What's the difference between resource and shard?

Resource


Definition:

  • (n.) That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
  • (n.) Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
  • (2) A dedicated goal makes a big difference in mobilising action and resources.
  • (3) It was not possible to offer all very low birthweight infants full intensive care; to make this possible, it was calculated that resources would have to increase by 26%.
  • (4) Failure to develop an adequate resource will be costly in the long run.
  • (5) Variation in patient mix was a major determinant of the large variations in resource use.
  • (6) Problem definition, the first step in policy development, includes identifying the issues, discussing and framing the issues, analyzing data and resources, and deciding on a problem definition.
  • (7) Similarly, I would like to see fully funded and resourced public services.
  • (8) The need for follow-up studies is stressed to allow assessment of the effectiveness of the intervention and to search for protective factors, successful coping skills, strategies and adaptational resources.
  • (9) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
  • (10) There is no evidence to support the move to seven-day services, there is no evidence of what is going to happen if we divert our resources away from the week to weekends.
  • (11) The authors are also upfront about what has not gone so well: "We were too slow to mobilise … we did not identify clear leadership or adequate resources for the actions … it is vital to accelerate the programme of civil service reform."
  • (12) The World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 may be the most timely opportunity to make an honest appraisal of the effectiveness of the current system to deal with the sector’s “ new normal ” of finite resources and unlimited challenges.
  • (13) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
  • (14) The following 10 products were tested: Ensure Plus, Ensure, Enrich, Osmolite, Pulmocare, Citrotein, Resource, Vivonex TEN, Vital, and Hepatic Acid II.
  • (15) Competition for resources also occurs from noncancer drugs, eg, cardiovascular agents.
  • (16) Three motives are found for evaluating the quality of human life: allocation of scarce medical resources, facilitating clinical decision making, and assisting patients towards autonomous decision making.
  • (17) The women used a variety of resources, and their partners were particularly helpful.
  • (18) Enright said: “We call on the home secretary and chair of IICSA [the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse] to engage actively and urgently to find a way forward that secures the confidence of survivors and provides the inquiry’s legal team with the resources and support they need to deliver justice and truth that survivors deserve.” Stein said his clients were “deeply disatisfied” with aspects of how the inquiry had been conducted but called for Emmerson to stay, adding: “I urge the home secretary to seek to find a way in which his valuable contribution can be maintained”.
  • (19) In addition, the UK government will provide further resources to the European Asylum Support Office to help Greece and Italy identify migrants, including children, who could be reunited with family members elsewhere in Europe.
  • (20) Last month Walsall council announced it would close 15 of its 16 libraries, and residents told the Guardian they stood to lose vital community spaces as well as reading resources.

Shard


Definition:

  • (n.) A plant; chard.
  • (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
  • (n.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
  • (n.) A gap in a fence.
  • (n.) A boundary; a division.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Numerous shards of ochronotic cartilage were embedded in the synovium.
  • (2) Filo pastry contains very little fat itself but relies on fat being added later in between incredibly fine sheets, allowing them to separate during cooking, and so shatter in the mouth into fine delicate shards.
  • (3) What the Qataris own in Britain • HSBC Tower, the bank’s global headquarters in Canary Wharf • The Shard on the south bank of the Thames (95%) • Harrods, bought in 2010 for a reported £1.5bn • The Olympic Village in east London • Numbers 1-3 Cornwall Terrace, Regent’s Park – this week denied planning permission to be turned into a £200m single home • A 50% stake in the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank • Half of One Hyde Park, the world’s most expensive apartment block • The former US embassy building in Grosvenor Square • The site of Chelsea Barracks in west London, being turned into a luxury housing estate • 20% slice of Camden market • Stakes in Barclays, Sainsbury’s, the London Stock Exchange and Heathrow • And coming soon: Canary Wharf, after the controlling group capitulated and recommended a £2.6bn bid to shareholders Julia Kollewe
  • (4) There is no better symbol of London’s macho financialisation than the early 21st-century surge in skyscraper construction, the lanky delinquent mob of new towers that cluster around the City, and their gangmaster, the Shard.
  • (5) No topographic relationship was found between shards and mononuclear cell infiltration.
  • (6) Truth told, I simply hadn't the time to do anything more than snap a bar of expensive chocolate into jagged shards and put it in the middle of the table.
  • (7) Qatar’s royal family may have snapped up Canary Wharf for £2.6bn this week, adding to its London portfolio of Harrods and the Shard skyscraper, but the Gulf billionaires’ property spree has finally run into a dead end – a humble town hall bureaucrat.
  • (8) Проект по форме напоминает оборонительную башню типа тех, которыми утыканы склоны чеченских гор, но будет отделан стеклом, а его высота почти на 100 метров превысит отметку лондонского небоскрёба Shard.
  • (9) Guardian staff RowanMoore 02 April 2014 1:33pm I wonder how excited these kids will be about 200 towers rather less inspiring than the Shard.
  • (10) Officers were pelted with missiles, including shards of glass from shattered shopfronts, as stewards from the demonstration called for calm and tried to separate police from protesters.
  • (11) "This is a genuine merger of equals founded on core strategic principles rather than straight cost cuts," said James, presenting the merger deal at London's Shard skyscraper on Thursday.
  • (12) During their frequent and raging arguments, they threw so much crockery that we were able to make a giant mosaic in the garden from the shards.
  • (13) This nothing then broke into fragments, into shards which were real.
  • (14) As well as the shard investment, the Qataris last October came to the rescue of debt-laden Songbird, which owns Canary Wharf, and became its largest shareholder.
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Renzo Piano’s Shard, a ‘giant middle finger presented to us all’.
  • (16) Launching his party’s economic programme for the next parliament at the Shangri-La hotel on the 52nd floor of the Shard in London, Clegg said the Lib Dems were eager to position themselves as the party of the centre ground.
  • (17) For example, he can denude himself of his forcefield of junk-shards and walk unaffected through laser-fields (since he's made of glass).
  • (18) Taking in the view from the Shard's observatory costs £30 for an adult ticket, bought on the day.
  • (19) Other videos showed views of Big Ben from close range, the Queen Victoria memorial next to Buckingham Palace, HMS Belfast at its mooring on the Thames and the Shard, Europe’s tallest skyscraper, all accompanied by a dramatic soundtrack.
  • (20) A police source told AFP a tourist had been “slightly injured” by a shard of bullet that struck her knee during the shooting.