What's the difference between rag and scold?

Rag


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
  • (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
  • (n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
  • (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
  • (n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
  • (n.) A ragged edge.
  • (n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
  • (v. i.) To become tattered.
  • (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
  • (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Over the past 20 years the rag-and-bone trade has had a makeover.
  • (2) I usually use them as a rag with which to clean the toilet but I didn’t have anything else to wear today because I’m so fat.” While this exchange will sound baffling to outsiders, to Brits it actually sounds like this: “You like my dress?
  • (3) Confluent monolayers of capillary endothelial cells derived from Mongolian gerbil brain were irradiated with a single exposure of x-rays, and their radiosensitivity and sequential changes in morphology, staining intensity for factor VIII-related antigen (F VIII RAg), and capacity to produce prostacyclin (PGI2) were examined.
  • (4) Skeletal muscle mtDNA of three patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, characterized clinically by myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-red fiber (MERRF) syndrome, has been sequenced to determine the underlying molecular defect(s).
  • (5) A distinctive pattern of subsarcolemmal mitochondrial aggregates, referred to as "ragged red fibers" in human mitochondrial myopathies, was observed in muscle biopsy samples from 1 dog.
  • (6) Endothelial cells of capillary vessels showed positive binding by UEA-1 lectin and the presence of factor VIII RAG.
  • (7) Four of the mutants had no effect on chylous ascites, but two mutants linked with ragged, and one unlinked, showed a complex situation involving enhancement, inhibition, epistacy and other interactions.
  • (8) There was a slight shortening in the thrombin time and a smaller increase in post-operative FVIII RAg and FVIII RCof levels in the HES group.
  • (9) There was no correlation between FVIII:RAg levels and radiation pneumonitis, radiation dose, volume of irradiated lung, tumor burden, or time-interval between exposure and sampling.
  • (10) In one of these, a probe designed specifically to detect deleted mtDNA identified abundant deleted mtDNA and its fusion transcript in RRF and lesser accumulations in non-ragged red cytochrome oxidase (COX) deficient fibres.
  • (11) Only in fragments of the biceps brachii muscle histological and histochemical investigations showed mitochondrial changes of the type of "ragged-red fibres".
  • (12) In situ hybridization to intact thymus and RNA blot analysis of isolated thymic subpopulations separated on the basis of T cell receptor (TCR) expression demonstrated that both TCR- and TCR+ cortical thymocytes express RAG-1 and RAG-2 messenger RNA's.
  • (13) Nuclear run-on assays showed that TPA completely repressed the transcription of RAG-1 within 30 min.
  • (14) A former Socialist party leader, he is a jovial, wise-cracking believer in consensus politics, who aides say never loses his rag and who so hates fights that he was once nicknamed "the marshmallow" within his own party, or "Flanby", after a wobbly caramel pudding.
  • (15) The Farage adviser said he looked back on many people within Ukip as “a bunch of rag-tag, unprofessional, embarrassing people who let Nigel down at every juncture.” He told the Guardian: “Someone needs to go in there with a big stick.
  • (16) Furthermore, we show that RAG can be expressed not only by CD3-TCR negative but also by CD3-TCRab or gd positive T-ALL cells.
  • (17) After fusion of HPRT- RAG cells with E. lutescens fibroblasts we demonstrated that the enzymes HPRT and G6PD are localized on the presumptive X chromosome.
  • (18) We analyzed the mitochondrial DNA of blood cells of 5 patients from a Chinese family with myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-red fiber disease.
  • (19) A small percentage of peripheral B cells also contained RAG-1 mRNA, raising the possibility that this protein may also be involved in immunoglobulin class switching.
  • (20) Exposure of isolated thymocytes to 12-O-tetra-decanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA)+ionomycin rapidly abolishes the expression of recombination-activating gene-1 (RAG-1) mRNA (3 h), down-regulates CD4 surface antigen expression (3 h), and enhances apoptosis (24 h).

Scold


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
  • (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
  • (n.) One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
  • (n.) A scolding; a brawl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A previous trial into the safety and feasibility of using bone marrow stem cells to treat MS, led by Neil Scolding, a clinical neuroscientist at Bristol University, was deemed a success last year.
  • (2) But Britain, under Tony Blair, proved the equivalent of a disappointing parent, quick to scold and unwilling to listen.
  • (3) He recalled an incident at a Packers game a few years ago, when he stood up and vocally scolded a fan behind him who had called a Chicago Bears player a faggot.
  • (4) In 2012, despite the London Whale losses of around $6bn weighing on the bank, it again turned in record – even “triumphant” – profits of $24bn, although Dimon’s pay was halved to around $11m as a scold for the scandal.
  • (5) 'Maedchen One would never have wet on the floor like that,' my father would scold.
  • (6) "Here in the Vatican they scold me for being undisciplined but you can see what country I come from," he said – alluding, according to Ansa, to the scrum formed by the Argentinian players while the Italians formed a queue.
  • (7) Three years ago, Netanyahu was humiliated by Barack Obama with a public scolding to stop settlement expansion .
  • (8) Like Blair, he will be scolded for it by many activists.
  • (9) A senior policeman later referred to the scenes in some of its supermarkets as akin to a mini riot and scolded senior executives , arguing the force’s “scarce resources should not be used to bail out stores when they’ve not planned effectively”.
  • (10) Bernie Sanders, with the presidential gravitas of a toddler, first attempted to shout his usual stump speech over the protestors, and then scolded them for interrupting him and held what one could only describe as a mini public tantrum.
  • (11) Here's what Fiona Scolding, barrister at Hardwicke chambers, has to say.
  • (12) After being scolded by them for meeting the Dalai Lama in 2012, David Cameron vowed to “ turn the page ” and never repeat the mistake.
  • (13) Heading to their crowded dormitory after a night shift, several workers said pressure and the frequent scolding by management might be factors.
  • (14) Breaks are not breaks, they are allocated times in which we are allowed to be human, to smoke a cigarette, to wolf down a dry sandwich that at £1.25 feels expensive, to use the bathroom and still be scolded for being three minutes late.
  • (15) Fallen Muslim American soldier's father scolds Trump: 'have you even read the constitution?'
  • (16) One bearded man scolded his friends for speaking to the foreign press; others seemed to relish the attention, presenting themselves for detailed interviews about their brushes with the neighbour they never knew.
  • (17) Once or twice a week, without fail, the Restor children would gather around a laptop as Marilyn’s pixelated face appeared on Skype, scolding them about their homework and listening to their test results and friendship woes.
  • (18) "You're not what I think a woman should be," he scolds her, adding: "I don't like the way you look, sound or move."
  • (19) At one point, I fidget with my glasses so as to read the programme – Chloe swings round and throws me a stinging glance of reproach, like a seasoned concert-goer scolding a child – rather than the other way round.
  • (20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Louis van Gaal: Manchester United not at best against Chelsea – link to video Van Gaal was notably unenthused about his team’s performance, bemused to hear them being praised on television, and revealing that he had scolded his players because “normally you have to play your best against the best teams”.

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