What's the difference between plowman and plowshare?

Plowman


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Ploughman

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The main issue is coping with Brexit,” said John Plowman, a local resident.
  • (2) [BBC comedy executive producer] Jon Plowman wasn't sure what Asian comedy was – and neither were we, we just knew what made us laugh.
  • (3) When they fund, and nurture and guide Graham Linehan, Adam Curtis, Nira Park, John Lloyd, Steven Moffat, Charlie Brooker, Julia Davies, Iain Morris, Simon Cowell, Jon Plowman, Shane Meadows, Aardman Animation, and hundreds more like them, producers and writers, many of whom are not household names, but who have a consistent passion for striking ideas, all part of the collective and exceptional TV talent in the UK.
  • (4) Epithelin 1 and 2 were originally purified from rat kidneys based on their ability to inhibit the growth of A-431 human epidermoid carcinoma cells (Shoyab, M., McDonald, V.L., Byles, C., Todaro, G.J., and Plowman, G.D. (1990) Proc.
  • (5) People were heavily and passionately against them,” Plowman said.
  • (6) Parents should look for apps produced by broadcasters or companies that know a great deal about this age group.” Fellow researcher Lydia Plowman, from Edinburgh University, added: “It may seem surprising that in homes with a tablet, nearly a third of under-fives have their own device.
  • (7) Cattrall said she was attracted to the project following a meeting with the BBC's comedy chief at the time, Jon Plowman, citing Absolutely Fabulous and Extras as inspiration.
  • (8) Billy Edwin Plowman Streeten died on 19 September 1995, aged two years and two months.

Plowshare


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Ploughshare

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Plowshare Program in 1957 investigated the use of nuclear explosives for peaceful purposes and created an immediate need for predicting the dispersion and ultimate fate of radionuclides that might be vented to the atmosphere or enter groundwater and expose man.
  • (2) From Picasso's "Guernica" to Luis Iriondo Aurtenetxea's self-portrait with his mother, to the efforts of Oier Plaza and his young friends, the power of art to turn swords into plowshares, to resist war, is perennially renewed.
  • (3) The most well-developed models involve alteration of mutant target genes by gene transfer with recombinant pathogenic viruses in order to express new genetic information and to correct disease phenotypes--the conversion of the swords of pathology into the plowshares of therapy.

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