What's the difference between nub and substance?

Nub


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.
  • (n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Out of the latter, NUB congenital defect was in 4, total epispadia in 1, spina bifida in 1 patient.
  • (2) In the case of S. enteritidis NUB 31, the effect of CPS-K was detectable only when more than 20 mug per mouse was injected.
  • (3) And that is the nub of the FT report: grim reading for chancellor George Osborne as he puts the finishing touches to his 19 March budget.
  • (4) The peak CPS-K effect on infection with S. enteritidis NUB 1 was seen when given immediately before bacterial challenge.
  • (5) Some wore "slave bracelets" made out of boot laces and walked with "Black Power canes", sticks with the nub carved into a clenched fist.
  • (6) This is the nub of the issue and the foreign secretary's statement seems to mask a much more complex picture.
  • (7) Four new nuB mutations in the DNA gyrase-binding site between the G and I genes were also sequenced and found to be identical to the nuB103 mutation sequenced previously.
  • (8) The nub of Zittrain’s concern is that the practice of shaping what stays and what goes from the database is hopelessly individualistic.
  • (9) The promotion of infection with S. enteritidis NUB 1 by CPS-K depended upon its dose, the effect of CPS-K being demonstrable up to as little as 0.2 mug per mouse.
  • (10) This is the nub of what I am going to call, because I've always secretly wanted to be a mathematician, the "Birmingham Liberty Paradox".
  • (11) And I'm hopeful that we're getting closer to the nub of the problem.
  • (12) The nub of the controversy was his comment that "we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years" if Mr Thurmond, who ran a campaign to keep blacks out of white schools and neighbourhoods, had won the presidency in 1948.
  • (13) Both have seen very bleak scenarios depicted by either side in attempts to scare the electorate, for example with the idea that a yes vote will usher in a very authoritarian regime.” In his presentations, Baldini, who will vote yes, tries to go to what he sees as the nub of the issue.
  • (14) Our failing economy needs stimulating and your nub of grey meat and Mars egg are simply not sufficient.
  • (15) Why does it matter whether other people believe it or not?” I suspect that gets to the nub of it.
  • (16) As a result of enumeration of bacterial populations in the peritoneal washing, blood, liver and spleen, it was revealed that CPS-K promoted in vivo growth of S. enteritidis NUB 1 and NUB 31.
  • (17) The NUB-6 cell line consisted of two distinct cell subtypes, small typical neuroblasts and larger spheroid-forming cells, while NUB-7 was homogeneously neuroblastic.
  • (18) All the children were operated on: NUB reconstruction according to Davis, bilateral uretero-cystostomy according to Coen.
  • (19) Two new neuroblastoma (NB) cell lines, NUB-6 and NUB-7, were established from recurrent and primary NB tumours respectively and identified conclusively as NB by their phenotypic characteristics, catecholamine production and N-myc amplification.
  • (20) Urodynamic studies showed the absence of detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia and confirmed organic nature of NUB lesion.

Substance


Definition:

  • (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.
  • (n.) The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.
  • (n.) Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance.
  • (n.) Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
  • (n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.
  • (v. t.) To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No differences between the two substances were observed with respect to side effects and general tolerability.
  • (2) Modulation of the voltage-gated K+ conductance in T-lymphocytes by substance P was examined.
  • (3) During the digestion of these radiolabeled bacteria, murine bone marrow macrophages produced low-molecular-weight substances that coeluted chromatographically with the radioactive cell wall marker.
  • (4) Intracellular localization of the labeled substance in the tumor tissue was examined autohistoradiographically.
  • (5) Substances with a leaving group at the C-3 position form unsaturated conjugated cyclic adducts and are mutagenic only in the His D3052 frameshift strains with an intact excision repair system (no urvA mutation).
  • (6) A substance with a chromatographic mobility of Rf = 0.8 on TLC plates having an intact phosphorylcholine head group was also formed but has not yet been identified.
  • (7) Serum pepsinogen 1, serum gastrin, ABO blood groups, secretor status of ABH blood group substances and behavioral factors were studied in 15 patients with duodenal ulcer and 61 their relatives affected and unaffected to duodenal ulcer.
  • (8) Agarose-albumin beads may be useful for removing protein-bound substances from the blood of patients with liver failure, intoxication with protein-bound drugs, or specific metabolic deficits.
  • (9) Urine tests in six patients with other kidney diseases and with uraemia and in seven healthy persons did not show this substance.
  • (10) Substance P, a potent vasodilating peptide, seems to be released from trigeminal nerve endings in response to nervous stimulation and is involved in the transmission of painful stimuli within the periphery.
  • (11) Regulators concerned about physician behavior and confronted by demands of nonphysicians to prescribe controlled substances may find EDT a good solution.
  • (12) These results are discussed in the light of the mode of action of the substances used.
  • (13) Most cis AB sera have anti-B activity, essentially at 4 degrees C. In saliva A and H substances are found in normal amounts but B substance is only evidenced by inhibition of autologous cells agglutination.
  • (14) We have investigated some of the factors which affect the retention times of these substances in reversed-phase HPLC on columns of 5-micron octadecylsilyl silica.
  • (15) The data indicate that adult neurons with an intrinsic ability to regenerate axons can respond to substances with neurotrophic or neurite-promoting activities in tissue cultures.
  • (16) The authors describe the role played by these substances in the pathogenesis of inflammations, their importance in the regulation of intraocular pressure and in the development of cystoid macular oedema.
  • (17) They were more irregularly curved and consisted of various substances.
  • (18) We examined 10 life areas clustered around the general categories of "substance use," "social functioning," and "emotional and interpersonal functioning."
  • (19) In certain cases, the effects of these substances are enhanced, in others, they are inhibited by compounds that were isolated from natural sources or prepared by chemical synthesis.
  • (20) The following possible explanations were discussed: a) the tested psychotropic drugs block prostaglandin receptors in the stomach; b) the test substances react with prostaglandin in the nutritive solution; c) the substances stimulate metabolic processes in the stomach wall that break down prostaglandin.

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