What's the difference between ness and sess?

Ness


Definition:

  • (n.) A promontory; a cape; a headland.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I have equated nationalism with racism, xenophobia, inward-looking-ness and militarism.
  • (2) These are some of the finest Neolithic monuments in the world, and in 1999 they were given World Heritage status by Unesco, an act that led directly to the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar.
  • (3) It was a successful breeding season for avocets - black and white wading birds - at Orford Ness in Suffolk, despite a lack of mud for feeding.
  • (4) I certainly wouldn't have been able to tell you the difference between palaeontologists searching for ancient bones, and the search for the Loch Ness Monster.
  • (5) His insistence on the incomparable virtues of “Thai-ness” and traditional core values, and his self-proclaimed mission to restore “happiness to the people”, have invited open ridicule, even though the media and institutions are closely controlled.
  • (6) 7.27pm GMT “So looking at the team sheets I see Schweini is back,” observers Eirik Ness.
  • (7) This is the temple complex of the Ness of Brodgar, and its size, complexity and sophistication have left archaeologists desperately struggling to find superlatives to describe the wonders they found there.
  • (8) The next time Tobin bumped into Issing, he said cheerfully: "Here I am, the Loch Ness monster still!"
  • (9) The v-myb oncogene of the acute avian leukemia virus E26 encodes a transcription factor that directly regulates the promyelocyte-specific mim-1 gene (Ness, S.A., Marknell, A. and Graf, T. Cell, 59, 1115-1125).
  • (10) Empirical evidence suggests that exclusionary understandings of the nation, of Australia and Australian-ness as white and Christian allow for a narrow sense of belonging.
  • (11) "I find myself thinking about what is the core me-ness in me.
  • (12) Almost at John O'Groats, the beach at Ness of Duncansby sometimes has masses of shells.
  • (13) It also sets a great example – my three-year-old has now collected finisher’s medals at Ironkids and Loch Ness Marathon and loves being outside because that’s what mummy and daddy do.
  • (14) Amy Winehouse was the first name to be discussed , but not long after the singer appeared to have been dropped - mostly because of her Amy Winehouse-ness .
  • (15) She then went on to deny that her tweets about 12 Years A Slave at the Oscars were racist before concluding: "I don't want to bore you with real genuine-ness because I know that then you'll start to go online, so I'm can't really even answer any of your questions with any sort of earnestness."
  • (16) A packed schedule will see the company travelling all around the UK, from the Temple Enclosure in Epping Forest to Ness Botanic Garden in South Wirral, from Brading Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight to Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire.
  • (17) She wears her New Yorker-ness brazenly, proudly, on her sleeve.
  • (18) On his return to the clinic, David tells me about his journey back and how strangely dislocated he felt from his surroundings, and the ordinary-ness of the world going on around him.
  • (19) In an earlier study we found that different forms of the v-myb oncogene transform myeloid cells which resemble either monoblasts [when v-myb of avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV) was used] or promyelocytes [when a point mutant in v-myb of AMV was used; Introna, M., Golay, J., Frampton J., Nakano, T., Ness, S.A. & Graf, T. (1990).
  • (20) The corporate-ness has got to such a point where we've essentially been told that we don't exist.

Sess


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To lay a tax upon; to assess.
  • (n.) A tax; an assessment. See Cess.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Possibly the selenium in the SeSS analogue abolishes this effect.
  • (2) He has Lineker and Waddle in support but tries to take on Buchwald, who dispos­sesses him well.
  • (3) The D-Trp8 in the SeSS analogue does not show the typical better inhibitory action of D-Trp8-SS-14 on insulin and glucagon secretion compared with SS-14.
  • (4) The petroleum ether extract of Montezuma speciosissima Sesse and Moc.
  • (5) The medicinal plants, Coutarea latiflora Sesse & Moc.
  • (6) Black children had higher insulin dosages (P less than 0.05) and lower SESs (P less than 0.001) than white children.
  • (7) The Self-Evaluation and Social Support Schedule (SESS), an interview-based instrument, is described, which aims to give a comprehensive description of a person's social milieu in terms of 'objective' and 'subjective' measures.

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