What's the difference between peruse and supervise?

Peruse


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To observe; to examine with care.
  • (v. t.) To read through; to read carefully.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When I peruse a potential bargain I know I am influenced more by the extent of the reduction than whether the discounted item is something we really want.
  • (2) A brief perusal of the list indicates that is a very big if.
  • (3) Nobody is sure what dangerous chemical imbalance this would create but the Fiver is convinced we'd all be dust come October or November, the earth scorched, with only three survivors roaming o'er the barren landscape: Govan's answer to King Lear, ranting into a hole in the ground; a mute, wild-eyed pundit, staring without blinking into a hole in the ground; and a tall, irritable figure standing in front of the pair of them, screaming in the style popularised by Klaus Kinski, demanding they take a look at his goddamn trouser arrangement, which he has balanced here on the platform of his hand for easy perusal, or to hell with them, for they are no better than pigs, worthless, spineless pigs.
  • (4) Complementary vectors drive the reader to peruse these records.
  • (5) Jamie Oliver may have time to wander around perusing the streets for good deals on fresh food and finding charming little stories out of what is actually poverty rather than budget cooking for fun, but in the real world you do the best with what you have.
  • (6) Information about the patients, the characteristics and management of their asthma and the circumstances of the fatal episode was obtained by interviewing relatives and general practitioners and perusal of hospital records.
  • (7) It will then extract whatever metadata the user is looking for and store it all in a file for perusal later on.
  • (8) Taking a break from perusing storyboards that variously show Fellaini challenging the Saracens No8 Ernst Joubert as he leaps for a lineout and Humphrey avoiding tennis balls fired at him by Heather Watson, Garicoche adds: "Our style is going to be different.
  • (9) One must peruse the literature with a very critical eye, as most new agents are touted as tremendous advances on past antibiotics.
  • (10) The database provides a continuous online environment for data perusal and editing and is used as the informatics core for running the human gene mapping workshops.
  • (11) Perusal of the literature disclosed two additional similar cases.
  • (12) Focused, microregion anatomic perusal is applicable throughout pregnancy, provides information for physiologic inference, and can be used for prediction of pathology, detection of abnormalities, and, in most examinations, in a wellness role of confirming normality.
  • (13) Let me peruse something lighter, such as the Sunday papers.
  • (14) In his regular monthly commentary as head of the schools watchdog, Ofsted , Wilshaw writes: “Anyone regularly perusing the job vacancy pages of the education press cannot help but notice just how many of our elite public schools are busy opening up international branches across the globe, especially in the Gulf states and the far east,” he says.
  • (15) Perusal of the literature uncovered only a single report of a placental leiomyoma.
  • (16) Perusal of the literature revealed that until 1970, 13 children with malignant melanoma of the head and neck had been reported.
  • (17) For the manual search, the contents of 34 arbitrarily selected, gastroenterologic, hepatologic, surgical, or general journals were perused.
  • (18) Perusal of the literature revealed seven cases of Spitz nevus of the conjunctiva, but for some of them the histology was incompletely described.
  • (19) A stage has been set up to welcome medallists and fans can pick up supporter’s packs containing Russian flags and peruse memorabilia donated by famous Russian athletes.
  • (20) Peruse the aisles of manga, play PlayStation and online games, charge your mobile, sleep, and guzzle as much free fizzy melon soda as you like.

Supervise


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.
  • (v. t.) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
  • (n.) Supervision; inspection.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the fall of 1975, 1,915 children in grades K through eight began a school-based program of supervised weekly rinsing with 0.2 percent aqueous solution of sodium fluoride in an unfluoridated community in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York.
  • (2) The effects of supervised mild aerobic exercise at the work load of the blood lactate threshold for 10 weeks on serum lipids and apolipoproteins were studied in 24 patients with essential hypertension.
  • (3) It added that the crisis had highlighted significant weaknesses in financial regulation, with further measures needed to strengthen supervision.
  • (4) This paper employs a rhetorical form designed to clarify and sharpen the focus of the very special stance required--which must be painstakingly learned under careful supervision--in order to effectively tune in to communications coming from the unconscious of the patient.
  • (5) At discharge, 58% were living with their families, 23% were living in group homes, 12% were in supervised apartments and 5% were in an alternative rehabilitation centre.
  • (6) It was designed to ensure that the institute remained the leading international centre in its field, officials said, and would not affect the provision of core services or student supervision.
  • (7) The identifiable causes of child drowning are absence of a safety barrier or fence around the water hazard, non-supervision of a child, a parental "vulnerable period", an inadequate safety barrier, and tempting objects in or on the water.
  • (8) The aim in postoperative pain therapy is a time-contingent dosing after careful intravenous titration of the compound in the lower dose range during continuous supervision.
  • (9) The animals were sold only to smaller farms (less than 500 sows for breeding) with concentional keeping patterns which were kept under constant diagnostic supervision.
  • (10) These errors involved supervision, limited experience, and errors in judgment.
  • (11) It is also believed that senior Taliban inmates in Pakistan have been placed under a more liberal regime, such as being allowed to make telephone calls under supervision.
  • (12) Then they become increasingly unable to afford the probation fees that are piled on by private companies paid to oversee them, including fees for everything from basic supervision to drug tests.
  • (13) The pathologist should be aware that he is still liable for errors induced by the technician, even without having the possibility of responsibility or any supervision.
  • (14) Supervision in one form or another was possible in all of the departments participating, as a rule because an experienced colleague was present in the outpatient department.
  • (15) The availability of high-dose phenylpropanolamine-containing preparations without medical supervision is potentially dangerous, and certain restrictions should be imposed on such preparations.
  • (16) Also, programmes for proper administration, organization and supervision of the PHCUs and programmes.
  • (17) The results suggest that compliance in using the initial prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin can be improved when the physician supervises the first dose.
  • (18) He also said special advisers needed better training and management and that something had gone wrong in the supervision of Hunt's special adviser Adam Smith.
  • (19) However, the governor of the Bank, Mervyn King , will chair both the committee and the prudential authority, and is expected to exercise ultimate control over all areas of supervision.
  • (20) It is further necessary to lay down relevant executive orders for the hygienic control of the fertilizers and the supervision of the production plants.