What's the difference between novel and prose?

Novel


Definition:

  • (a.) Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.
  • (a.) That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
  • (a.) News; fresh tidings.
  • (a.) A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love.
  • (a.) A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Moreover in MIT-1, the size of the novel polypeptide was not that predicted of the precursor (44.9 kDa) but was about 39 kDa, the same size as the authentic GS gamma polypeptide in CYT-4.
  • (2) A novel bicyclic prostaglandin analogue, (1S)-[1 alpha,2 alpha(Z),3 alpha,4 alpha]-7-[3-[(hexylthio)methyl]-7- oxabicyclo [2.2.1]hept-2-yl]-5-heptenoic acid ((-)-10), and its cogeners were found to be potent antagonists at the TxA2 receptor.
  • (3) A novel prostaglandin E2 analogue, CL 115347, can be administered transdermally on a long-term basis.
  • (4) The lipid A moiety was shown to be responsible for this novel biological activity of the LPS molecule.
  • (5) Experiment 3 showed that the color-induced increase in odor intensity is not due to subjects' preexperimental experience with particular color-odor combinations, because the increase occurred with novel ones.
  • (6) This novel mechanism of receptor regulation, named transmodulation, should be distinguished from the reduction in total receptor number caused by the homologous ligand (downregulation) and from the change in affinity produced by the binding of agonists or antagonists to the same receptor site.
  • (7) But what they take for a witticism might very well be true; most of Ellis's novels tell more or less the same story, about the same alienated ennui, and maybe they really are nothing more than the fictionalised diaries of an unremarkably unhappy man.
  • (8) Cyclosporine is a fungal endecapeptide of novel chemical structure that causes preferential inhibition of T helper cells.
  • (9) As novel antibody therapeutics are developed for different malignancies and require evaluation with cells previously uncharacterized as antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) targets, efficient description of key parameters of the assay system expedites the preclinical assessment.
  • (10) Her novels have an enduring and universal appeal and she is recognised as one of the greatest writers in English literature.
  • (11) The complex problems have been successfully managed with novel guiding catheter shapes and ultralow profile balloons.
  • (12) Moreover, the most recent combined application of the rat interstitial cell testosterone (RICT) bioassay and a novel multiple-parameter deonvolution model has allowed investigators to dissect plasma concentration profiles of bioactive LH into defined secretory bursts, which have numerically explicit amplitudes, locations in time, and durations, and are acted upon by determinable subject- and study-specific endogenous metabolic clearance rates.
  • (13) The extensive conversion of anti-BPDE to B[a]PT-10-sulfonate under conditions where sulfite enhances diolepoxide mutagenicity, when coupled with this enhancement of diolepoxide mutagenicity by B[a]PT-10-sulfonate in the reverse mutation assay, supports this novel B[a]P derivative as a mediator of the sulfite-dependent enhancement of B[a]P genotoxicity.
  • (14) This novel coumarin derivative significantly inhibited skin tumor initiation by DMBA in SENCAR mice when given at a dose of 200 nmol, 5 min (69% inhibition) or 24 h (76% inhibition) prior to initiation.
  • (15) Using a novel method for joining DNA sequences, we have exploited this difference between the two enzymes to identify the regions of the RT that contribute to the compounds' inhibitory activities.
  • (16) It may thus represent an artifact of the labeling procedure rather than a novel basophil-derived prostaglandin.
  • (17) Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a novel vasoconstricting and cardiotonic peptide that is synthesized by the vascular endothelium.
  • (18) These observations indicated a novel mechanism that in the absence of light-dark schedule, mothers taught the circadian rhythm to the pups as they raised them.
  • (19) Pretreatment with a novel CRF antagonist, alpha-helical CRF9-41 (130.9 nmol i.t.v.
  • (20) Prions are novel, transmissible pathogens causing degenerative diseases of the central nervous system both in humans and in animals.

Prose


Definition:

  • (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
  • (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
  • (n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
  • (a.) Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
  • (v. t.) To write in prose.
  • (v. t.) To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
  • (v. i.) To write prose.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Comic writing can be a brutal, unforgiving business, yet it can produce great and multi-layered prose, combining comedy, pathos and satire.
  • (2) The prose rhythm and colloquial diction here work against exaggeration, but allow for humour.
  • (3) In the first, span and free-recall measures were obtained for 24 subjects, each tested with four types of spoken material (nonsense syllables, random words, fourth-order approximations to English, and normal prose).
  • (4) But his magnificent, exact rendering of the world, in his mordant, civilised and generous prose, has no comparison.
  • (5) With prose that takes the English language and infuses it with inflections and a history that is uniquely Igbo, discernibly Nigerian and unmistakably African, Achebe's is a realism that ensures the enduring relevance of his fiction.
  • (6) It was concluded that CAs are more effective and more efficient than prose for teaching clinical decisionmaking.
  • (7) Young and old adults were tested for recall of ideas presented in a 641 word prose passage.
  • (8) "The inauguration address was poetry, and now people are looking for some prose," said Alden Meyer, policy director at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
  • (9) Louise Glück’s prose-poem collection, Faithful and Virtuous Night , won for poetry.
  • (10) He writes poetry and prose, he writes news reports and short stories.
  • (11) Pinter adores poetry, would perhaps have preferred his poetry to have taken precedence over his plays, and his prose often has the compression and musicality of poetry, what he calls the "question of rhythm".
  • (12) These models account for a broad range of memory-related processes, including word recognition, sentence verification, prose comprehension, and sentence production.
  • (13) • Various Voices: Prose, Poetry and Politics 1948-98 is published by Faber (£9.99).To order it at the special price of £7.99 plus 99p p&p, freephone 0500 600 102 or send a cheque payable to The Guardian CultureShop to 250 Western Avenue, London, W3 6EE.
  • (14) His narrative has the simple directness of the finest English prose: the overall effect is both intimate and majestic Perhaps he was lucky.
  • (15) Featuring handwritten lyrics and prose drawn from his notebooks and scraps of paper he kept in ringbinders, the selection was put together with the help of journalist Jon Savage .
  • (16) Ada banyak prakarsa dari bawah ke atas, mulai dari usaha pengelolaan sampah hingga tingkat nol sampai proses pengelolaan air kotor secara komunal.
  • (17) Subjects suffering from persecutory delusions, psychiatric controls and normal subjects were required to recall immediately six passages of prose, half of which contained mildly threatening propositions.
  • (18) But given how addictive the prose was in Constellation, where Marra was lyrical but also drover quickly, those who loved the John Leonard Prize winner a couple of years back are certainly hungering for more.
  • (19) P3 measures, physiological (body temperature, heart rate, subjective alertness), and cognitive performance (digit span, prose memory, digit symbol) variables were assessed.
  • (20) Someone with a decent prose style should do a proper translation of it.