What's the difference between review and spoiler?

Review


Definition:

  • (n.) To view or see again; to look back on.
  • (n.) To go over and examine critically or deliberately.
  • (n.) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
  • (n.) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
  • (n.) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
  • (n.) To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.
  • (n.) To retrace; to go over again.
  • (v. i.) To look back; to make a review.
  • (n.) A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.
  • (n.) An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.
  • (n.) A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
  • (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
  • (n.) An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
  • (n.) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
  • (n.) A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
  • (2) This selective review emphasizes advances in neurochemistry which provide a context for current and future research on neurological and psychiatric disorders encountered in clinical practice.
  • (3) In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging.
  • (4) The analysis is based on the personal experience of the authors with 117 cases and the review of 223 cases published in the literature.
  • (5) Furthermore, their distribution in various ethnic groups residing in different districts of Rajasthan state (Western-India) is also reviewed.
  • (6) The following is a brief review of the history, mechanism of action, and potential adverse effects of neuromuscular blockers.
  • (7) We present these cases and review the previously reported cases.
  • (8) There will be no statutory inquiry or independent review into the notorious clash between police and miners at Orgreave on 18 June 1984 , the home secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced.
  • (9) Other approaches to the diagnosis of pancreatic pseudocysts are reviewed.
  • (10) In this review, we demonstrate that serum creatinine does not provide an adequate estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and contrary to recent teachings, that the slope of the reciprocal of serum creatinine vs time does not permit an accurate assessment of the rate of progression of renal disease.
  • (11) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
  • (12) Here, we review the nature of the heart sound signal and the various signal-processing techniques that have been applied to PCG analysis.
  • (13) The aetiological factors concerned in the production of paraumbilical and epigastric hernias have been reviewed along structural--functional lines.
  • (14) A review of campylobacter meningitis by Lee et al in 1985 reported nine cases occurring in neonates, of which only one case was caused by C. fetus.
  • (15) Anatomic and roentgenographic criteria used for the assessment of reduction in ankle fractures are highlighted in this review of ankle trauma.
  • (16) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
  • (17) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
  • (18) This article reviews the care of the chest-injured patient during the intensive care unit phase of his or her recovery.
  • (19) We reviewed our experience with femorofemoral bypass during the past 10 years to define its role relative to other methods in the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease.
  • (20) We reviewed our 5-year surgical experience with undescended testes in 295 patients.

Spoiler


Definition:

  • (n.) One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
  • (n.) One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fabius denied that he had acted as a spoiler at the talks.
  • (2) Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which is due out in May, has also come under fire for revealing further apparent spoilers.
  • (3) These days, Obama has moved on to more pressing issues, like telling House of Cards fans not to tweet any spoilers.
  • (4) A skiiing style in backward lean position was adopted and supported by the fixed backward spoiler.
  • (5) UN officials said in advance they hoped new commitments from the big industrialised states, such as Japan and China, would prod other countries into action so that they not be seen as the spoilers of a potential deal at Copenhagen.
  • (6) Spoiler alert: key plot details follow Seth Rogen was forced to tone down a Kim Jong-un death scene for his new comedy The Interview following a personal intervention by the Japanese head of Sony’s parent company, according to hacked emails.
  • (7) The sort of person who, despite having a framed Keep Calm and Carry On poster on their wall, gets vociferously morally outraged by 25 different things over the course of the average morning on Twitter, eg Daily Mail headlines, anything Jeremy Clarkson says, people who post Homeland spoilers, Parcelforce delivery slots, etc.
  • (8) Momentum on the political track was key, he said, to get ahead of any spoilers: “Don’t be surprised if there are rhetorical, dismissive and aggressive statements.
  • (9) Instead – spoiler alert – to the disdain of many, it opted for a more satisfying, upbeat conclusion.
  • (10) The beam spoiler with the frame stands near the patient during the treatment.
  • (11) Surely, as some speculate, he is a spoiler (consciously or otherwise) to help his friend Hillary Clinton.
  • (12) The official said that if the new diplomatic push for a negotiated settlement of the impasse over Iran's nuclear programme, – due to begin at the end of this month with a new round of talks involving six world powers and Tehran – shows signs of progress, the risk of a "spoiler" incident, aimed at torpedoing that effort, would increase.
  • (13) SPOILER ALERT: This blog discusses plot points from Freak Show, the fourth season of American Horror Story.
  • (14) It’s a remorseless process of winnowing down, from which only one worthy champion can emerge* and the Guardian is here the whole way through, with spoiler alerts roughly every minute, having read the book (Klinsi turns out to have been a wolf all along...) One of tonight’s teams is playing roughly a game a minute at the moment — Confederations Cup and Gold Cup scheduling saw Jamaica’s game against Mexico moved to earlier this week — and that 1-0 loss was the first of three games the Jamaicans will play in eight days (Mexico are doing the same thing).
  • (15) Strong off-odours are produced on boiled shrimp by the "typical shrimp spoilers" (presumptive Altermonas).
  • (16) Do you really need a spoiler alert if I say “Guess the ending?” The best books I have read recently are the ones that resist the simplistic love-cures-all conclusions.
  • (17) With the sequel set 10 years on from the events of the first film, which – *spoiler alert* – saw the majority of the human race catch a bad case of the simian flu, the likely assumption was that Franco's character would have quickly perished.
  • (18) But it adds an extra dimension by intercutting these scenes with documentary material, most notably – spoiler alert!
  • (19) The BBC accused ITV, which tried to buy The Voice format for itself, of bringing Britain's Got Talent forward from its usual April launch date as a spoiler.
  • (20) But the build up and hype were huge, and since it has started screening, people have been paranoid about spoilers.

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