What's the difference between preview and survey?

Preview


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The musical would begin previews in Chicago on December 21, and move to Broadway in February.
  • (2) Director Gareth Edwards , who made Godzilla, introduced a tantalizing concept reel to preview the mysterious film, which is part of a series of films exploring other stories outside of the core Star Wars saga.
  • (3) It represents a rapid deterioration in relations since Monday when, previewing the Rotherham game, Karanka spoke of his “amazing” relationship with Steve Gibson, Boro’s owner, and everyone at the club.
  • (4) According to shareholder Marvin Pearlstein, in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Manhattan on Friday, the Canadian-based BlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion Ltd, misled investors last year by saying the company was "progressing on its financial and operational commitments," and that previews of its BlackBerry 10 platform had been well received by developers.
  • (5) The experimental intervention consisted of accurate information about sequences of events, sensory experiences, role expectations and appropriate responses, previews of procedures through play techniques, and supportive care given at critical points pre- and postoperatively.
  • (6) "If you don't want my gear [on TV], I've got plenty of other places to take it," Jamie Oliver told advertisers last autumn, brazenly and a tad cheekily, at a Channel 4 "upfront" preview presentation of its 2014 schedule.
  • (7) In a sneak preview of the findings, Howard Reed of Landman Economics, who was commissioned to do the work, told a meeting this week that "most of the gain" from raising the income tax allowance goes to "families who aren't very poor in the first place", and instead increasing tax credits for working low-income families was the "best targeted way of encouraging work among lone parents and workless couples".
  • (8) 23 May More films to see in 2014 • 2014 preview: thrillers • 2014 preview: comedy • 2014 preview: Oscar hopefuls • 2014 preview: science fiction • 2014 preview: romance • 2014 preview: drama • This article was amended on Thursday 2 January 2014.
  • (9) Speaking at a press conference following the preview of his latest film, Melancholia, von Trier expressed sympathy for Hitler, remarked that Israel was "a pain in the arse" and jokingly confessed to being a Nazi .
  • (10) MK Dons v Chelsea: match preview Read more The club annouced Pato’s arrival on an initial six-month loan move from Corinthians on Friday night after he attended a work permit hearing in London.
  • (11) In an exclusive preview of their strategy, Richard Rogers's group told the Guardian yesterday that the biggest challenge was Paris's "enormous disparity" and the "staggering psychological barrier" between the core of the city and the world beyond the ring-road.
  • (12) I decided to develop a 50-minute debut Fringe show and performed previews in London to test the show out and began promoting it.” By giving herself a taster of the Edinburgh experience before jumping in with both feet, Collins prepared herself for what was ahead.
  • (13) Yeah, as I said, come back from the dead.” I have managed to get my hands on some of the correspondence that’s been going back and forth, and can give you a sneak preview of the ideas.
  • (14) Premier League 2015-16 preview No9: Manchester City | Paul Wilson Read more The Dutch club announced the season-long loan deal for the 19-year-old, who captains Ghana’s junior national team, but a broken foot means Agyepong is not expected to be fit until September.
  • (15) Sign up for free to receive: • invitations to VIP networking events at the Guardian's HQ • a first look at job opportunities • an exclusive weekly newsletter from the editor • member-only content previews and exclusives • invitations to our online live chats with the sector's most influential and innovative personalities • 20% discount on our extensive programme of education seminars Thousands of your peers and colleagues are already members of the Guardian Higher Education Network.
  • (16) Computerized tests comprised 3 pursuit tracking tasks (preview-random, step and a combination of these), designed to measure different aspects of integrated sensory-motor (S-M) function, and 12 tasks aimed at breaking tracking into various sensory, perceptual and motor components (joint movement sense, visual resolution, object perception, static and dynamic visuospatial perception, range of movement, grip and arm strength, reaction time, speed, static and dynamic steadiness).
  • (17) 7.25pm BST More via the nice, not to say obliging chaps @Ussoccer – in this case, a handy video preview of the game that is now, what, five minutes and some anthems away… 7.20pm BST Weather and warm-up update from US soccer… 7.16pm BST And Bosnia-Herzegovina: Begovic, Spahic, Bicakcic, Salihovic, Zukanovic, Lulic, Rahimic, Pjanic, Misimovic, Ibisevic, Dzeko.
  • (18) This facilitation was observed both in the time to name an isolated target word and in the fixation time on the target word while silently reading a sentence; the preview was virtually never consciously identified in either task.
  • (19) After showings of familiar and already much-anticipated stuff such as Watch Dogs , Assassin's Creed IV , South Park: the Stick of Truth and Mighty Quest for Epic Loot , we got The Crew , a cross-America racing title with seamless player collaboration and competition and lots of levelling up ( read our preview here ).
  • (20) The Warriors and Thunder gave us the best game of the year There's usually no better way to ensure a game won't be memorable than to hype it up as a potential playoff preview.

