What's the difference between nagging and talking?

Nagging


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nag
  • (a.) Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There were no significant differences in the NAG indices either between fullterm and preterm babies or between appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and small for gestational age (SGA) neonates of the normal group.
  • (2) Urinary excretion of the tubular enzymes NAG and AAP was investigated during gentamicin treatment of 105 newborn infants.
  • (3) Elevated urinary levels of the renal tubular enzyme N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) have been shown to be associated with tubular damage.
  • (4) Urine N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (NAG) was measured 3 times weekly and serum creatinine was measured 5 times during the study.
  • (5) The nag genes appear to be organized in an operon: nagD nagC nagA nagB nagE.
  • (6) About 10% of the exposed workers had an enhanced NAG value, corresponding to the level of diabetic patients with subclinical nephropathy.
  • (7) The aim of the present study was to evaluate the trend of excretion of the lysosomal enzyme N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) and the brush border enzyme alanine aminopeptidase (AAP) during uncomplicated pregnancies.
  • (8) A prospective study in 16 healthy and 16 gentamicin-treated neonates was undertaken to compare the urinary excretion of proximal tubular markers such as beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-m) and total N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) and its isoenzymatic form NAGB.
  • (9) Although NaY and NaG are effective heavy metal chelators and renal function is spared and kidney platinum levels are substantially reduced by the dithiocarbamates, no parallel loss of antineoplastic activity by Cis-Pt on the rat Walker carcinoma was observed.
  • (10) Epididymal spermatozoa also contained moderate beta-NAG activity.
  • (11) ), Botryodiplodia theobromae, Pat., Rhizopus arrhizus Fischer., Phomopsis psidii Nag Raj and Ponnappa apud Ponnappa and Nag Raj, and Pestalotiopsis versicolor (Speg.)
  • (12) In the song Christmas and Owen argue that if women were a Pot Noodle it would be "farewell to nagging and random tantrums".
  • (13) Urinary retinol binding protein, myoglobin, and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), expressed as a ratio with urinary creatinine, were measured and excretion profiles repeated at 3-6 days in 15 infants and at 7-14 days in 11 infants.
  • (14) My nagging suspicion is that the White House is very happy to have a vacuum in the under-secretary and assistant secretary levels, not only at state but across government agencies, because it relieves them of even feeling an obligation to consult with experts before they take a new direction.” In normal times, the state department is a constant part of an inter-agency policymaking process coordinated by the national security council.
  • (15) A synthetic oligonucleotide probe was developed to identify the gene for the heat-stable enterotoxin (NAG-ST) of non-serovar O1 Vibrio cholerae.
  • (16) The pH optima of NAG I-IV ranged from 4.2 to 4.4, and Km values from 0.61 to 0.83 mM.
  • (17) Removal of the endothelium, treatment of endothelium-intact preparations with L-NAG or L-NMMA, or exposure of these vessels to the guanylate cyclase inhibitor, methylene blue (10 microM) increased reactivity of the aortas to the guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) analogue, 8-Br cGMP.
  • (18) No correlation was found between activity of beta-NAG and of GPT, gammaGT and CHE.
  • (19) Although DDTC or NaG pretreatment is highly effective when used in conjunction with NaG post-treatment, DDTC or NaG pretreatment alone has no renal sparing effect on renal function or renal platinum accumulation.
  • (20) Supplemental fosfomycin or steroids inhibited an increase in urinary NAG level 3 days after the anticancer therapy.

Talking


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Talk
  • (a.) That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.
  • (a.) Given to talk; loquacious.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You lot have got real issues to talk about and deal with.
  • (2) In the bars of Antwerp and the cafes of Bruges, the talk is less of Christmas markets and hot chocolate than of the rising cost of financing a national debt which stands at 100% of annual national income.
  • (3) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
  • (4) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (5) I remember talking to an investment banker about what it felt like in the City before the closure of Lehman Brothers.
  • (6) Do [MPs] remember the madness of those advertisements that talked of the cool fresh mountain air of menthol cigarettes?
  • (7) Peter Stott of the Met Office, who led the study, said: "With global warming we're talking about very big changes in the overall water cycle.
  • (8) A Palestinian delegation was to hold truce talks on Sunday in Cairo with senior US and Egyptian officials, but Israel has said it sees no point in sending its negotiators to the meeting, citing what it says are Hamas breaches of previous agreed truces.
  • (9) The surge the prime minister talks about can only be achieved by coordinating assets across 43 forces.
  • (10) Others said it might appeal to Russia, Assad's chief ally, which backs talks between the regime and the opposition.
  • (11) Nick Mabey, head of the E3G climate thinktank in London, said without US action there were risks talks would stall.
  • (12) The local guide led us down a rough, uneven pathway, talking as he went.
  • (13) Pekka Isosomppi Press counsellor, Finnish embassy, London • It may have been said tongue in cheek, but I must correct Michael Booth on one thing – his claim that no one talks about cricket in Denmark .
  • (14) Families believed that physicians would not listen (13% of sample), would not talk openly (32%), attempted to mislead them (48%), or did not warn about long-term neurodevelopmental problems (70%).
  • (15) It's the roughly $2bn in revenue grossed by his blockbuster movies, some of which he had to be talked into making.
  • (16) The only thing the media will talk about in the hours and days after the debate will be Trump’s refusal to say he will accept the results of the election, making him appear small, petty and conspiratorial.
  • (17) Now there is talk of adding a range of ultra-trendy kale chips and kale shakes to the menu as well as encouraging customers to design their own bespoke burger.
  • (18) He said: "I don't want to talk any more about politics for one reason because I'm not in the House[es] of Parliament, I'm not a political person, I will talk about only football."
  • (19) China's relations with the NTC were strained last week when it emerged Chinese arms firms had talked to Muammar Gaddafi's representatives about weapons sales .
  • (20) "I was in the car with Matthew and he held out his phone and said: 'We need to talk about this' with a very serious face, and my immediate thought was somebody had found where I lived and had made a direct threat.