What's the difference between rut and track?

Rut


Definition:

  • (n.) Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
  • (n.) Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
  • (v. i.) To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
  • (v. t.) To cover in copulation.
  • (n.) A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
  • (v. t.) To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our results were compared with those obtained with other therapeutical options, and it was demonstrated that prostatectomy (both retropubic and RUT) are, clinically and urodynamically, the most effective procedure in the treatment of obstructive prostate hypertrophy.
  • (2) Labour is in danger of being left behind, of becoming stuck in an anti-pluralist rut.
  • (3) Here are our tips for breaking out of the rut: Find a mentor Is there a female leader in your organisation you admire?
  • (4) The higher producer strain T. reesei RUT C-30 exhibited a higher conidial level of CBH II than T. reesei QM 9414.
  • (5) Perhaps that was the break that Swansea so badly needed to get them out of their rut.
  • (6) The results provide direct evidence for a primary binding contact between Rho protein and the rut segment of cro RNA and demonstrate that this binding contact remains stable when the cro RNA is serving as a cofactor for ATP hydrolysis, an observation that is consistent with a mechanism in which Rho maintains contact with the rut region while it makes additional interactions with RNA that are coupled to ATP hydrolysis.
  • (7) The subsequent post-rut profiles of treated bucks were characterized by lower basal plasma LH concentrations, and reduced frequency and amplitude of plasma testosterone surges.
  • (8) The results provide evidence for altered plasticity of synaptic morphology in memory mutants dnc and rut and suggest a role of cAMP cascade in mediating activity-dependent synaptic plasticity.
  • (9) We have to stick together and keep believing we are good enough to get ourselves out of this rut that we’ve been in.
  • (10) Elevated concentrations of SUN in adult males killed in December were attributed to an increased catabolism of muscle protein caused by low dietary intake and high energy requirements during the rut.
  • (11) The extreme increase in size of certain muscles in the neck in connection with the rutting season (e.g.
  • (12) H. pylori positivity or negativity was defined as the concordance of two of the following tests: RUT, microbiologic culture, and histologic examination on bioptic samples.
  • (13) Acetylcholinesterase (ACE) activity was studied by the Karnovsky-Ruts method from the 5th to the 30th day in the brain of young rats born to chronically alcoholized animals receiving ethanol for 3 to 5 months prior to conception as well as during pregnancy and breast feeding.
  • (14) Park at the main overlook at Goosenecks and hike south and west along the old, increasingly rutted road for about a mile out to the tip of the mesa.
  • (15) In prostaglandin-treated animals, progesterone concentration was high at the time of the rut and remained so until late February 1990.
  • (16) The Guardian’s Michael Billington said it offered “a rutting rake’s modern progress” but it lacked the “subversiveness” of Molière’s original.
  • (17) We show, using a filter retention assay technique, that rho protein binds with about 10-fold lower affinity to variants of cro RNA lacking both parts of rut or to normal cro RNA having one or the other part of rut bound to a complementary DNA oligonucleotide than it binds to unmodified cro RNA.
  • (18) The predictivity value of combined RUT and nodular antritis, whether positive or negative, was 100%.
  • (19) Undeniably one of the best roads in a part of the world where rutted single-lane highways still link many major cities, it joins the international airport with Colombo, the political and commercial capital.
  • (20) For supporters, high-speed rail is the solution to California's future transportation needs, when the state's already jammed, rutted highways and busy airports won't be enough for a population expected to hit 46 million by 2035.

Track


Definition:

  • (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
  • (n.) A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
  • (n.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
  • (n.) A road; a beaten path.
  • (n.) Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
  • (n.) A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
  • (n.) The permanent way; the rails.
  • (n.) A tract or area, as of land.
  • (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.
  • (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lucy and Ed will combine coverage of hard and breaking news with a commitment to investigative journalism, which their track record so clearly demonstrates”.
  • (2) DATA Modern football data analysis has its origins in a video-based system that used computer vision algorithms to automatically track players.
  • (3) The company said it was on track to meet forecasts for annual profit of about £110m.
  • (4) Liu was a driving force behind the modernisation of China's rail system, a project that included building 10,000 miles of high-speed rail track by 2020 – with a budget of £170bn, one of the most expensive engineering feats in recent history.
  • (5) Tracks were almost exclusively written on tour, including this jolting number, with an additional four tracks recorded in the studio.
  • (6) Both microcomputer use and tracking patient care experience are technical skills similar to learning any medical procedure with which physicians are already familiar.
  • (7) Nevertheless, Richard Bacon MP, a member of the Public Accounts Committee, who has tirelessly tracked failings in NHS IT, said last night: "I think the chances that Lorenzo will be turned into a credible and popular product are vanishingly small.
  • (8) Gerhard Schröder , Merkel’s immediate predecessor, had pushed through parliament a radical reform agenda to get the country’s spluttering economy back on track.
  • (9) That would be the first step towards banning Russia’s track team from next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
  • (10) Piedmont’s research, which was conducted among 3,000 filmgoers and weighted to the demographics of the cinemagoing public, is not the same as the Hollywood tracking system, which delivers predictions of box-office success.
  • (11) Only two of the 31 commandos escaped; the rest were tracked down and killed.
  • (12) Latencies were increased two- to threefold, and tracking was more variable.
  • (13) However, clemastine caused a decay in subjects' performance in both Experiments I and II, but only on the tracking task.
  • (14) Burns has a successful track record of opposing fees.
  • (15) The workforce has changed dramatically since 1900 – just 29,000 Americans today work in fishing and the number of job titles tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has grown to almost 600 – everything from “animal trainers” to “wind turbine service technicians” (and there are even more sub categories).
  • (16) The fact that we’re tracking towards the hottest year on record should send chills through anyone who says they care about climate change – especially negotiators at the UN climate talks here in Lima,” said Samantha Smith, who heads WWF’s climate and energy initiative.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Beyoncé’s last album was an iTunes exclusive, with videos for every track.
  • (18) Cameras have been set up by the zoo to track his movements and footpaths in the area closed by the county council.
  • (19) Comparison of these tracks and the Hadar hominid foot fossils by Tuttle has led him to conclude that Australopithecus afarensis did not make the Tanzanian prints and that a more derived form of hominid is therefore indicated at Laetoli.
  • (20) 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.

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