What's the difference between punchy and vigorous?

Punchy


Definition:

  • (a.) Short and thick, or fat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The impressive choice of drinks ranges from local cider to unusual rosés from Navarra and punchy Toro and Bierzo reds, all selected by charming Nubia, wife of Juan Mari.
  • (2) 1.57pm BST Lap 36: Punchy stuff from Jules Bianchi up to 13th, literally bumping his way through Kobayashi on the inside.
  • (3) Advertise the role Write a punchy advertisement for your website and distribute it via social media.
  • (4) Finally it has been confirmed that Cheryl Cole , the formerly punchy but now ever-so-ladylike doyenne of British showbiz, is shipping out to Los Angeles to take her place on the US X Factor judging panel.
  • (5) Danny Green plays punchy ex-boxer "One-Round", Peter Sellers's Harry is the archetypal cockney spiv, Cecil Parker's seedy ex-officer Major Courtney a recurrent postwar figure.
  • (6) That famous smoky vocal , London-inflected and adorable; punchy Paul Epworth production; eye-watering sales.
  • (7) With its brightly punchy tomato sauce, good mound of rocket, decent if sparingly distributed mozzarella and porky, spicy salsiccia sausage, my sampler largely backed up such hype.
  • (8) In lurid images of blood-splattered dollars fluttering down over warlords in conflict zones, accompanied by a menacing soundtrack worthy of a horror classic, the film seeks to distill in punchy form the central message of the book: that Hillary and Bill Clinton, since leaving the White House famously “dead broke” in 2001, have amassed a vast fortune of more than $200m by blurring the lines between public office, their philanthropic foundation, lucrative speaker fees and friendships with dubious characters around the world.
  • (9) Somehow, though, this Carry On, if slightly punchy, seaside resort is as rock-solidly English as a jaw-jutting bloke in a pub who might just grunt "You looking at my caravan?"
  • (10) The final day of these championships was nearly as punchy as Bolt.
  • (11) I was really spoilt for choice, torn between a lentil and watercress salad with an unusual citrussy dressing, and buttery purple sprouting broccoli on toast, but on a sunny day, thejameskitchen's lively, punchy green soup seemed so perfectly spring-like I couldn't resist.
  • (12) It's incredible – though not, perhaps, quite so punchy and addictive as her toast piled with anchovy paste, or her escarole salad, made of raw hearts and pickled outer leaves, both of which bedazzle with top notes of lemon, anchovy and parmesan.
  • (13) It is a punchy dish which involved nothing with a pulse other than the chef who cooked it.
  • (14) Economic outlook The chancellor has predicted that the economy would contract by 3.5% in 2009, but would bounce back in 2010 with expected annual growth of 1.25%, and a punchy 3%-plus in 2011.
  • (15) As my half century approaches, that's quite a punchy proposition.
  • (16) After two hours, the ending, when it comes, is surprisingly punchy.
  • (17) At his ill-timed press conference, four days after Closer magazine printed photos of Hollande in a crash helmet on a scooter reportedly riding to meet Gayet, 41, the president was punchy, defiant and, on the political front, supremely professional.
  • (18) "Editorially I think the show will be more punchy on C5, and if anything will be more risqué," says Adrian English, head of broadcast at media agency Carat UK.
  • (19) Three Asian patients, since adolescence, had myoclonic jerks and tonic-clonic seizures during card games, draughts, and a local game "punchi."
  • (20) Later she delivered a punchy performance of Rolling in the Deep, the other standout song from 21.

Vigorous


Definition:

  • (a.) Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant.
  • (a.) Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A case of dissecting hematoma involving the left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary arteries is described in a patient who had received vigorous closed-chest cardiac resuscitation.
  • (2) A history of vigorous sports in the past was not protective.
  • (3) No cases of rheumatic fever and no acute nephritis appeared in spite of the vigorous immune response to both cellular and extracellular antigens of group A streptococci documented in 50% to 80% of patients, suggesting that strain variation may be a feature of rheumatogenicity as well as nephritogenicity of group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
  • (4) In support of this contention, 5R-4F3 grew very poorly under conditions that supported the vigorous growth of E beta bE alpha k-restricted T-cell clones from the same mouse.
  • (5) The low incidence of pneumonia regardless of the type of therapy may be attributable to vigorous, vigilant respiratory care in a population at high risk for developing pneumonia.
  • (6) The apparent Km for K+-ATP was 2.1 mM when the incubation mixture was vigorously stirred, and the effect of stirring indicated that the kinetics of K+-ATP hydrolysis are limited by external diffusion.
  • (7) They had mounted a vigorous lobbying campaign, both in public and behind the scenes, since the legislation first came to light this month .
  • (8) Abe Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, a vigorous defender of Israel, called the speech “ill-advised”.
  • (9) A vigorous progressive physical and occupational therapy program producing tangible results does more for the patient's morale than any verbal encouragement could possibly do.
  • (10) In anesthetized cats, direct neural recording of vagal activity to the heart confirmed that vigorous reflex vagal activation during acute myocardial ischemia is associated with protection from ventricular fibrillation.
  • (11) The control, uninfected rats make vigorous primary and secondary antibody responses when challenged with keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH), human immunoglobulin (HuIg) or sheep red blood cells (SRBC).
  • (12) Policies recommending quarantine, isolation, mandatory testing of certain populations, and vigorous public education are explored.
  • (13) Preliminary clinical studies demonstrate that the progression of diabetic renal disease can be slowed by vigorous antihypertensive therapy.
  • (14) Parasite antigen responses appeared 2 weeks after challenge of C3H mice and remained vigorous for periods up to 6 months.
  • (15) However, Bryo induced only a marginal proliferative response as compared with the vigorous response induced by PMA.
  • (16) SF T cells were able to mount vigorous proliferative responses to recall antigen presented by autologous antigen-presenting cells.
  • (17) Results show that schistosome eggs are autonomous inducers of vigorous Th2-like effector responses.
  • (18) ANG II given as early as 10 days after surgery, and they drank reliably and vigorously but less in total volume to 100 ng i.c.v.
  • (19) However, because the potential exists for recurrence of the cardiac tumor, for enlargement of the cerebral lesions, or for late development of cerebral lesions, long term follow-up is mandatory and a vigorous work-up must be pursued if the patient again becomes symptomatic or develops central nervous system manifestations for the first time.
  • (20) Platelet concentrates collected by continuous flow automated apheresis (Fenwal CS-3000) were compared with those collected by manual apheresis to determine whether the prolonged centrifugation and vigorous resuspension affected platelet viability and in vitro function.