conclude that heparin plus AT III partially prevents the endotoxin-induced generation of PAI activity which seems to correlate with the reduced presence of fibrin deposits in kidneys and with a reduced mortality.

Superhuman


Definition:

  • (a.) Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She was presented as something superhuman but also unreal, sanitised, infantilised; she was more than just a woman singing a song, she was an Ideal, a Symbol.
  • (2) Whereas near superhuman feats by ordinary individuals caught in life-threatening situations have been reported, variations of great magnitude are unlikely in sport.
  • (3) I thought that was crucial, to show this superhuman strength she has.
  • (4) Such was their mutual respect, however, that the future mayor of London offered Willis membership of the Bullingdon, which, in Johnson's own words, was a "vignette of almost superhuman undergraduate arrogance, toffishness and twittishness".
  • (5) When Oscar Pistorius donned a pair of carbon-fibre blades to compete alongside able-bodied athletes at the 2012 Olympics, he had ceased to be a disabled athlete; instead, he offered us a glimpse of a "superhuman" future where Paralympians aided by bionics or performance-enhancing drugs might set hitherto unimaginable sporting records.
  • (6) The X-Files' entry into this canon is Eve, a cloned child with superhuman intelligence who likes to kill grown-ups.
  • (7) It’s time for English policymakers to forget about calling disabled people “superhuman” and instead to start making it possible for them to be treated as human, with equal civil and human rights.
  • (8) Many policymakers have expressed a desire to link executive pay to company performance , but suggest that company performance is entirely dependent on the actions of a handful of superhumans and that everyone else is more or less irrelevant.
  • (9) To describe his work in progress, he jotted down a list of hyperbolic adjectives: "Astounding, extraordinary, surprising, superhuman, supernatural, unheard of, savage, sinister, formidable, gigantic, savage, colossal, monstrous, deformed, disturbed, electrifying, lugubrious, funereal, hideous, terrifying, shadowy, mysterious, fantastic, nocturnal, crepuscular."
  • (10) Agency: Wieden + Kennedy (New York) Director: Tim Godsall Channel 4: 'Meet the Superhumans' (starts at 01:08) - UK This sensational film helped set the tone for Channel 4's award-winning coverage of last year's Paralympics.
  • (11) Since the London Paralympics, many disabled activists have contrasted the way in which a few elite disabled athletes have been bigged up as “superhumans” and “Yes I can” people, while the lives of many more disabled people have been increasingly undermined by austerity policy, welfare reform and public service cuts.
  • (12) In a leader column, the red-top condemned homophobes as a "moronic minority" and said it would take "almost superhuman bravery" for a top-flight footballer to follow in Hitzlsperger's footsteps.
  • (13) Not so long ago we thought he was superhuman and his slayings were guilty pleasures.
  • (14) Set 45 years into the future, soldiers wear exoskeletons which grant them superhuman strength, allowing them to carry great loads, to take lingering leaps into the air and to clamber up the side of buildings.
  • (15) Our country is, because of its geographic position, a gateway and it needs support, funds and infrastructure in order to help these desperate people, as it must do.” The marine minister, Christos Zois, also issued a statement to highlight the “daily superhuman struggle” of the Greek coastguard to “save thousands of people, victims of human smugglers”.
  • (16) Somewhere along the line, this was forgotten, in favour of musclebound Stakhanovites performing superhuman feats of coal-hewing.
  • (17) No matter how highly paid someone is, it doesn't suddenly give them superhuman powers to provide rich and developmentally appropriate care and learning opportunities to eight highly demanding two-year-olds.
  • (18) Michal Hubschmann’s almost superhuman three-minute pitch, on the other hand, left even the event’s cuddly polar bear mascot looking blue around the paws.
  • (19) On Egyptian streets Abdel Fatah al-Sisi – the top general who ousted ex-president Mohamed Morsi last summer – reached superhuman status months ago.
  • (20) Fear makes us run, it makes us leap, it can make us act superhuman.

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