What's the difference between rookie and tyro?

Rookie


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Now he can look forward to a rookie contract worth millions.
  • (2) A lot is being expected of rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford, but defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan has a good track record of keeping his units competitive.
  • (3) The American actor played sinister rookie methylamine chemist Todd Alquist in the final season of Breaking Bad.
  • (4) The Rangers hit the ice looking to leverage their home advantage, and with 18,006 behind them, the plan was to pepper the rookie goalie Dustin Tokarski.
  • (5) If the stakes were high a year ago, when rookie vice-chairman Ed Woodward said Moyes was "cut from the same cloth as the Old Trafford greats who go before him", now they are that much higher still.
  • (6) Manager Mike Scioscia may have one-time slugger Josh Hamilton back in time for the postseason, should he heal from rib inflammation ( if they even need him ); same goes for starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker, who has carried the team down the stretch and is recovering from a mild left rib-cage strain , not to mention his rookie hazing role as a Saudi oil tycoon.
  • (7) Even more so if "rookie" Hyun-jin Ryu doesn't get his act together tonight - the first Korean pitcher to start in the playoffs looked nothing like the impressive hurler he was in the regular season, getting hit hard by the Braves in the NLDS.
  • (8) Colorado’s MLS rookie of the year candidate, Dillon Powers, clashed heads nastily with Seattle’s Zach Scott and has been out since with concussion symptoms.
  • (9) So little, in fact, that the strategy implemented under Mayor Emanuel – sending extra officers (all rookies) to walk beats in the most violent areas – has not had the desired effect.
  • (10) The A’s pitcher Dallas Braden, then a rookie, certainly wasn’t happy with Rodriguez’ conduct – as you can see here.
  • (11) The World Cup winner and World Cup star respectively could not have taken kindly to being overlooked for a callow rookie.
  • (12) Faced with a rookie goalkeeper for the whole of the second half they barely tested his shot-saving ability.
  • (13) A get a rookie phenom on the bench in Xander Bogaerts just waiting to come in and turn the series on its head, piles of starting pitching, boatloads of bullpen talent, a Cardinals team capable of scoring in droves without hitting homers and a Boston lineup that bullied the AL all season long by racking up over 850 runs, even if they haven't scored many lately .
  • (14) Myers holds up at third and it looks a little bit like the rookie pitcher isn't as comfortable as he may have alluded to in his pre-game quote.
  • (15) In his rookie year with the Rangers, 2005, he went 1-7 with a 6.94 ERA.
  • (16) His backup, Daryl Richardson, is inactive, meaning that rookie Bennie Cunningham should see some action in relief of Stacy.
  • (17) Sir Alex Ferguson finds himself outdone by the rookie in the other dug-out but everyone else who has contended for prizes this season has suffered the same experience against Barcelona.
  • (18) I wrote about the wide-eyed optimism that rookie comedians come north with; the joy of spending time necking lager in the same drinking holes as your heroes; the elation of hearing the first laugh of the summer; the sadness of leaving your venue for the last time; the friends you make; the haunts you start to call your own; the feeling of finding your place in this mystical world; and the certainty that this is where you must be in August – that you must not go on a nice holiday or find paid work or attend a wedding or do up your chaotic flat instead.
  • (19) The rookie shortstop boots it, bobbles it, picks it up and fires home and nails Angel Pagan who is trying to trot home!
  • (20) A fine run by the rookie who will be feeling good after donating the Packers first seven points just minutes ago.

Tyro


Definition:

  • (n.) A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hence tyrO, tyrA, and aroF constitute an operon regulated by tyrR.
  • (2) When I first moved to Glasgow and was very much a tyro writer, I would occasionally wander off to Kelvingrove and potter.
  • (3) The radioligand [125I-Tyro]ovine CRF [( 125I] oCRF) was used to identify, characterize, and localize CRF receptors in a crude homogenate of mouse spleen.
  • (4) We have used PCR to identify 13 novel protein-tyrosine kinase genes (tyro-1 to -13), six of which (tyro-1 to -6) are preferentially expressed in the developing vertebrate nervous system.
  • (5) However, with 125I-Tyro-oCRF(34-41) as the radiolabeled ligand and Tyro-oCRF(34-41) as the standard, serial dilutions of CRF(1-41), CRF(36-41), and CRF(37-41) generated parallel displacement curves, and the molar cross-reactivities were 90%, 45% and 10% respectively.
  • (6) The rank order of potency of the unlabelled atrial natriuretic peptides for competing with specific 125I-ANF (101-126) binding sites was rANF (92-126) greater than rANF (101-126) greater than rANF (99-126) greater than rANF (103-126) greater than Tyro-Atriopeptin I greater than hANF (105-126) greater than rANF (1-126).
  • (7) In vitro receptor autoradiography, utilizing 125I-Tyro-ovine CRF, revealed correspondence between CRF binding sites and CRF-immunoreactive fibers in the cerebellar cortex.
  • (8) Rat, chick, and human CGRP and their synthetic analogues inhibited label binding in a dose-dependent manner with relative potencies as follows; chick greater than rat greater than human greater than [TyrO]rat CGRP.
  • (9) Yet the tyro managed to gather himself at two sets down, perhaps heeding the exhortations from his box to “Keep your head up Nick” (they might have omitted the up), and raced into a 3-0 lead in the third.
  • (10) 125I-Tyro rat CGRP binding sites were demonstrated throughout the rat central nervous system.
  • (11) But then Eriksen, the most understated of high-grade attacking midfielders, has always tended to operate by stealth, a gloriously talented 22-year-old who in his midweek post-training kit looks less like one of Europe's select band of tyro millionaire sportsmen and more like a trainee quantity surveyor just back from a lunchtime game of squash.
  • (12) Tyro-oCRF(34-41) was digested with trypsin and the reaction products were identified by amino acid analysis.
  • (13) The binding of 125I-[TyrO]rat CGRP to rat liver plasma membrane was time dependent, saturable and reversible.
  • (14) Rat CGRP and rat [Tyro]CGRP caused half-maximal effect at 2 nM, and were threefold more potent than human CGRP.
  • (15) In a pilot study, six postabsorptive young men received either 12- or 4-h infusions of [2H2]Phe and [1-13C]Tyr or [1-13C]Phe and [2H2]Tyro.
  • (16) The tyro-1 to -6 genes are all expressed during central nervous system neurogenesis and exhibit distinct and highly regionalized patterns of expression in the adult brain.
  • (17) Arya finally pitched up in Tywin Lannister's fastness, where she has become not just a poppet of a renegade tyro swordswoman but her dad's enemy's trainee cupbearer.
  • (18) The azide radical N3 reacts selectively with amino acids, in neutral solution preferentially with tryptophan (k (N3 + TrpH) = 4.1 X 10(9) dm3 mol(-1s-1) and in alkaline solution also with cysteine and tyrosine (k(N3 + CyS-) = 2.7 X 10(9) dm3 mol-1s-1) and k(N3 + TyrO-) equals 03.6 X 10(9) dm3 mol-1s-1).
  • (19) The nonhydrolyzable guanosine analogue guanosine 5'-(beta,gamma-imido)triphosphate was equipotent in causing a decrease in binding of 125I-[D-Tyro]NMB due to decreased receptor affinity in both cell types, without a change in receptor number, demonstrating that the NMB receptor remained coupled to a guanine nucleotide-binding protein in both native and transfected cells.
  • (20) In the present work, we have characterized by film radioautography the effects of divalent cations and guanine nucleotide on specific receptor for somatostatin (SRIF) using 125I-TyrO-DTrp8-SRIF14 (125I-ToD8-SRIF) as a ligand.