What's the difference between retro and vintage?

Retro


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Computed Tomography was used to demonstrate the increased retro-orbital fat.
  • (2) To investigate the topochemical preference of backbone and side chains, unusual amino acids, including beta-methylphenylalanine7 or 11, beta-methyltryptophan8, as well as backbone modifications such as retro-inverso structures have been incorporated.
  • (3) retro-, herpes- and rhabdoviruses), virus adsorption to the outer cell membrane.
  • (4) The extent of conversion of retro-3-dehydroretinyl acetate into 3-dehydrovitamin A was much smaller than that of the conversion of retro-retinyl acetate into vitamin A.
  • (5) In two cases the author has successfully carried out retro-sternal transposition "of necessity", at 6 months and 4 years after coloesophagoplasty in the pre-thoracic variant.
  • (6) In cases of spondyl- and retro-olisthetic instability the upper vertebra moved posteriorly during traction and anteriorly during compression.
  • (7) Retro-molar trigones call for combined telecobaltherapy-electrontherapy;--curie-therapy is too difficult in this area.
  • (8) On the average, 8.65 fiber bundles of the vagus nerve leave the retro-olivary area.
  • (9) The retro-analogs of deaminotocinamide, tested at concentrations up to 10)-5)M, were found to be without activity as agonists or antagonists in the oxytocic assay.
  • (10) Combined with the ILD and difference between bilateral I-VIPL, must be useful for determining the location of retro-cochlear lesions.
  • (11) Lisa and Brian converted the old wooden schoolhouse six years ago and the design is bright and eclectic, think retro school desks, a funky red kitchen, a clear geodesic dome in the garden for stargazing and chill-out time and a giant chess set on the lawn.
  • (12) We believe that simultaneous presence of oedema and effusion in both intra- and retro-peritoneal cavities along with renal enlargement is in practice pathognomic of EHF.
  • (13) These short films aren't always musical; Laser Cats is a deliberately retro-amateurish sci-fi series about mutant cats who shoot lasers from their eyes, while a student film about giraffes claims that they are from outer space and will destroy mankind.
  • (14) Drilling away one or several segments realizes a trans-petrous approach which always begins by drilling away the posterior-external segment, the retro-labyrinthine segment.
  • (15) After documentation of significant ischemia (EKG, left atrial pressure), the crossclamp of the retro-IMA graft was removed.
  • (16) The existence of the retro-esophageal segment of the aorta was confirmed by left ventriculography and computerized axial tomography.
  • (17) Retro-orbital tissue membranes have been shown to have adenylate cyclase activity which can be stimulated by thyrotropin and by an exophthalmogenic factor derived from the thyrotropin molecule by partial pepsin digestion.
  • (18) Since lymphatic invasions are unusual in children, surgical exploration of the retro-peritoneal space is no longer considered necessary for the stagging and is replaced nowadays by ultrasonography and CT scan.
  • (19) We found that nerves from the superior cervical and pterygopalatine ganglia form a plexus at the orbital apex corresponding to the retro-orbital plexus found in rabbit, monkey and man.
  • (20) Three cases of retro-placental hematoma are reported.

Vintage


Definition:

  • (n.) The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.
  • (n.) The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I am of a similar vintage and, like many friends and fans of the series, bemoan the fact that we are generally treated by society as silly, weak, daft, soppy, prejudiced (even bigoted), risk-averse and wary of new situations.
  • (2) Fifty friends and family came here to his wake and toasted his memory with vintage jeroboams of La Tâche, perhaps the most distinguished of all burgundies.
  • (3) A driver of vintage racing cars for a hobby, he believes that only a future United States of Europe can compete in the global race with China, India and the other emerging economies of Asia.
  • (4) There's a vintage woodburing stove, no TV, a seafood menu rich in local produce, including Glenbeigh oysters, and a top-notch brew on draught in Tom Crean's lager, the sole beer made by Dingle Brewing Company (dinglebrewingcompany.com).
  • (5) Messi did not deliver a vintage European display against Manuel Pellegrini's determined City side and the contributions of Andrés Iniesta, Dani Alves and Xavi reminded all that Barcelona's golden years were not built by one man.
  • (6) And the marvellously named Victor Gauntlett, vintage-car driver and pilot, looks gloriously suburban haut-bourgeois, with his study full of The Miracle of Speed symbols in pictures and models, while the room's decoration and furnishings are all Home Counties 1919 in sympathies.
  • (7) Top finds include organic clothing at ColorHueso (no 7), antiques at Patio Almanzora (no 5) and vintage goods at Quasipercaso (no 1).
  • (8) Iran's efforts to replace the breakdown-prone, 1970s vintage IR-1 centrifuge it is now operating at its Natanz and Fordow enrichment plants are closely watched by the west since success could lead to more efficient equipment enabling the country to amass material that could be used for atomic bombs more quickly.
  • (9) Adrian Clark, style director of Shortlist , is throwing a trailer-trash curveball: "a pair of vintage black leather Versace jeans with zips – wrong in all the right ways – Gucci biker boots and bespoke tailoring by Gieves & Hawkes , Richard James and Mr Start".
  • (10) Honor & Folly ( honorandfolly.com , one bedroom $165 a night, both bedrooms $215, plus a sofabed for children) is a home away from home with a fully stocked kitchen and a cosy living area decorated with vintage and locally crafted furniture.
  • (11) The soundtrack is supplied by vinyl rotating on vintage record players, a gumball machine dispenses yellow, black and white gobstoppers, and the room is surveilled by the beady eyes of esoteric taxidermy that includes a peacock in full plume and a splendid Himalayan wild goat grazing among the soft seating.
  • (12) But it’s not that brave, really: the baby boomers, the largest generational bulge of the last century, are of Geritol and Depends vintage now.
  • (13) The church runs a range of startups and social enterprises in the neighbourhood, including a second-hand furniture shop and a vintage clothes store.
  • (14) But in terms of quality, controversy, debate and infinite variety, this has indeed been a vintage Cannes and of all the ones to miss, Lars von Trier picked the wrong one.
  • (15) "There's nothing like it in Spain: the atmosphere, vintage clothes, second hand record shops, books.
  • (16) The deep-pocketed BBC machine prides itself on being able to outclass rivals with its coverage of big events, but the feeling is that this World Cup has perhaps not been vintage BBC.
  • (17) All of it – from a tangerine drop-waist silk dress, to a vintage Chloe-esque pleated design – was fresh and young, with a winsome early-60s nod that has been present in VVB since its inception.
  • (18) Apart from the novels, plays, film scripts, sitcoms and magazine articles that flowed unceasingly from his vintage Adler typewriter (he hated new technology), he also wrote a twice-weekly newspaper column, beginning in the Daily Mirror in 1970, and from 1988 for the Daily Mail, until the paper announced his retirement last May.
  • (19) I sell my milk to my cousins who make Barber's 1833 vintage cheddar.
  • (20) On his desk, the lamp is vintage Ikea, supplied by the Swedish army.