What's the difference between rube and ruble?

Rube


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Only with follicular walls and capsules of corpora lutea was the step linear dose-response relationship similar to that shown by the uterine rube obtained by alternating current stimulation.
  • (2) The coin lesions of 361 patients who were at our diagnostic ward from 1968 to 1970 were defined according to Rube [1967].
  • (3) This conclusion, however, is opposite to that derived from experiments with partial neuromuscular blockade which demonstrated the importance of central command in determining the cardiovascular response to static exercise (Leonard, Mitchell, Mizuno, Rube, Saltin & Secher, 1985).
  • (4) In deciding not to hand control of his business to outside executives, Trump had created a “Rube Goldberg” device – an unnecessarily complicated machine for solving a simple problem – that was unlikely to serve its purpose, said Henning.
  • (5) From a total of 73 cultures isolated from glucose-1-phosphate roll rubes, only 15.1% were presumptively identified as Bacteroides species.
  • (6) That whole ‘trust me’ thing can be very debilitating, when you go, ‘I think I know how this can play.’ And also when you get a piece of material like [Gone Girl], it’s a lot of faith on the part of Ben Affleck to come in and go ‘Okay, I’m the rube.’” There’s no decision yet on his next feature.
  • (7) Small movies that will be great Listen up, you rubes.
  • (8) It’s some of the best stuff she’s done since the 2008 RNC (before she devolved into speeches composed of a miscellany of punchlines and red-meat-for-the-rubes bumper stickering).
  • (9) We felt part of the momentum, rather than a parasite or a rube.
  • (10) By bringing them face to face, Gibson was addressing the tendency of any given generation to assume that “the inhabitants of the past are hicks and rubes, and the inhabitants of the future are effete, overcomplicated beings with big brains and weak figures.

Ruble


Definition:

  • (n.) The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The ruble also hit its weakest level ever against the euro, at 50.03.
  • (2) Then, perhaps a couple of decades after the customs union is formed, its members consider creating a true monetary union with a common currency - the Eurasian ruble?
  • (3) Identification of a lesion in the lung, mediastinum or thoracic wall, whatever its nature, costed 18.8 rubles.
  • (4) 10.40am GMT Europe’s stock markets are a classic ‘sea of red’: Photograph: Thomson Reuters 10.35am GMT In Moscow, the ruble’s tumble to record lows against the US dollar and euro is clearly on display: A currency exchange office in downtown Moscow this morning.
  • (5) He may find himself with asset freezes, on Russian business, American business may pull back, there may be a further tumble of the ruble.” Claiming Moscow was already isolated in the face of united condemnation from western allies, Kerry told ABC’s This Week that Putin was inviting “very serious repercussions” such as visa bans and asset freezes for Russian leaders and even economic sanctions.
  • (6) It recently transpired that he will spend 15 million rubles (£155,000) on a new football pitch in Nizhny Tagil, where he plans to open a football school.
  • (7) In 1981-1987, 595 outpatient cases of cancer of various sites underwent radiotherapy at the Regional Oncological Dispensary, Chelyabinsk, which saved 317181.25 rubles.
  • (8) A 2012 report by the government's audit chamber found about 15bn rubles (about £260m) in "unreasonable" cost overruns in the preparations for the Sochi Olympics.
  • (9) He may find himself with asset freezes, on Russian business, American business may pull back, there may be a further tumble of the ruble.” The Obama administration is also working with the European Union and International Monetary Fund to fast-track a package of financial aid and loans, in order to shore-up Ukraine’s economy.
  • (10) The Bok o Bok festival won an appeal last month against a 400,000 rubles (almost £8,000) fine imposed on it after being named a "foreign agent" (ie, in receipt of funding from overseas) by authorities.
  • (11) Also on Wednesday, the Duma gave initial approval to a new libel law that would introduce fines of up to 500,000 rubles (£9,850) and sentences of up to five years in prison.
  • (12) Enzymic therapy helped reduce the length of inpatient therapy of a patient by 5.93 days on an average in cases with orchidoepididymitis and by 14.64 days in gonorrhea relapses, with the economic effect per worker being 131.4 and 307.2 rubles, respectively.
  • (13) Taking into account these data on approximate value for the whole country will amount to no less than 3.4 billion rubles.
  • (14) Five Russian cinema chains have been fined a total of more than 4m rubles (£68,000) for showing Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street in apparent contravention of laws banning the promotion of illegal drugs.
  • (15) In the first three months of 2014, the ruble lost 9 percent against the dollar, making imports more expensive, while spooked investors pulled about $70 billion out of the country more than in all of 2013.
  • (16) This has prompted a downgrade of Russian debt by international credit rating agencies and a slide in the ruble, but to be effective the economic warfare needs support from larger trading partners in Europe and Asia.
  • (17) A Russian film festival that mounts screenings and discussions relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues has been fined 500,000 rubles (almost £10,000) and named as a "foreign agent" by authorities .
  • (18) Hospital stays related to early or late complications also amounted to 32,723 bed days at a cost of total postabortal complications of 1,839,230 rubles.
  • (19) Russian law was recently changed regarding public gatherings to dramatically raise the fine for taking part in an unauthorised protest to 300,000 rubles (£6,000).
  • (20) It increases fines for individual participants 150 times to 300,000 rubles (£6,000) and for organisers to 1 million rubles.

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