What's the difference between nape and snape?

Nape


Definition:

  • (n.) The back part of the neck.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Total length, nape-rump length and tail length were recorded for each embryo and hatchling.
  • (2) Cooling the nape of the neck is said to induce reflex constriction of the mucosal vessels of the nose, but there is no general agreement in the literature on the benefit of an ice pack as an adjuvant treatment of epistaxis.
  • (3) Down's syndrome diagnosis is presently evaluated by some more specific ultrasonographic signs such as fetal nape or femur length measurements and by new biological parameters such as hCG assay.
  • (4) A pinch to the nape of the neck of mice, by application of a noxious clip, produces analgesia and immobility.
  • (5) Thus, low analgesic doses of local anesthetics injected into the nape of the neck prevented noxious clip from inducing analgesia but immobility was still evident.
  • (6) There are typical arsenic melanisms on the forehad-temple-rim where the hair begins to grow, on the nape of the neck, on the shoulders, chest, arms, and on the back of the hands which pass into precanceroses and carcinomas.
  • (7) The following electrode arrays were evaluated (1) vertex-neck, (2) forehead-ear canal (Enhancer I), and (3) vertex-nape.
  • (8) A case is reported of a man with a deep nape stabwound completely severing the medulla of the spine.
  • (9) A heat-stable factor (HSF) purified from the spleen of a patient with Gaucher's disease significantly increased the sensitivity of the rat liver beta-glucosidase to all of the NAPE derivatives.
  • (10) Passing subcutaneously, the catheters then emerged at the nape of the neck and were sealed by heating.
  • (11) The binding of chlorophenoxyisobutyric (CPIB), tibric (TA) and nicotinic (NA) acids and CPIB ethyl ester (Clofibrate), TA and NA isopropyl esters (TAPE and NAPE) to human lipoproteins of low density of different classes (LDL2, LDL1 and VLDL) and high density (HDL) were studied by equilibrium dialysis and Sephadex gel filtration.
  • (12) Intraoperative unilateral occipital artery ligation, with extensive undermining to the nape of the neck on only one side, can minimize the risk of postoperative scalp necrosis or telogen effluvium.
  • (13) On CT scan a round low dense lesion with clear margin was found in the nape.
  • (14) However, the vertex-neck and vertex-nape combinations are best for estimating auditory sensitivity because they gave the largest wave V amplitudes and 10-dB lower electrophysiologic thresholds.
  • (15) An exaggerated unilateral foot-nape posture is held responsible for a complete obstacle to parturition.
  • (16) The second patient suffered avulsion of the entire scalp as well as the forehead skin and nape of the neck.
  • (17) Since his second year, the papulonodular lesions have gradually merged into large confluent plaques, particularly on the face, nape, and axillae.
  • (18) A morphologic abnormality was seen of the nape which could not be interpreted.
  • (19) The toxoid was injected subcutaneously at the nape of the neck at dose levels of 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 ml in Groups II, III, and IV, respectively.
  • (20) This study tested the generalizations that cutaneous pressure will elicit immobility, that there is a relationship between the intensity of cutaneous pressure and the duration of immobility, and that the localization or body surfaces, particularly the upper dorsal area or the nape of the neck, is more susceptible to immobility.

Snape


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Stewart Snape, of its plant health service, said: "We know there could be OPM [oak processionary moth] in the woodland because we found a nest in it last year.
  • (2) His Sizewell B inquiry , which occupied Aldeburgh's Snape Maltings for much of the early 1980s, was tortuous and expensive.
  • (3) Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, 22-24 November, brittenaldeburgh.co.uk
  • (4) There are children like Freddy Snape , who sounds like any other teenager, only less surly; and youngsters like William Thanh , who doesn't communicate with words at all.
  • (5) The year 2016 took Prince, David Bowie, Professor Snape and most of our sanity.
  • (6) Patience (After Sebald) will be screened on Friday at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, as part of After Sebald: Place and Re-Enchantment, a weekend exploration of WG Sebald's work.
  • (7) "The special rule is a death warrant for the polar bear," said Bill Snape, senior counsel for the Center for Biological Diversity.
  • (8) Encouraged by this high-altitude success, in 1984 Macartney-Snape, Mortimer and Hall set out on their most ambitious target to date – a new route on the north face of Everest without bottled oxygen.
  • (9) We’ve talked about a couple of things that will stay private but about what we think might work for us,” Pardew, who has worked extensively with Snape over recent years said.
  • (10) Parts of Suffolk were identified as being at high risk of flooding on Friday night, including Lowestoft seafront and docks, the north bank of Lake Lothing, Oulton Broad near Mutford Lock, Snape, Iken and surrounding marshland, and Southwold and surrounding marshes.
  • (11) A new cast will be announced for the tour, which is scheduled to stop off Edinburgh, Bath and Birmingham among other cities this year, but Fiery Angel's Edward Snape has suggested that a West End return could be possible.
  • (12) On Saxon Square, a pristine quadrangle of shops and cafes at the northern edge of town, I meet Dee and Graham Snape, 68 and 71 respectively, having coffee in the sunshine.
  • (13) Katie Snape, who books the guests for Sky News, is highly committed to getting more women on screen, and says she often has trouble booking the number she would like.
  • (14) The basolateral membrane of mouse duodenal enterocytes can be selectively labelled in vitro with 59Fe by incubating intact enterocytes with 59Fe(III)-nitrilotriacetate at 0-4 degrees C. It has been proposed that this labelling represents binding to a site important in the transfer of intracellular Fe to the portal plasma (Snape, S., Simpson, R.J. and Peters, T.J. (1990) Cell Biochem.
  • (15) The Snape Proms , at the end of the summer, has several gigs that would make a family outing, including a Mary Poppins singalong and a concert by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
  • (16) Among the survey participants was 17-year-old Laura Bizzey from Snape, in Suffolk, who has minicore myopathy and is studying for her GCSEs.
  • (17) Freddy Snape embodies the kind of success the organisation believes should be more widespread.
  • (18) The manager has sought the input of the former England off-spinner and respected sports psychologist Jeremy Snape as part of the preparations, with further motivational presentations planned for the squad before the 4pm kick-off.
  • (19) I don’t love playing second fiddle to a phone, but you never know what news someone might be awaiting Laura Snapes Laura Snapes, music writer and editor Man is the learning animal and etiquette is a series of protocols that ensure the wheels of society remain greased.
  • (20) In 1978, as part of a larger ANU team, Macartney-Snape reached the summit of the 7,000m Dunagiri in India, but Hall suffered frostbite and missed out on the summit, later losing a few toes.

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