What's the difference between piece and snippet?

Piece


Definition:

  • (n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.
  • (n.) A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.
  • (n.) Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance
  • (n.) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.
  • (n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece.
  • (n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.
  • (n.) A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge.
  • (n.) An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.
  • (n.) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.
  • (n.) A castle; a fortified building.
  • (v. t.) To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out.
  • (v. t.) To unite; to join; to combine.
  • (v. i.) To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Small pieces of anterior and posterior quail wing-bud mesoderm (HH stages 21-23) were placed in in vitro culture for up to 3 days.
  • (2) The patient, a 12 year-old boy, showed a soft white yellowish mycotic excrescence with clear borders which had followed the introduction of a small piece of straw into the cornea.
  • (3) That piece was placed on the slide and embedded with a mixture of agar and antiserum.
  • (4) Originally from Pyongyang, the tour guide explains that a “merited artist” from Mansudae, North Korea’s biggest art studio in Pyongyang, was responsible for the main piece, but that it took 63 artists almost two years to complete.
  • (5) Each daughter merozoite receives a branch or piece of the parent organelle.
  • (6) Heads you 'own it' Ian Read, the Scottish-born accountant who runs the biggest drug firm in the US carries in his pocket a special gold coin, about the size and weight of a £2 piece.
  • (7) A modification of a previously described curved ruler, the current model has a hinge for greater ease of maneuverability and a "T" piece on one end to facilitate measurement and marking of both poles of the muscle without repositioning the ruler.
  • (8) DNA sequence analysis of a 3.8-kb genomic piece allowed identification of (i) an open reading frame (ORF) with striking homology to the previously identified D. melanogaster ORF and (ii) conserved sequence elements of possible regulatory relevance within and flanking the second intron.
  • (9) I could just banish the app from my phone forever, but deleting a piece of smart tech that makes my life easier doesn’t feel very satisfying.
  • (10) Dean Baquet, the managing editor in question, does admit in the piece that walking out was not perhaps the best thing for a senior editor like him to do.
  • (11) Criminal court charges leave me no choice but to resign as a magistrate Read more “This is a terrible piece of legislation introduced through the back door,” he wrote.
  • (12) The voltage trace is then analysed with a piece of transparent paper, on which lines corresponding to solutions of the diffusion equation convert the time axis of the voltage trace into a concentration axis.
  • (13) Sculthorpe’s catalogue consists of more than 350 pieces ranging from solos to orchestral works and opera.
  • (14) Piccoli followed that up with an opinion piece for Fairfax Media on Thursday in which said the SES model never applied to public schools and was not properly targeted to student needs.
  • (15) I still find that trying to weave together into a visual narrative and cutting together two pieces of a film – two different images.
  • (16) Each of the mice received 3 pieces of explants on the s.c. space in both of their flanks.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest No shake: Donald Trump snubs Angela Merkel during photo op The piece of pantomime was in stark contrast to the visit of Theresa May in January.
  • (18) During each test period one group chewed a combination of one piece sorbitol and one piece sucrose flavored gum five times per day, the second group correspondingly chewed xylitol and sucrose flavored gum, while the third group served as a no hygiene control group.
  • (19) Pieces of spleen of both groups were fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin.
  • (20) When Hayley Cropper swallows poison on Coronation Street on Monday night, taking her own life to escape inoperable pancreatic cancer, with her beloved husband, Roy, in pieces at her bedside, it will be the end of a character who, thanks to Hesmondhalgh's performance, has captivated and challenged British TV viewers for 16 years.

Snippet


Definition:

  • (n.) A small part or piece.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The rest of the show finds Morpurgo – one of the stars of improv hit Austentatious – connecting these snippets to tell the tale of a female cop charged with solving the mystery of that blaze.
  • (2) There are complaints, too, from soldiers in the field that live information is not always transferred to them fast enough, but they, too, express gratitude for snippets passed on about potential Taliban attacks.
  • (3) Third of Saudi air raids on Yemen have hit civilian sites, data shows Read more The unease manifested itself early on in the campaign when calls were put into media organisations by British expatriates based in Saudi Arabia and members of the public in the UK who had picked up snippets from British service personnel in pubs, clubs or school playgrounds about the UK military working alongside the Saudi air force.
  • (4) Shortly afterwards journalists began being offered snippets designed to undermine Staines, including news of his drink-driving conviction.
  • (5) These snippets will be contested and pored over and parsed in the days to come.
  • (6) In addition to speaking on the phone call, the occupiers appeared to have a separate, closed line of communication to an FBI negotiator, and they frequently relayed snippets of their negotiations.
  • (7) Geithner has tantalizing snippets of self-awareness – “I must have sounded like a bank lobbyist when opposing financial reform ”.
  • (8) 12.49pm BST While we are waiting for the full text, here's some snippets to keep you warm: I both understand and share their frustration.
  • (9) In October a legal battle with German publishers prompted Google to remove news snippets taken from news sites from its search results.
  • (10) Murdoch's editors and executives have repeatedly criticised aggregators such Google News, claiming it is leeching off their content by displaying snippets of their work.
  • (11) The snippets of Jimmy Erskine’s reviews and letters in the novel are my own invention, but they are all inspired by Agate’s voice.
  • (12) It intersperses snippets of the film itself - which premieres on 15 March - with fascinating behind-the-scenes footage of how an animation of Sydney Opera House in flames was done by a team of 16 "boys in their bedrooms" , how the stories of the six main characters in the film were selected , how she persuaded Pete Postlethwaite to take up the role of narrator and how it was financed using a "crowd-funding" model .
  • (13) Originally Activision intended to dripfeed the news of its next blockbuster via snippets of information.
  • (14) You might hear little snippets of it, five seconds on the news.
  • (15) He was aiming high, to build his music around saccharine snippets dropped from Taylor Swift records , or the Bieber hooks that had remained unsung, and then filter it through echoing synthesizers and discombobulating rhythms.
  • (16) "People haven't been able to call in at the office with snippets for some time now," said Press.
  • (17) British ministers, with the backing of MI5 and MI6, have used US anger at snippets of CIA information being disclosed by UK courts as the reason for a change in the law.
  • (18) He said the organisation monitors Twitter feeds from Tripoli and other places for "snippets of information".
  • (19) The Magistrate's Blog Description: "Musings and Snippets from an English Magistrate.
  • (20) He also posted a picture of him and Young together, and a snippet of Young’s letter to him.