What's the difference between navy and slate?

Navy


Definition:

  • (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.
  • (n.) The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
  • (n.) The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Melanoma is the second most common cancer, after testicular cancer, in males in the U.S. Navy.
  • (2) I am absolutely sick to the stomach that this iconic Australian news agency would attack the navy in the way that it has,” he said.
  • (3) Because many individuals begin smoking soon after joining the Navy, effective prevention programs need to be implemented in recruit training and repeated in early training schools.
  • (4) As aircraft capable of sustaining high "G" maneuvers enter the U.S. Navy Fleet, the reported incidence of cervical injury to aircrew seems to have increased.
  • (5) India will have three carriers and both China and India are building blue-water [ocean-going] navies.
  • (6) The simplicity of the Navy method for treating cholera makes it well suited for use in epidemics in populations with no experience in cholera.
  • (7) Tallents's two children haven't exactly rebelled and joined the navy; one is involved in direct action, but he has chosen climate change.
  • (8) Two weeks after his forced dismissal, several colleagues threw a going-away party for the retired marine officer at the Army-Navy Club on Farragut Square, a few blocks from the White House.
  • (9) Vigils have been held in Cairo for the victims of EgyptAir flight 804 as a French navy ship headed to join the deep-sea search in the Mediterranean for the main wreckage and flight recorders.
  • (10) Using automatic and observer-operated equipment for monitoring thermal data, observations have been made during Royal Navy Wessex 5 helicopter operations in a sub-Arctic climate.
  • (11) Founded by the former US Navy Seal Erik Prince, Blackwater seized on the burgeoning private security contracts that emerged after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
  • (12) The US navy regularly patrols the Asia-Pacific region, conducting joint exercises with its allies and training in the strategic region.
  • (13) They want to send a very clear message to China that they are serious about this.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest This image from the US navy purportedly shows Chinese dredging vessels in the waters around Mischief reef in the disputed Spratly archipelago in May 2015.
  • (14) They punished three of them, three of them ... so they would never want to go to the toilet again,‘‘ Fasher said, who was on the navy vessel at the time.
  • (15) The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, told the Australian the Snowden and navy stories were "counterproductive to our interests" and in another interview questioned whether the ABC's contract to operate overseas news channel the Australia Network was providing value for money.
  • (16) The Associated Press quoted a US security source as saying the Somali raid was carried out by members of the same navy Seal team that killed the al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden.
  • (17) He has appointed Tory MP Andrew Murrison, a former Royal Navy medical officer, as his special representative for the remembrance.
  • (18) Bahrain, meanwhile, is picking up the lion’s share of the bill for the construction of a Royal Navy base, the Mina Salman support facility, which will include warehouses, a 300-metre jetty, accommodation, sports pitch and helipad.
  • (19) Commercial ships have played an important role in rescue operations, responding both to the calls of migrant ships that are in distress and requests for help from the Italian coastguard and navy.
  • (20) Illness incidence was examined aboard U.S. Navy vessels to ascertain whether sick call rates vary with ship size.

Slate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
  • (v. t.) Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
  • (v. t.) A prepared piece of such stone.
  • (v. t.) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
  • (v. t.) A tablet for writing upon.
  • (v. t.) An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
  • (v. t.) A thin plate of any material; a flake.
  • (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
  • (v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
  • (v. t.) To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
  • (v. t.) To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The slate was wiped clean “as far as I am concerned”, Corbyn added, before taking a swipe at the alleged purge of some of his supporters over comments made on Twitter.
  • (2) For that matter, mulching with bark, grit or slate will help keep the surface roots cooler and retain moisture in hot weather.
  • (3) Joe Muto, Slate The Newsroom can be read as Sorkin's attempt to cure what's ailing the news industry, but he's misdiagnosing the patient.
  • (4) They were apparently trying to promote a healthy lifestyle to the Russian public, but Muscle and Fitness magazine slated the president’s technique: “his cable crossover form is crap”.
  • (5) The Hill reports : Senate Republicans elected a slate of white men to their top five leadership positions on Wednesday, and some GOP lawmakers feared the House would follow suit at a time when Republicans have said they need to find ways to reach out to women and minorities.
  • (6) Some establishment party figures have blamed the event for prematurely narrowing the field and forcing candidates to compete in what top GOP strategist David Kochel (now slated to be Jeb Bush’s national campaign manager) once called “a goat rodeo”.
  • (7) While we do expect some significant strength in the top two to three spots in 2015,” he wrote, “we are not convinced that the overall slate is going to drive performance that is significantly better than what we have generally seen over the past four years.” He also fears that the rise in superhero blockbusters is going to lead to disaster for some studios, in the same way that a wider pool of animated films has led to some casualties, with underwhelming receipts for Penguins of Madagascar and Mr Peabody & Sherman most recently.
  • (8) For now, we can't tell, but the Moritz-Heyman scholarships will help us find out by creating a group of graduates who will start on the career ladder with a near-clean slate.
  • (9) The conviction was subsequently wiped from his record under German clean-slate legislation.
  • (10) David Fincher was originally slated to direct the project , but Boyle manages to put his own distinct imprint on it: the film has Boyle’s characteristic frenetic energy, and boasts colourful visuals.
  • (11) Besides, Corbyn wanted to wipe the slate clean – though he was not yet ready to explain what steps he would take to do so – and to remind the party that there was more that united it than divided it.
  • (12) He was slated to give a commencement speech at his alma mater in 2013, but withdrew after controversy arose in wake of his remarks comparing same-sex marriage to pedophilia.
  • (13) That panel is slated to deliver final recommendations as early as this month, although it may slip into the new year.
  • (14) There are a number of things that need to be repealed, but I think what we need to focus on first is what would we replace it with,” Alexander told Slate about a week after the election.
  • (15) The French unit also has proposals for a new film from Dutch genre icon Paul Verhoeven and a remake of 1988 cult horror Maniac Cop on its slate for Cannes.
  • (16) These are slated to move from London to the new Media City development by 2011.
  • (17) I have now left the defence force with a clean slate.
  • (18) The policy was known as “contraction” and it was slated to shut down two clubs, the other being the Minnesota Twins, a team that is thriving years after the policy foundered.
  • (19) A restaurant firm slated to open an outlet in Trump’s new Washington DC hotel complained that the remarks were damaging to them.
  • (20) His papers, which are stored in more than 200 slate-grey boxes, describe fascinating connections to a roll call of the great and the good: Shirley Williams, Ruth First, Nadine Gordimer, Henry Kissinger, Trevor Huddleston, Nelson Mandela , Anthony Crosland, Michael Heseltine, Ted Heath, John Cleese, David Cornwell (John le Carré) and many more.