What's the difference between olio and pasticcio?

Olio


Definition:

  • (n.) A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.
  • (n.) A mixture; a medley.
  • (n.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.

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  • (1) These results demonstrated that gC carries O-glycosidically linked oligosaccharides in addition to the N-linked di- and triantennary glycans previously described (F. Serafini-Cessi, F. Dall'Olio, L. Pereira, and G. Campadelli-Fiume, J. Virol.
  • (2) The other spiders to be reported as causing bites were Hadronyche adelaidensis, Misgolas andrewsi, Aganippe subtristis, Olios calligaster, Isopeda pessleri, Eriophora sp., Phonognatha graeffei, Holoplatys sp., Breda jovialis, Opisthoncus sp., Lycosa sp.
  • (3) There are too many programmes both on radio and television featuring men shouting at one another ( Today , Newsnight ), and far too few voices and faces belonging to women over the age of 45 (and sticking Edwina Currie, Lulu, Nancy Dell'Olio and Anita Dobson on Strictly feels like the worst kind of sop to me).
  • (4) Must one take Nancy Dell'Olio as one's fashion icon, or must one tug one's V-neck down to one's belly button and bellow: "Hey!
  • (5) A beta 1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase very similar to that previously described in urine of Sd(a+) individuals (F. Serafini-Cessi, N. Malagolini, and F. Dall'Olio.

Pasticcio


Definition:

  • (n.) A medley; an olio.
  • (n.) A work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one.
  • (n.) A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

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