What's the difference between rath and ruth?

Rath


Definition:

  • (n.) A hill or mound.
  • (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
  • (a.) Alt. of Rathe
  • (adv.) Alt. of Rathe

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was written during the second world war and inspired by the murder in Paris of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Jewish teenager Herschel Grynszpan .
  • (2) Our investigations have following results: In the Rath-von Verschuer family, which is so extraordinary that the authenticity sometimes had been doubted, we found that crossing overs which were present in 50% of the cases were shown by the combination of protan defect and haemophilia B.
  • (3) This is exactly what happened when the Guardian and Ben Goldacre were sued for libel by vitamin manufacturer Matthias Rath , who had published adverts in South Africa denouncing Aids drugs as ineffective, while promoting his own supplements.
  • (4) By electrokaryotyping we found that all seven genes are located on different chromosomes: MEL1 on chromosome II as shown previously by Voll-rath et al.
  • (5) In a previous paper (Rath, H. M., Doyle, G. A. R., and Silbert, D. F. (1989) J. Biol.
  • (6) "So what we're going to do is get a volunteer up on stage to guess whether the next card detailing an item of Conservative or Labour council waste is higher or lower than the one before," said Rathe.
  • (7) The MF alpha 2-encoded Asn-5,Arg-7 alpha-factor-like peptide has been shown shown to have similar activity to Gln-5,Lys-7 alpha-factor in morphogenesis and growth arrest studies (S. Raths, P. Shenbagamurthi, F. Naider, and J. M. Becker, J. Bacteriol.
  • (8) No matter, because Rathe had some heartwarming soundbites from members giving their reason for joining the party.
  • (9) #BritishThreatLevels May 24, 2017 Ben Rathe (@benrathe) "Can you move down please?"
  • (10) There have been other cases, including Keith Schellenberg, a multi-millionaire who bought a Scottish island, but didn't get on with the islanders; with Matthias Rath, who peddled vitamins as a treatment for HIV; and with Elton John, who had a sense of humour failure at a harmless piece of parody – a case involving fair comment.
  • (11) "I'm Austin Rathe, head of membership and supporters," said a young man who looked as if he might have had to produce ID to get into the club.

Ruth


Definition:

  • (v.) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
  • (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Scottish Tory leader, Ruth Davidson, has abandoned plans to call for lower Scottish tax rates after learning that George Osborne is considering far deeper spending cuts.
  • (2) A significant breakthrough has been achieved by Ruth Nussensweig and her colleagues using the techniques of molecular biology.
  • (3) US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted that her traditional State of the Union nap may have been induced by a glass or two of wine.
  • (4) The transition from the Chipper Jones era to the Upton era is going less than smoothly – Justin, who still has a ways to go to reach his full capabilities, looks like Babe Ruth compared to BJ, who is hitting .179.
  • (5) Ruth Rankine, deputy chief inspector of general practice at the Care Quality Commission, said: “If we find on our inspections that staffing levels are leading to patients receiving unsafe care and treatment, including delays in response times, then we have a range of enforcement powers we can use to ensure that appropriate action is taken.
  • (6) 6.49pm: Ruth Francis, head of press at Nature Publishing Group, also gives the thumbs-up to Scientific American's reporting of the findings .
  • (7) Labour suffered disastrous losses in Scotland, where it slipped to third place behind Ruth Davidson’s Scottish Conservatives.
  • (8) It currently has one woman sitting on it – Sotomayor joins Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  • (9) Given that the next president could be in a position to replace Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer – two of the members of the razor-thin five-vote majority supporting Roe v Wade – Americans who don’t want to return women to the reproductive dark ages should vote accordingly come November.
  • (10) Chosen by impressive writers and critics – including Elizabeth Bowen, Philip Larkin, George Steiner, Saul Bellow, AS Byatt, Ruth Rendell, John Carey – these shortlists demanded, at least, some respect.
  • (11) Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Tory leader, disclosed that she stayed at the far more budget-minded Travelodge for her party's annual conference in Manchester.
  • (12) Ruth Joseph and Sarah Nathan's crumbly little almond and lemon tarts are the perfect example of its charms, to my mind – not too sweet, not too sour, just intensely, deliciously zesty.
  • (13) John Savage 'We were all cycling, listening to the Smiths' Ruth Martin outside the Salford Lads Club, Salford.
  • (14) It is now the official opposition, boosted by the star quality of the Tory leader Ruth Davidson and Scotland has given the once loathed party of Margaret Thatcher its biggest fillip since the 1950s.
  • (15) She is, therefore, basically the Ruth Evershed (from Spooks) of the ancient world.
  • (16) Chief policy adviser to Greenpeace, Ruth Davis, said: "What this report reminds us is that sudden shifts in global climate will affect our world and our daily lives in chaotic and unusual ways.
  • (17) Ruth Carnall, former chief executive of NHS London.
  • (18) The Scottish Conservatives leader, Ruth Davidson, has raised eyebrows by posting a picture of the actor Gillian Anderson in lingerie on social media.
  • (19) 8.24pm BST "The mood is downright miserable" – defense department education activity employee The Guardian's Ruth Spencer ( @ruths ) is in touch with federal workers affected by the shutdown.
  • (20) Fifteen years ago she was an emerging talent, as were Harriet Hunt and Ruth Sheldon, who both won world girls championships against strong opposition.