What's the difference between netting and nettling?

Netting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Net
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Net
  • (n.) The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.
  • (n.) A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.
  • (n.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding.
  • (n.) Urine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Manometric studies with resting cells obtained by growth on each of these sulfur sources yielded net oxygen uptake for all substrates except sulfite and dithionate.
  • (2) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
  • (3) External exposures to a contaminated fishing net and fishing boat are considered pathways for fishermen.
  • (4) If tracer is introduced into the carotid artery after osmotic treatment, brain uptake is increased by a net factor of 50 (a factor of 70 due to elevation of PA, multiplied by 7 due to infusion by the carotid route) as compared to uptake by normal, untreated brain with infusion into a peripheral vein.
  • (5) Short incubations with heparin (5 min) caused a release of the enzyme into the media, while longer incubations caused a 2-8-fold increase in net lipoprotein lipase secretion which was maximal after 2-16 h depending on cell type, and persisted for 24 h. The effect of heparin was dose-dependent and specific (it was not duplicated by other glycosaminoglycans).
  • (6) Only those derivatives with a free amino group and net positive charge in the side chain were effective.
  • (7) When labelled long-chain fatty acids or glycerol were infused into the lactating goat, there was extensive transfer of radioactivity into milk in spite of the absence of net uptake of substrate by the mammary gland.
  • (8) PYY inhibited the reduction in net absorption of sodium chloride and water evoked by vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), but did not affect the VIP-evoked increase in net potassium secretion.
  • (9) A relative net reduction of 47% in lactose malabsorption was produced by adding food, and the peak-rise in breath H2 was delayed by 2 hours.
  • (10) In assessing damaged nets and curtains it must be recognised that anything less than the best vector control may have no appreciable impact on holoendemic malaria.
  • (11) No net hepatic uptake of glucose was observed before or after feeding.
  • (12) This force will be numerically similar to the net driving Starling force in small pores, but distinctly different in large pores.
  • (13) Increased amino acid incorporation into hepatic proteins in tumor-bearing animals and also probably in cancer patients is due to a net increased hepatic protein synthesis, probably not confined to acute-phase reactants only.
  • (14) In this study, protein efficiency ratio and net protein utilization together with the kinetic estimates of protein turnover were used to compare the effect of different protein and fat sources in healthy rats.
  • (15) Meanwhile the Brooklyn Nets, who have been dealing with nothing but bad news since the start of the regular season, will be without Paul Pierce for 2-4 weeks, also due to a right hand fracture.
  • (16) In the postprandial state net acid (4.9%) and sulfate (2.2%) had much less importance as determinants of calciuria.
  • (17) Proper maintenance of body orientation was defined to be achieved if the net angular displacement of the head-and-trunk segment was zero during the flight phase of the long jump.
  • (18) The authors tested their own technique, using transplants or implants of corium, fascia, dura mater and polyester net, internally in the tendons, fastening them with an external cross suture.
  • (19) These studies indicate that, in three models of acute liver injury, the net influx of calcium across the plasma membrane is increased early in the evolution of the injury before irreversible damage occurs.
  • (20) A state of net secretory fluid flux was induced in isolated jejunal loops in weanling pigs by adding theophylline or cholera toxin to the lumen of the isolated loops.

Nettling


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nettle
  • (n.) A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are jointed end so as to form one rope.
  • (n.) The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.
  • (p. pr. & a.) Stinging; irritating.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The news that ITV1 plans to continue Midsomer Murders despite the retirement of John Nettles – through a cousin of the central detective, introduced last night – is not surprising.
  • (2) A frequent cause of contact urticaria is skin exposure to the common stinging nettle (Urtica dioica).
  • (3) The footpaths I followed became swamped with knapweed, bramble and nettle.
  • (4) The UCI should have grasped that nettle a long time ago and put credibility back into our sport."
  • (5) They meticulously slotted together details to give a painstaking picture of the events that led up to the girls' disappearance, and then away from it; the innocent before and the nightmarish after; the last known seconds of the girls' meandering progress through familiar streets, arms linked, and then the frantic, increasingly heart-rending search that came to an end when the naked and decomposing - and, as we now know, partially burned - bodies of the two friends were found lying together, limbs tangled, at the bottom of a deep and muddy ditch, where the nettles grew tall.
  • (6) Dairy farmer Dave Lawrence took the Guardian to the spot where the beavers are usually seen, close to an island in the river thick with nettles, willow and thistles.
  • (7) He does not come to this court with clean hands,” Nettle said.
  • (8) 35% by three pollens responsible for the so-called spring pollinosis, and 50% by weeds (plantain, nettle, mugwort) the cause of late summer pollinosis.
  • (9) The committee declined to grasp this nettle for no better reason than "the media industry itself is not united on the desirability of privacy legislation" – well, it wouldn't be, would it?
  • (10) The precise relationship between sea nettle venom and the observed clinical responses is not known.
  • (11) Very low amounts of pigweed-type and nettle pollen appear in April.
  • (12) The urticaria is accompanied by a stinging sensation lasting longer than 12 h. Little is known of the cellular and molecular mechanism of stinging-nettle urticaria.
  • (13) Dudgeon, who appeared alongside Caroline Quentin in the BBC comedy Life of Riley, will play a cousin of Nettles' character Tom Barnaby, John Barnaby, who also works in the police force.
  • (14) A comparison of methods for preparing a jellyfish nematocyst suspension from sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) fishing tentacles at the beachside was conducted.
  • (15) After Application of a tourniquet (180 - 200 mm Hg) to test persons no weals were formed after contact with nettles in a period of 10 minutes.
  • (16) Ninety-eight individuals took part in a double-blind randomized study comparing the effects of a freeze-dried preparation of Urtica dioica (stinging nettles) with placebo on allergic rhinitis.
  • (17) The cardiotoxicity and polypeptide content of sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) polyps and cysts were studied.
  • (18) Products Revitalift, PerfectSlim, Age Perfect, Lancôme, Maybelline, Helena Rubinstein, Kiehl's, Ellnett, Studio Line, Kerastase, Redken, Giorgio Armani, Ambre Solaire, Fructis They say "Fights the changes that threaten the youthfulness of your face" (Revitalift) "After eight days, skin is 41% firmer and 89% more toned" (PerfectSlim, test on 24 women) "Fights sagging" (Age Perfect) Celebrity faces Natalie Imbruglia, Milla Jovovich, Beyoncé Knowles, Claudia Schiffer Advertising "Because I'm worth it" (Jennifer Aniston, Andie MacDowell) Products Carrot Daily Hydrating Moisturiser, Grape Seed Glossing Serum, Hemp Face Protector, Seaweed Moisture Cream, Nettle Oil Balance Shampoo They say "You are a woman.
  • (19) While poor Craig was foraging for nettles and chip scraps in the wilderness (the grass next to the railway viaducts), something strange was happening.
  • (20) It’s about people taking responsibility and grasping the nettle of their own independence.” “We’re increasingly sceptical about big sweeping changes,” added Mike Adamson, chief executive of British Red Cross.

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