What's the difference between room and ward?

Room


Definition:

  • (n.) Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.
  • (n.) A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
  • (n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
  • (n.) Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
  • (n.) Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
  • (v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.
  • (a.) Spacious; roomy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Which means Seattle can't give Jones room to make 13-yard catches as they just did.
  • (2) "Britain needs to be in the room when the euro countries meet," he said, "so that it can influence the argument and ensure that what the 17 do will not damage the market or British interests.
  • (3) In Essex, police are putting on extra patrols during and after England's first match and placing domestic violence intelligence teams in police control rooms.
  • (4) The standard varies from modest to lavish – choose carefully and you could be staying in an antique-filled room with your host's paintings on the walls, and breakfasting on the veranda of a tropical garden.
  • (5) Physicians working in the emergency room gained 14.7% during that time of day the PNP was present.
  • (6) Pharmaceutical services were provided from a large tent near the hospital, which consisted of an emergency treatment facility, two operating rooms, and a small medical-surgical ward.
  • (7) Of the other patients, four panicked with sodium lactate, none with 5% CO2, and one with room air hyperventilation.
  • (8) Photolysis of the photosystem I particles induces a progressive depletion of phylloquinone, however, photochemistry as assayed at room temperature by the photooxidation of P-700 is unaffected.
  • (9) The measurements were carried out in rooms of houses in Southern Germany with radon activity concentrations in the range of 150-900 Bqm-3.
  • (10) It will act as a further disincentive for women to seek help.” When Background Briefing visited Catherine Haven in February, the refuge looked deserted, and most of its rooms were empty, despite the town having one of the highest domestic violence rates in the state.
  • (11) With Air Sentinels in the bedroom and living room for airborne collections, and a Sample Vac for collections from living room carpet and bedroom mattress, immunochemical quantifications of each were made with various radiometric assays with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies.
  • (12) Will the rate of late (four to five years) wound infection after operations done in a clean-air enclosure be lower than that after procedures done in a "normal" operating-room environment using preoperative, operative, and postoperative antibiotics?
  • (13) By using an interactive computer program to assess knowledge of the American Cancer Society cancer screening guidelines in a group of 306 family physicians, we found that knowledge of this subject continues to leave room for improvement.
  • (14) It’s the same story over and over.” Children’s author Philip Ardagh , who told the room he once worked as an “unprofessional librarian” in Lewisham, said: “Closing down a library is like filing off the end of a swordfish’s nose: pointless.” 'Speak up before there's nothing left': authors rally for National Libraries Day Read more “Today proves that support for public libraries comes from all walks of life and it’s not rocket science to work out why.
  • (15) It closes from 1 May to 1 Nov. • Doubles from $105 room only, +52 755 553 2802, edenmex.com 9.
  • (16) I can't think of a single room in the building that isn't used."
  • (17) The article reflects the experience in the work of the manual therapy consulting-room at the Smela town hospital named after N. A. Semashko in Chernigov Province from November 1985 to December 1987 inclusive.
  • (18) This study investigates the photoneutron field found in medical accelerator rooms with primary barriers constructed of metal slabs plus concrete.
  • (19) 7 male and 39 female undergraduates were alternately assigned to rooms painted red or Baker-Miller Pink.
  • (20) George Osborne’s eighth budget is unlikely to be a radical affair , as the state of the public finances and the upcoming EU referendum limit the chancellor’s room for manoeuvre.

Ward


Definition:

  • (a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
  • (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
  • (n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, is guarded.
  • (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
  • (n.) A division of a county.
  • (n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
  • (n.) A division of a forest.
  • (n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
  • (n.) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
  • (n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
  • (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
  • (n.) To defend; to protect.
  • (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
  • (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
  • (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
  • (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
  • (2) A total of 1,268 patients admitted to hospital wards were kept under surveillance by one observer throughout their stay in hospital.
  • (3) We propose that the results mainly reflect a variable local impact of infection control and that a much more restrictive use of IUTCs is possible in many wards.
  • (4) Pharmaceutical services were provided from a large tent near the hospital, which consisted of an emergency treatment facility, two operating rooms, and a small medical-surgical ward.
  • (5) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
  • (6) Transfer between different hospital wards or death were variables found to increase the probability of error.
  • (7) This has shown that, in spite of higher dose rates in the corridor areas because of the use of an MDR system and the increase in interstitial techniques, the doses to ward nurses have been significantly reduced by encouraging staff to comply with the ALARA principle and the introduction of afterloading systems.
  • (8) Refractory ischemia developed in the remaining patients while on the ward or in the intensive care unit.
  • (9) Ethological methods were employed to gather normative data on social behavior in long stay male inpatients in the ward environment.
  • (10) They were subsequently admitted to a research ward, and 4 days later their BPs were measured at resting baseline and in response to a series of stressful tasks.
  • (11) The only thing Michael Fabricant could reasonably be vice-chairman of is the steering committee of Nurse Ratched 's ward fete.
  • (12) The winter vomiting bug norovirus, which also puts strain on the NHS every winter because it leads to wards having to close, has not yet become a major problem, the latest evidence indicates.
  • (13) The revelations did not alter the huge body of evidence from a variety of scientific fields that supports the conclusion that modern climate change is caused largely by human activity, Ward said.
  • (14) The kit was also used on the ward by junior medical staff, who showed that after minimal training reproducible serum C reactive protein results could be obtained.
  • (15) A Hospital Stress Rating Scale questionnaire of 40 items tested for reliability and validity was used to elicit responses from 100 patients from the medical and surgical wards of the selected health care institutions.
  • (16) In the present study, an attempt was made to isolate and identify pathogenic bacteria, fungi and parasites from the housefly Musca domestica collected in the surgical ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and also in a remote residential area located 5 km from the hospital.
  • (17) Many child analytic patients use defenses to ward off feelings, many have not even reached the developmental level of experiencing feelings.
  • (18) (4) Symptoms are exacerbated by a research ward that is disruptive to the community.
  • (19) We reviewed the routines for providing information on drugs, and for training in the use of drugs and aids to medication in hospital and nursing homes by interviewing 11 ward supervisors.
  • (20) You couldn’t walk into the ward in your own clothes.