What's the difference between perform and prompt?

Perform


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
  • (v. t.) To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
  • (v. t.) To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
  • (v. i.) To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From 1982 to 1989, bronchoplasty or segmental bronchoplasty and pulmonary arterioplasty in combination with lobectomy and segmentectomy were performed for 9 patients with central type lung carcinoma.
  • (2) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
  • (3) These data indicate a steady improvement in laboratory performance over the last 10 years.
  • (4) In conclusion, the efficacy of free tissue transfer in the treatment of osteomyelitis is geared mainly at enabling the surgeon to perform a wide radical debridement of infected and nonviable soft tissue and bone.
  • (5) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
  • (6) After two weeks all animals were killed and autopsies of the animals were performed.
  • (7) The 1989 results were compared with those of a similar survey performed in 1986.
  • (8) During the performance of propulsive waves of the oesophagus the implanted vagus nerve caused clonic to tetanic contractions of the sternohyoid muscle, thus proving the oesophagomotor genesis of the reinnervating nerve fibres.
  • (9) Theoretical computations are performed of the intercalative binding of the neocarzinostatin chromophore (NCS) with the double-stranded oligonucleotides d(CGCG)2, d(GCGC)2, d(TATA)2 and d(ATAT)2.
  • (10) In addition autoradiography was performed to localize labelled cells in the inner ear.
  • (11) Surgical repair of the rheumatologic should however, is performed rarely, and should be reserved for the infrequent cases that do not respond to medical therapy.
  • (12) Six hours later, bronchoalveolar lavage was performed.
  • (13) Basing the prediction of student performance in medical school on intellective-cognitive abilities alone has proved to be more pertinent to academic achievement than to clinical practice.
  • (14) It has also been used to measure the amount of excision repair performed by non-replicating cells damaged by carcinogens.
  • (15) The performance characteristics of the CCD are well documented and understood, having been quantified by many experimenters, especially in the physical sciences.
  • (16) 2.35pm: West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has admitted that a deal to land Miroslav Klose is unlikely to go through following the striker's star performances in South Africa.
  • (17) Just after blood sampling, FEV1 measurements were performed.
  • (18) Effects of habitual variations in napping on psychomotor performance, short-term memory and subjective states were investigated.
  • (19) The study examined the sustained effects of methylphenidate on reading performance in a sample of 42 boys, aged 8 to 11, with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • (20) In addition, control experiments with naloxone, ethanol, or cigarette smoking alone were performed.

Prompt


Definition:

  • (n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
  • (v. t.) To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
  • (v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.
  • (v. t.) To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Most thyroid hormone actions, however, appear in the perinatal period, and infants with thyroid agenesis appear normal at birth and develop normally with prompt neonatal diagnosis and treatment.
  • (2) There was prompt symptomatic relief and amelioration of signs of nephritis.
  • (3) Prompt diagnosis, in which timely diagnostic laparoscopy and ultrasound evaluation of the pelvis may be helpful, provides the opportunity for prompt laparotomy with untwisting of the torsion and stabilization of the adnexa by suture and cystectomy, if possible, extirpation if not.
  • (4) And perhaps it’s this longevity that accounts for her popularity: a single tweet from Williams (who has 750,000 followers) about the series will prompt a Game Of Thrones news story.
  • (5) Carotid artery injury seems to have a good prognosis if repaired promptly within 3 h.
  • (6) In a Caucasian woman with a history of ocular and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the occurrence of sclerosing peritonitis with exudative ascites but without any of the well-known causes of this syndrome prompts us to consider that sclerosing peritonitis is a manifestation of sarcoidosis.
  • (7) Water immersion (WI) to the neck induces prompt increases in central blood volume, central venous pressure, and atrial distension.
  • (8) Recognition and prompt treatment of this potentially fatal dermatological crisis is stressed.
  • (9) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.
  • (10) The importance of prompt diagnosis of torsion is emphasized.
  • (11) Russian anti-gay law prompts rise in homophobic violence Read more “The law against gay propaganda legitimised violence against LGBT people, and they now are banning street actions under it,” Klimova said.
  • (12) Extracellular Na+ depletion promptly decreased [Na+]i from 15.8 to 5.4 mM (P less than 0.01), which was closely related to the decrease in pHi (7.19 to 6.97; P less than 0.01).
  • (13) Analysis of official registers reveals the 38 companies in the first wave of the initiative – more than two-thirds of which are based overseas – have collectively had 698 face-to-face meetings with ministers under the current government, prompting accusations of an over-cosy relationship between corporations and ministers.
  • (14) A therapeutic approach is suggested which emphasizes specific antibiotic regimens appropriate to the primary site of infection and prompt neurosurgical intervention with evacuation of the subdural spaces bilaterally.
  • (15) A sequence of seven pairings of chili-flavored diet with prompt recovery from thiamine deficiency did significantly attenuate the innate aversion and may have induced a chili preference in at least one case.
  • (16) The authors have studied the different situations that prompt a request for genetic counseling if different members of the same family suffer from cancer.
  • (17) The left adrenalectomy revealed micronodular hyperplasia but resulted in a prompt and sustained reversal of hypertension and hyperaldosteronism.
  • (18) The notion of life-threatening dermatoses may seem to be a contradiction in terms, but in fact there are a number of serious dermatologic conditions that require prompt attention to prevent fatal consequences.
  • (19) injection of the tertiary amine cholinesterase inhibitor physostigmine (17-70 micrograms kg-1) induced a prompt, sustained and dose-dependent improvement of cardiovascular and respiratory function, with marked increase in the volume of circulating blood and survival of all treated animals, at least for the 2 h of observation.
  • (20) The government’s increase in the discount offered to tenants has prompted a massive increase in purchases of local authority accommodation.