What's the difference between saber and sober?

Saber


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Sabre
  • (v. t.) Alt. of Sabre

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Si quieres saber más sobre como contribuir en las redes sociales, lee esto .
  • (2) Of the 60 patients with the saber-sheath configuration, 57 (95%) had clinical evidence of COPD compared to only 18% in the control group.
  • (3) Our two cases are evidence in support of a close relationship between saber injury-like scleroderma and the Parry-Romberg syndrome.
  • (4) Saber's account sparked fears that he had either been threatened into silence, or paid off.
  • (5) There’s a hint of panic in this piece that tries to make sense of Michael Flynn’s saber-rattling at the Islamic republic.
  • (6) Saber's words were also contradicted by some members of his own family.
  • (7) This agreement will have to be enforced vigorously, relentlessly.” In a statement later on Tuesday, the former secretary of state offered her endorsement: “I support the agreement because it can help us prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.” Clinton’s main rival for the Democratic ticket, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, was far less calibrated, declaring the deal “a victory for diplomacy over saber-rattling [that] could keep the United States from being drawn into another never-ending war in the Middle East”.
  • (8) Epithelium and mesenchyme of maxillary processes of chick embryos were separated by a variety of protocols, including those employed in a prior study (Saber et al: Anat.
  • (9) Bishop was one of four candidates bidding for the position but lost out to Saber Chowdhury, a Bangladesh MP and former political prisoner.
  • (10) Yet in a bizarre twist, Saber later claimed in an interview from a police hospital that the police had in fact saved him from thieving protesters.
  • (11) Compartmental models were constructed for both the in situ and isolated neurons, using SABER, a general-purpose simulation program.
  • (12) The pathogenesis may be varied with different types of collapse of the airway, including the saber sheath type and the crescent type.
  • (13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph by Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer Rafael Barros da Silva, 13, pupil at Saber Viver football school, Recife.
  • (14) Bishop threw her hat in the ring for the presidency in July 2014, but lost out to Bangladeshi candidate Saber Hossain Chowdhury, who was elected for a three-year term on October 16.
  • (15) The second patient was a girl who presented with localized scleroderma resembling a saber injury, homolateral cerebral atrophy and contralateral hemiparesis.
  • (16) In announcing an investigation into the beating of Saber, Morsi's office made clear he was still pointing the blame at the political opponents who have encouraged protests.
  • (17) "Private media is the chief impediment to the conclusion of the Islamist project as it intentionally smears our image," explained Gamal Saber, a supporter of the Salafi preacher Hazem Abu Ismail.
  • (18) Comparison of fossil-derived DNA sequences to homologous regions in 15 living carnivorous species, including 9 species of Felidae and 6 nonfelids, affirmed the phylogenetic placement of Smilodon within the modern radiation of Felidae distinct from the Miocene paleofelid (Nimravidae) saber-toothed "cat" species.
  • (19) The spinal alterations in the saber-toothed cat, which previously were believed to be caused primarily by trauma, showed characteristics of three major pathologic processes: trauma, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, and inflammatory disease of a type similar to ankylosing spondylitis.
  • (20) A case of Saber-sheath type tracheo-bronchomalacia complicating bronchial asthma was treated by external fixation of Marlex mesh, and good results were obtained.

Sober


Definition:

  • (superl.) Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
  • (superl.) Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
  • (superl.) Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
  • (superl.) Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
  • (superl.) Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
  • (v. t.) To make sober.
  • (v. i.) To become sober; -- often with down.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It's typically sober and elegant, and Cotillard excels in a nervy, vulnerable role.
  • (2) Read Rachel’s full story Facebook Twitter Pinterest Chris Owen: ‘I’ve been sober for six years now, and I don’t miss alcohol.’ Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian I spent my 20s playing Russian roulette with alcohol The NHS has been there time and time again for Chris Owen, who battled alcoholism throughout his 20s.
  • (3) Anthony Wells, director of YouGov’s political and social research team, said: “While there will be speculation about whether this movement is connected to the tragic death of Jo Cox, we do not think that it is... We are now in the final week of the referendum campaign and the swing back towards the status quo appears to be in full force.” EU referendum voters unconvinced by scare tactics: ‘I just want to do what’s right’ Read more Today, both sides will resume their battle to capture the votes of the undecided and to persuade people to switch sides, though both the Leave and Remain camps say that the manner of their campaigning will be more sober and less combative.
  • (4) Previous research has found a relationship between increased quantity of alcohol usually consumed per drinking occasion and decreased sober cognitive performance.
  • (5) "Yet the sobering fact remains that a transition to a low-carbon, inclusive green economy is happening far too slowly and the opportunity for meeting the 44 gigatonne target is narrowing annually," Steiner said.
  • (6) The haemostatic imbalance normalizes within two or three weeks of soberness while the immune system requires about two months to recover.
  • (7) Chambers claims she became extremely intoxicated while her ex-boyfriend remained much more sober, and says she has no memory of him having sex with her that night.
  • (8) Therefore, the presence of pulmonary emboli in association with sagittal sinus thrombosis mandates a sober assessment of the need of anticoagulation therapy in the absence of obvious contraindication.
  • (9) Mutual intoxication was a feature in 44% of the cases and in 34% both participants were sober.
  • (10) Impulsive and bonhomous, Saakashvili, meanwhile, is clearly the temperamental opposite of Putin, the sober and clinical former KGB colonel.
  • (11) Barton rubs Old Firm up the wrong way Joey Barton apologises ‘unreservedly’ after being sent home by Rangers Read more The phrase “Joey Barton Twitter storm” is pretty much a tautology, so it was no surprise that his decision to sign for Rangers in May had social media in a kerfuffle when his 2012 tweet – “I am a Celtic fan” – was dredged up so that it might be subject to calm and sober scrutiny from all concerned.
  • (12) And yet here I am today, a sober, emancipated, successful and happy woman.
  • (13) After all, on any sober calculation of relative sins, HSBC's dealings with Mexican drug bandits were surely several leagues more serious than other banks' Libor-rigging scandals.
  • (14) In the swinging 1960s, Peck's sober style seemed a little out of place, though he appeared in a couple of flashy Hitchcockian thrillers, Mirage (1965) and Arabesque (1966), and adapted to the new Hollywood as best he could, looking rather bothered as the father of a demon in The Omen (1976).
  • (15) Alcoholics reported more anger and aggression when drinking than when sober and this effect was greatest among individuals with a history of childhood aggression.
  • (16) She observed soberly that "the moment human beings lacked their own government and had to fall back upon their minimum rights, no authority was left to protect them and no institution was willing to guarantee them … Loss of national rights was identical with loss of human rights … The rights of man, supposedly inalienable, proved to be unenforceable … whenever people appeared who were no longer citizens of any sovereign state."
  • (17) It's not the most groundbreaking piece of research, but I did find it both instructive and sobering.
  • (18) In a year that will be punctuated by sober reflection and a series of commemorative occasions, it is tempting to assume a certain inevitability to events, especially when looking at them through the prism of hindsight.
  • (19) Even in alcoholics who have been sober for a long time, increased cardiac output is very common and these changes are similar to those seen in some patients with labile hypertension.
  • (20) He was a vegan, sober, nonsexual God-botherer partying in the blood-soaked Meatpacking District with the sex-and-druggers.

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