What's the difference between nay and vote?

Nay


Definition:

  • (adv.) No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.
  • (adv.) Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
  • (n.) Denial; refusal.
  • (n.) a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
  • (v. t. & i.) To refuse.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 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.
  • (2) "She was jealous of the past, but she'd have done better being jealous of the future," political commentator Catherine Nay said this week.
  • (3) By contrast, the latter mutants designated mafB were defective in replication of nay of these plasmids at a high temperature.
  • (4) But at other times it's fine – nay, fantastic – to just let the saltiness shine, as in these olive choux buns.
  • (5) In doing so, we must learn to acknowledge- nay embrace- its innate goodness, decency and beauty.
  • (6) The National Review's Robert Costa says it looks good: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Leadership sources: no snags right now on informal whip count, legislation continues to move twd floor, vote coming later October 15, 2013 Except: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Pressure mounts on conservatives to vote nay RT @Heritage_Action Key Vote: “NO” on House Spending and Debt Deal October 15, 2013 The failure of the latest Boehner initiative could make a strong argument for the terminal paralysis of the House and the return of the legislative initiative to the Senate.
  • (7) What's insulting is that despite decades, nay centuries, of women's political activism, and despite years of hard work aimed at opening politics up to those from less privileged backgrounds, in 2010 we're still being presented with the same old same old.
  • (8) Renal damage, as estimated by blood urea nitrogen (BUN) values and serum creatinine levels, was less at all times up until sacrifice in animals given NaY or NaG than in those given DDTC.
  • (9) The nay-sayers argue that it will waste billions of pounds when a straightforward upgrade of the west coast line would do just as good a job without tearing up idyllic parts of Buckinghamshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.
  • (10) It's not that they say, yea or nay regarding your right to speech, but can this be handled that it doesn't dramatically and drastically impact the rest of society?"
  • (11) The nay-sayers insist loudly that they're "climate sceptics", but this is a calculated misnomer – scientific scepticism is the method of investigating whether a particular hypothesis is supported by the evidence.
  • (12) Back in 2012, Sunder Katwala of the thinktank British Future (talking of the pre-Olympic opening ceremony whinging), said that for those nay-saying: “their cynicism is a performative act of Britishness.” In a country that prefaces a litany of complaints with “mustn’t grumble”, we don’t need gene science to tell us how much we take pleasure in our role.
  • (13) The results of Study 1 suggested the existence of six MHLC clusters: pure internal; double external; pure chance; yea sayer; nay sayer, and believer in control.
  • (14) Two vaccinations by the conjunctival route, as in group D, would be simpler, more economical and at least as effective as the standard system of vaccination, and would have the advantage that vaccination could be done at nay age without risk of serological response.
  • (15) Wily David Carney chalked one up for the nay-saying ageists by outfoxing youngster Thomas Deng to execute a superb run and finish, one which was harder than it may have seemed.
  • (16) On Thursday, however, one could hardly imagine a more emollient, nay flattering, figure, than Dame Liz.
  • (17) Even contestants no one picks are showered, nay tsunami-ed, with praise.
  • (18) Elizabeth Warren on the presidency: Fifty shades of nay Read more “To be sure, Warren – and grassroots economic populism more broadly – was already a rising force well before our efforts began,” the group’s organizers wrote in preparation to fold last week.
  • (19) In the future, when it has two cameras for fully featured video conferencing, GPS and who knows what else built in (1080 HD TV reception and recording and nano projection, for example) and when the iBook store has recorded its 100-millionth download and the thousands of accessories and peripherals that have invented uses for iPad that we simply can't now imagine – when that has happened it will all have seemed so natural and inevitable that today's nay-sayers and sceptics will have forgotten that they ever doubted its potential.
  • (20) And if you listen well, you can tell if she is likely to play or nay.

Vote


Definition:

  • (n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
  • (n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
  • (n.) That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote.
  • (n.) Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
  • (n.) Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
  • (v. i.) To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others.
  • (v. t.) To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office.
  • (v. t.) To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
  • (v. t.) To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.
  • (v. t.) To condemn; to devote; to doom.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An “out” vote would severely disrupt our lives, in an economic sense and a private sense.
  • (2) The prospectus revealed he has an agreement with Dorsey to vote his shares, which expires when the company goes public in November.
  • (3) One-nation prime ministers like Cameron found the libertarians useful for voting against taxation; inconvenient when they got too loud about heavy-handed government.
  • (4) Are you ready to vote?” is the battle cry, and even the most superficial of glances at the statistics tells why.
  • (5) A dozen peers hold ministerial positions and Westminster officials are expecting them to keep the paperwork to run the country flowing and the ministerial seats warm while their elected colleagues fight for votes.
  • (6) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
  • (7) His walkout reportedly meant his fellow foreign affairs select committee members could not vote since they lacked a quorum.
  • (8) She added: “We will continue to act upon the overwhelming majority view of our shareholders.” The vote was the second year running Ryanair had suffered a rebellion on pay.
  • (9) We didn’t take anyone’s votes for granted and we have run a very strong positive campaign.” Asked if she expected Ukip to run have Labour so close, she said: “To be honest with you I have been through more or less every scenario.
  • (10) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
  • (11) Much has been claimed about the source of its support: at one extreme, it is said to divide the right-of-centre vote and crucify the Conservatives .
  • (12) However, these votes will be vital for Hollande in the second round.
  • (13) The speaker issued his warning after William Hague told MPs that the government would consult parliament but declined to explain the nature of the vote.
  • (14) One is the right not to be impeded when they are going to the House of Commons to vote, which may partly explain why the police decided to arrest Green and raid his offices last week on Thursday, when the Commons was not sitting.
  • (15) Its restrictions are so strong that even many Republicans voted against it.
  • (16) He also challenged Lord Mandelson's claim this morning that a controversial vote on Royal Mail would have to be postponed due to lack of parliamentary time.
  • (17) And if the Brexit vote was somehow not respected by Westminster, Le Pen could be bolstered in her outrage.
  • (18) If I don’t agree with the leadership of the party, I don’t vote for it.
  • (19) At the People’s Question Time in Pendle, an elderly man called Roland makes a short, powerful speech about the sacrifices made for the right to vote and says he’s worried for the future of the NHS.
  • (20) As a member of the state Assembly, Walker voted for a bill known as the Woman’s Right to Know Act, which required physicians to provide women with full information prior to an abortion and established a 24-hour waiting period in the hope that some women might change their mind about undergoing the procedure.

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