What's the difference between opportunist and timeserver?

Opportunist


Definition:

  • (n.) One who advocates or practices opportunism.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Patients were chronically ill homosexual men with multiple systemic opportunistic infections.
  • (2) Infection with opportunistic organisms, either singly or in combination, is known to occur in immunocompromised patients.
  • (3) The conventional explanation for the high fatality rate due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis among allogeneic transplant recipients is that immunosuppression renders the host unable to control replication of this opportunistic agent.
  • (4) In addition, the system should provide a resource for opportunistic prevention in primary care and a way of monitoring the emergence of new concerns about health.
  • (5) The literature of intraocular mixed opportunistic infections is reviewed.
  • (6) With the City's regulatory framework being tightened by the coalition government, which is disbanding the FSA and handing control of bank oversight to the Bank of England , there is concern in London that the US politicians are being opportunistic.
  • (7) Clinically, this correlates with more intact cell-mediated immunity and the absence of opportunistic infections and Kaposi's sarcoma in this patient group.
  • (8) Former Tory minister Edwina Currie has tweeted that she had "no sympathy" for food bank users, that they were just "opportunists".
  • (9) Studies in severe combined immunodeficient mice that were engrafted with selected lymphocyte subpopulations show that B cells, and hence anti-Cryptococcus antibodies, are not necessary for the CD4+ T cell-dependent responses that isolate and subsequently destroy this opportunistic pathogen in the lung parenchyma.
  • (10) Since toxoplasmosis is a potentially treatable opportunistic infection, diagnosis allows the swift institution of anti-Toxoplasma therapy.
  • (11) The possible reasons for the vulnerability of the retina to opportunistic infections are discussed.
  • (12) There were no significant differences in median survival, frequency of development of opportunistic infections, median T4-cell counts, or serum p24 antigen levels during therapy among the three groups.
  • (13) These results justify the use of high-intensity regimens, but only for patients without opportunistic infection and with a WHO performance index below 3.
  • (14) Fifteen bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients who received three 0.12% chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX) mouthrinses daily for eight weeks were monitored weekly for the occurrence of oral opportunistic Gram-negative bacilli (GNB).
  • (15) Opportunistic blood pressure screening was undertaken of all patients aged 20-69 attending practices for whatever reason.
  • (16) We conclude that aspergillosis is not an AIDS-related opportunistic infection.
  • (17) The Authors present the extracerebral pathology of 27 cases of AIDS observed at the Department of Pathology of Milan and the cerebral pathology of 80 cases of AIDS collected by three Institutes (Department of Pathology of Milan, Department of Pathology of Rimini and Department of Neuropathology of Münster) with particular emphasis on the pathology of the opportunistic infections.
  • (18) Although some of the features of the TTE-RAS data base were not satisfactory, we consider this new miniaturized system to be a very valuable tool for the rapid identification of the most frequently isolated opportunistic bacteria.
  • (19) Excretion of these metabolites by preterm babies can be explained by increased intestinal permeability, unabsorbed lactose in the colon, and colonisation with certain opportunistic micro-organisms prevalent in neonatal units, including klebsiella, serratia, and enterobacter.
  • (20) The significant increase of these suppressor cells among the BMT patients was not correlated with clinical syndromes such as chronic GVHD or opportunistic viral infections, which argues against the notion of in vivo profound immunodeficiency coexisting with these cells.

Timeserver


Definition:

  • (n.) One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The former World Bank economist is widely seen as a loyal timeserver, whose priority has been to maintain the Congress grip on power until Rahul Gandhi , a former management consultant still widely seen as yet to prove his political mettle, was ready to take what some see as his birthright.
  • (2) The files record the party leader John Gollan observing that he would not have done much to dissuade many of those who broke with the party after Hungary from leaving – “except Christopher Hill.” And no matter how irritating some of the party’s timeservers found Hobsbawm, smarter figures like Gollan always grasped that the historian was an asset whom they would be foolish to lose.