What's the difference between other and selfsame?

Other


Definition:

  • (conj.) Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
  • (pron. & a.) Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.
  • (pron. & a.) Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
  • (pron. & a.) Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
  • (pron. & a.) Left, as opposed to right.
  • (adv.) Otherwise.

Example Sentences:

Selfsame


Definition:

  • (a.) Precisely the same; the very same; identical.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And of course this selfsame lack of clarity is one reason why broadcasters and politicians increasingly wheel and deal in a world where demarcation lines can be drawn in private, far from the three-ring circuses of transparency, openness and due diligence.
  • (2) HBsAg particles of a hybrid subtype, adyr, were sandwiched between monoclonal antibody against d and that against y, thereby indicating that they possessed both d and y determinants on the selfsame particle.
  • (3) As seen on ultra-thin sections of marker nucleolus organizer chromosomes, the densely packed regions may correspond to G-bands detected in the selfsame chromosomes by standard methods of differential staining.
  • (4) It is a sense of "selfsameness and continuity in time" and of embeddedness in the "environment" (Erikson 1959, 1968).
  • (5) I will describe some of the factors which seem to be essential for the sense of selfsameness, and examine the manner in which continuity is preserved during transitional phases.
  • (6) Skill in solving simple AR tasks is highly correlated with skill in solving simple perceptual Perspective-taking (PT) tasks; this suggests the hypothesis that the ability to represent the selfsame stimulus in two different, seemingly incompatible ways may underlie both skills.
  • (7) It also goes without saying that those selfsame banks would benefit from financing any the trade deals made with the Modi government of India.
  • (8) Perhaps you can replay that selfsame record today in the wake of Ukip advance from South Shields to deepest Surrey.
  • (9) Her portrayal might shine light on Matt Lucas's comedic talent, but her transformation into a signifier for a pretty hideous archetype - that selfsame Pram Face, supported in her fecklessness by a generous welfare state - speaks volumes about the people we now consider to be fair game.
  • (10) The presence of subtypic determinants on the selfsame particle was ascertained by sandwiching HBsAg between two monoclonal antibodies of distinct subtypic specificities.
  • (11) "But I think he's got to understand that when the public have seen the disgusting revelations that we've seen this week the idea that this organisation, which engaged in these terrible practices, should be allowed to get that 100% stake without the criminal investigation being completed and on the basis of assurances from that selfsame organisation, I'm afraid that won't wash with the public."
  • (12) When cells were transfected with the genomes of subtypes adw and adr simultaneously, however, subviral particles were produced that possessed w and r determinants on the selfsame particles.
  • (13) Nor is it the simple formula for bashing the tabloids that ordinary folk tell pollsters they endorse (before 19 million of them go out and read the selfsame slime sheets each morning).

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