What's the difference between palenque and runaway?
Palenque
Definition:
(n. pl.) A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.
Example Sentences:
(1) Recently, Soundway released a compilation called Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 .
Runaway
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.
(n.) The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.
(a.) Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.
(a.) Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.
(a.) Won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory.
(a.) Very successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller.
Example Sentences:
(1) These are typically runaway processes in which global temperature rises lead to further releases of CO², which in turn brings about more global warming.
(2) Although runaway pacemaker is a rare complication in modern pacemakers, but it still exists.
(3) And in terms of genuine defence needs (as opposed to state militarism), what greater known threat is there to human security than the prospect of runaway climate change?
(4) A case of a unipolar surgical electrocautery-induced runaway pacemaker is described.
(5) Although runaway is infrequent with current generation pacemakers, it should be considered in addition to the more common causes of pacemaker malfunction in the patient with appropriate symptoms.
(6) So Huck Finn floats down the great river that flows through the heart of America, and on this adventure he is accompanied by the magnificent figure of Jim, a runaway slave, who is also making his bid for freedom.
(7) Characteristics found to be significantly associated with program outcome included: race; probation; drug abuse; program intervention; home visits; and runaway behavior.
(8) The "lock-in" effect is the single most important factor increasing the danger of runaway climate change, according to the IEA in its annual World Energy Outlook, published on Wednesday.
(9) A 16-base-pair fragment, deletion of which completely inactivated oriC, was replaced by a temperature-dependent runaway-replication derivative (the copy number of which increases with temperature) of the IncFII plasmid R1.
(10) He vowed to to stop the runaway train of bureaucracy in its tracks, “giving our teachers more time to do what they do best”.
(11) (He says his own job suddenly changed five years ago, too: from trying to stimulate economic activity in Williston to attempting to manage the runaway growth.)
(12) As population rises, this argument runs, consumption will increase and place an impossible strain on natural resources, from water supplies and agricultural land to fish in the ocean, as well as giving rise to runaway climate change as we burn ever more fossil fuels.
(13) Australia is already the globe’s biggest coal exporter and “mega-mine” plans in Queensland for more extraction are identified as the world’s second biggest “ carbon bomb ” threatening runaway global warming.
(14) Clinical experiences and laboratory studies are described involving a population of workers who were exposed in a plant making 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), including a trichlorophenol runaway reaction.
(15) This indicates that the runaway pacemaker is still a potential problem, even in newer pacemakers, and reemphasizes the unpredictable and serious nature of this medical emergency.
(16) Whitehall insists it is only the threat of non-payment that keeps runaway EU spending in check.
(17) Significant numbers of runaway and street youth are at risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
(18) If a battery heats up beyond 80C you hit what is called thermal runaway, where the components start to decompose, and that’s when it can explode.” The specific cause of Samsung’s issues with exploding batteries is unknown, the company just cites “ a battery cell issue ”.
(19) Only in this way – by doing everything possible to make reductions everywhere, rather than polluting in one place and offsetting in another – does the world have a good chance of avoiding runaway climate change, such critics claim.
(20) 29 June: Jason Owen moves into the home with a 15-year-old runaway girl.