What's the difference between relocate and reposition?

Relocate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To locate again.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In these three patients, laxity of the knee in flexion was so severe that posterior instability could not be corrected merely by patellar relocation.
  • (2) Nursing homes are important alternatives to large hospitals when psychiatrically ill patients are relocated in the community, but their suitability for this type of patient is being questioned.
  • (3) However, BBC director general Mark Thompson said recently that the row over senior executives not relocating to the corporation's new headquarters in Salford would become a "non-issue" once the move is completed.
  • (4) But when refugees are relocated to the US, it’s for good.
  • (5) Getting them to safety is now vital.” While the EU’s hotspots approach improved the fingerprinting and security vetting of migrants, the auditors said that funding and relocation “bottlenecks” had extended the detention of migrants, with disastrous consequences for children.
  • (6) Relocation to a nursing home can be stressful and may result in mental and physical illness.
  • (7) Relocation of this segment, in effect, opens the D-glucose channel; maltose and cytochalasin B would thus inhibit transport by mechanisms which block this positional change.
  • (8) Among Hereford bulls, body weights were similar (P greater than .10) in all control and relocated bulls by the end of the study, except that MH bulls moved to TX had lower body weights (P less than .01).
  • (9) But the Afghan redundancy programme offered the chance to relocate to Britain only to interpreters who were still serving British forces in Helmand province in December 2012 and were employed for more than 12 months.
  • (10) In recent days, potential officials with the incoming administration have repeatedly made clear Trump’s desire to relocate the embassy early in his presidency.
  • (11) The relocalization is virtually complete at 0.1 microM lead and by 30 min of exposure.
  • (12) Instead of ordering deportation of the three absent juveniles, Judge A Ashley Tabaddor agreed with their attorney, Miguel Mexicano, an Esperanza staffer, that the cases should be rescheduled and relocated.
  • (13) May denied that a refusal to take part in the EU relocation programme did not mean Britain was not helping other European countries.
  • (14) On 2 October, Hungary is due to hold a controversial referendum on the relocation plan, which involves sending 1,294 asylum seekers to Hungary.
  • (15) High among the range of issues was the media dominance of the Globo group (whose journalists were chased away from demonstrations by an irate mob), inefficient use of public funds, forced relocations linked to Olympic real estate developments, the treatment of indigenous groups, dire inequality and excessive use of force by police in favela communities.
  • (16) The acetabulum must be totally reconstructed and relocated as near as possible to its original orientation.
  • (17) She went on to deliver a stark warning that leaving the single market would deter international investors from Britain and lead major companies to question whether they should relocate to mainland Europe.
  • (18) The Fujia Petrochemical PX plant in Dalian was shut down after more than 10,000 people took to the streets on 14 August 2011 to demand its relocation on public safety grounds.
  • (19) The 2012 deployment of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft on the island , and the relocation of a military base have added to popular resentment towards Tokyo.
  • (20) Astra, second only in size in Britain to GlaxoSmithKline, has been cutting costs, with plans unveiled last year for all research and development at its Alderley Park base to cease by 2016 with the loss or relocation of more than 2,000 jobs.

Reposition


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of repositing; a laying up.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, the effects of such large-scale calvarial repositioning on subsequent brain mass growth trajectories and compensatory cranio-facial growth changes is unclear.
  • (2) A modification of a previously described curved ruler, the current model has a hinge for greater ease of maneuverability and a "T" piece on one end to facilitate measurement and marking of both poles of the muscle without repositioning the ruler.
  • (3) This modification allows for precision of movement, ease of repositioning, and adaptation of rigid skeletal stabilization of mobilized osseous segments in the chin.
  • (4) A Charnley apparatus or turnbuckles placed between the pins on each side of the fracture provided the mechanical advantage for repositioning the fracture fragments and achieving rigid fixation during healing.
  • (5) In two cases, repositioning of the batteries was necessary because of local muscle stimulation.
  • (6) Changes in attachment levels post-operatively showed only a small degree of variation among the three surgical procedures, and would not affect the choice of the apically repositioned flap as the most effective method for pocket reduction.
  • (7) The anchoring wire can also be retracted and repositioned.
  • (8) The treatment is surgical and should be through a dorsal approach which allows repositioning of the tendon and internal fixation of the fracture.
  • (9) A higher incidence of lens subluxation, lens repositioning, corneal edema, and elevated intraocular pressure was observed in the eyes receiving STAAR silicone implants than in the eyes receiving IOLAB PMMA implants.
  • (10) This required repositioning one dialysis membrane which separates an electrode from the separation chamber.
  • (11) In this paper we present a case with an unerupted upper right canine and describe its management, after surgical exposure with an apically repositioned flap and orthodontic traction.
  • (12) In these cases the reposition and the osteosynthesis of the fibula neutralize fairly well also the motive forces acting on the tibial fracture.
  • (13) The repositioning of Ashley Young is particularly intriguing given that Sir Alex Ferguson uses him as a right-footed left-winger at Manchester United.
  • (14) The placement of the GABA-containing pipette did not appear to be responsible for the observed variation, since vertical repositioning of the pipette did not alter the slope of the charge-response relationship.
  • (15) Conversely, if no cement is used, grafting techniques to fill defects are becoming increasingly routine, so that today no bone may be removed from the replaced knee or hip--all fragments that are excised are repositioned as grafts in defects.
  • (16) The implant was repositioned by means of a combination of the Barraquer-Chowdhury needle-fixation method with a McCannel suture.
  • (17) On this premise, many site specific repositioning and immobilizing devices have been developed in our institution for radiation therapy.
  • (18) In order to test the opposition and the counter-opposition (reposition) of the thumb, the method proposed here does not require the measuring of angles; rather, the hand itself is used as the system of reference.
  • (19) Conversely, MTOCs will reposition even after lamellar extension and cell polarization have occurred.
  • (20) Simulated stress images were acquired with the long axis of the phantom perpendicular to the camera surface and redistribution images were acquired to represent 50% 201TI washout with axial repositioning errors relative to the stress position ranging from 0 to 20 degrees in 5 degrees increments.

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