Survey


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
  • (v. t.) To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
  • (v. t.) To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.
  • (v. t.) To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.
  • (v. t.) To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
  • (n.) The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.
  • (n.) A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
  • (n.) The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These surveys show that campers exposed to mountain stream water are at risk of acquiring giardiasis.
  • (2) The 1989 results were compared with those of a similar survey performed in 1986.
  • (3) A survey carried out two and three years after the launch of the official campaign also showed a reduction in the prevalence of rickets in children taking low dose supplements equivalent to about 2.5 micrograms (100 IU) vitamin D daily.
  • (4) And this is the supply of 30% of the state’s fresh water.” To conduct the survey, the state’s water agency dispatches researchers to measure the level of snow manually at 250 separate sites in the Sierra Nevada, Rizzardo said.
  • (5) This exploratory survey of 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was conducted (1) to learn about the types and frequencies of disability law-related problems encountered as a result of having RA, and (2) to assess the respective relationships between the number of disability law-related problems reported and the patients' sociodemographic and RA disease characteristics.
  • (6) They also note surveys that show British voters becoming more Eurosceptic, not less.
  • (7) Three types of survey procedure were adopted and blood samples were taken for examination.
  • (8) The present retrospective study reports the results of a survey conducted on 130 patients given elective abdominal and urinary surgery together with the cultivation of routine intraperitoneal drainage material.
  • (9) The ratios in both groups were also compared with the ratios of a large group of normal subjects evaluated in a population survey.
  • (10) Responses to a monthly survey of 450-500 surveyors (usually 250-300 reply).
  • (11) This survey reviews three-dimensional (3D) medical imaging machines and 3D medical imaging operations.
  • (12) The last 10 years have seen increasing use of telephone surveys in public health research.
  • (13) A one point dilution enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure suitable for determining immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody levels to Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in community seroepidemiological surveys is described.
  • (14) This paper reports, principally, the caries results of the first three surveys of 5, 12 and 5-year-olds undertaken at the end of 1987, 1988 and 1989, respectively.
  • (15) This paper presents findings from a survey on knowledge of and attitudes and practices towards AIDS among currently married Zimbabwean men conducted between April and June 1988.
  • (16) The typology developed in two previous surveys of illicit heroin products is applicable to many of the samples studied in this work, although significant changes have occurred in the chemical profile of illicit heroin products from certain geographical regions.
  • (17) Fifteen patients of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) were detected out of 2500 persons of Maheshwari community surveyed.
  • (18) The first part of this survey which dealt with equipment for the anterior segment was published in a previous issue of this journal.
  • (19) We used results from the 1986 National Mortality Follow-back Survey to estimate proportions of elderly decedents who were "fully functional" or "severely restricted" in the last year of life.
  • (20) This week MediaGuardian 25, our survey of Britain's most important media companies, covering TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, music and digital, looks at BSkyB.