What's the difference between reaming and reaping?
Reaming
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ream
Example Sentences:
(1) The commonly used line-to-line reaming technique was compared to an underreaming technique using both four-fifths and one-third porous-coated anatomic medullary locking (AML) implants.
(2) The disturbance without reaming was limited to the inner layer of the cortex and involved only one-third of the cortical cross-section.
(3) Median strain values of reamed only and polyacetal-nailed femora ranged from 67 to 90 percent of the intact side.
(4) In 10 dogs, closed intramedullary nailing with reaming was performed while compartment pressures were measured.
(5) Errors in surgical judgment were attributed to inadequate preoperative analysis of the pattern of the fracture; undetected intraoperative comminution during reaming or insertion of the nail, or both; or postoperative failure to recognize an increase in comminution and instability of the fracture.
(6) Instead, they continue to pursue austerity policies, which reams of historical data suggest harms economic recovery and does little to create jobs.
(7) Forty comminuted or unstable fractures of the femoral shaft were treated by closed intramedullary reaming and locked nailing.
(8) The process of reaming causes circulatory disturbances in the inner two-thirds of the diaphyseal cortex.
(9) The femoral nailing procedure with reaming in multiple trauma patients involves a potential risk to the lung.
(10) Care must be taken at surgery to ream sufficiently and obtain proper cup fit and position.
(11) The bone remodeling consisted of endosteal surface bone resorption and periosteal surface bone deposition, most likely due to a loss of structural support from the reamed medullary canal.
(12) The line-to-line reamed group showed significantly greater motion than both underreamed groups for all micromotion parameters.
(13) Two gross surgical implantation techniques, one involving reaming out the intramural portion of the uterine tube and the other dissecting it out via a transfundal incision, are compared with microsurgical uterotubal anastomosis.
(14) While it’s suffered setbacks, Uber has a huge competitive advantage in the market: it owns reams of smart data on traffic flows that will be critical to developing the technology.
(15) Mechanical tests showed that the greatest stability was achieved when the prosthetic cup was completely intruded, when all articular cartilage was removed and the socket was reamed, and when anchoring holes for cement were devised.
(16) Restricted reaming, brushing and lavage to remove debris, use of high-viscosity cement, and pressurization of the cement are of paramount importance.
(17) We conclude that bone healing is delayed by medullary reaming, whereas the pattern of healing is similar in bones with and without reaming.
(18) I assimilate reams of paper and electronic notes, scores of blood tests, x-rays and scans, and the current physiological status of the patients.
(19) Nailing was performed either primarily or secondarily and reaming was performed in most cases.
(20) Intramedullary reaming caused marked reductions in systemic and pulmonary artery blood pressure.
Reaping
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reap
Example Sentences:
(1) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(2) It is worth noting though that the government is reaping scant reward in the polls even though the economy has expanded by more than 3% over the past year and – according to the IMF – will be the fastest growing of the G7 economies this year.
(3) Sydney defender Jacques Faty constantly seems a defensive accident waiting to happen, while the club are yet to reap full dividend from their attacking imports at the other end of the field.
(4) High quality display devices are essential to reap any benefits from degradation correction.
(5) Hillary Clinton has a message for Republicans bemoaning the rise of Donald Trump: “You reap what you sow.” In a speech on Monday, the former secretary of state blamed Republicans’ obstructionism, which she said fomented Trump’s incendiary campaign.
(6) Amid heightening debate about the future of the two bailed-out banks, Stephen Williams, who was the first Lib Dem MP to lend his support to the distribution of shares to all taxpayers, said: "My Lib Dem colleagues and I will not stand by and watch private investors reap all of the benefits once the banks are taken off taxpayer intensive care.
(7) With a solid business environment, supportive policies and the right outcome from Brexit negotiations allowing for trade and ongoing access to skilled workers, manufacturers should be able to overcome the risks, reap future growth rewards and get their business confidence back on track,” it added.
(8) Maybe the first party to dump its leader will reap the advantages of the pioneer, but such changes are often messy and divisive.
(9) Reaping the benefits of a successful speech to Iowa conservatives the preceding weekend, Walker leapfrogged more established candidates and secured 15% of the vote – up from 4% in October.
(10) David Connell Senior research fellow, UK Innovation Research Centre, University of Cambridge, and Chairman, Archipelago Technology • I hope the new £61m National Graphene Institute at Manchester will reap some rewards ( Letters , 5 December).
(11) Add to that the news about unemployment; now down to 7.1% , and rising house prices, and the news that the Bank of England will not soon raise interest rates , and one sees how the prime minister is able to frame a narrative about how the strictures of austerity are beginning to reap the benefits.
(12) Allen may be reaping the reward of keeping non-Italian press out of the first screenings (the version released in Italy has a dubbed dialogue track, which Allen is known to dislike) as he tends to get a better response from non-native critics, who are less attentive to implausible details.
(13) Can we see it all the way through to reap the long-term benefits – as individuals, as a society, as humanity?
(14) It means a Green Investment Bank and Carbon Capture and Storage so we reap the financial rewards of the green energy revolution.
(15) Inevitably, it looks as though corners have been cut and supermarkets will reap the whirlwind in reputational damage.
(16) This is the state reaping rewards for years of policy … [It may be] that officials are going further than Beijing expects, but that this is working on top of what is already a volcano."
(17) But on the morning of 26 March 1996, as his team was preparing to start clearance work in a village in the province of Siem Reap, a group of 30 armed Khmer Rouge guerrillas emerged from the nearby forest.
(18) The applications described here demonstrate new ways that the VA is reaping benefits from its infrastructure and its compatible integrated hospital information systems located at its facilities.
(19) Care home employees often work long hours and their jobs can be challenging – any employer who recognises this by paying their lowest paid staff no less than the living wage will certainly reap the benefits,” she says.
(20) His office says work in countries such as Kazakhstan helps fund pro bono work in Africa – and it dismisses reports of reaping £16m in fees from Astana as inflated, and says Blair makes no personal profit.