What's the difference between sane and wane?

Sane


Definition:

  • (a.) Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.
  • (a.) Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Earlier this week, Izvestia reported that Yaroshenko had written to Trump, complaining of poor health and saying that Trump’s intervention in the case would offer his “last chance to return to Russia as a sane person.” If the two leaders do delve into more geopolitical questions, Putin will probably try to focus on issues on which Washington lawmakers could more conceivably cooperate.
  • (2) Is there a difference between a person who is sane and that person when he is, in some way, mad?
  • (3) Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: "[Zeta-Jones's announcement] will have a huge impact on [people] recognising mental illness is a condition that everyone can suffer from.
  • (4) Kudos to Louise Byrne for her matter of fact courage #qanda @SANEAustralia October 6, 2014 Anthony Herbert (@AnthonyHerbert9) Deal with fear, maintain hope and believe people - Louise Byrne #qanda October 6, 2014 • Readers seeking support and information about suicide prevention can contact Lifeline 13 11 14 or Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467 • Sane Australia Helpline 1800 18 SANE (7263)
  • (5) "There are times," Cohn wrote, "when this underworld emerges from the depths and suddenly fascinates, captures and dominates multitudes of usually sane and responsible people who thereupon take leave of sanity and responsibility.
  • (6) USA 88, 5847-5851; Donoghue, M. J., Alvarez, J. D., Merlie, J. P. and Sanes, J. R. (1991).
  • (7) But since then it has gone ballistic, to the point where apparently sane men in suits, or at any rate employees of Goldman Sachs, say it is worth $50bn.
  • (8) Suicide prevention services, however, do not provide for suicide as a sane, honorable choice in such circumstances.
  • (9) And it's that magnificent compulsion that means we need to have a sane conversation about how to set limits for ourselves on another wonderful pleasure that has no natural limits.
  • (10) A divided empire: what the urban-rural split means for the future of America Read more “I hope Trump puts sane people in charge of this and says maybe they can stay on an individual basis.
  • (11) Other signatories include St John Ambulance, Volunteering Australia, Youth Off the Streets, Drug Arm, Sane Australia, the Myer Family Company, Hillsong Church, and the Australian Council of Social Service.
  • (12) That is a risk any sane person would seek to drastically reduce."
  • (13) "With the best engineers in the world, and the crew varying between the intensely respectable and the barely sane, ready to scorn any disaster, unless of Titanic scale."
  • (14) But the only sane response is total scepticism of the motives of those seeking to make us afraid.
  • (15) (Incidentally, this is hardly my area of expertise, but I fail to comprehend why any sane 21st-century human would refuse an epidural.
  • (16) For one thing, in a sane market, such double-digit rises for so long are not sustainable .
  • (17) Yet it wasn’t until my retirement that I had the time or the resources to fulfil some of the dreams and ambitions that had fuelled my imagination and kept me sane during my working life.
  • (18) Balmain’s collection had an Aladdin Sane jumpsuit, while Walter Van Beirendonck had a blazer adorned with a clever Aladdin Sane diagonal flash across the lapels, and Dries Van Noten and Alber Elbaz ’s autumn menswear shows both heavily referenced the Thin White Duke.
  • (19) I still find that the conversations I have with chefs are some of the most sane you'll ever have.
  • (20) I had dinner with him the first day he arrived in New York and he said to me his sister was in an asylum and she was the sane one in the family.

Wane


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
  • (v. i.) To decline; to fail; to sink.
  • (v. t.) To cause to decrease.
  • (n.) The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
  • (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
  • (n.) An inequality in a board.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These were not observed in area 5, although here the distribution of callosal neurons waxed and waned in the tangential cortical plane.
  • (2) Follow-up results from 10 controlled trials are consistent with waning of BCG protective efficacy with time since vaccination.
  • (3) Pharmacists are criticized for a failing sense of mission and a waning dependence on knowledge.
  • (4) The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic shows no sign of waning.
  • (5) Ferguson’s influence at Old Trafford has clearly waned since the Moyes appointment but, notably, there is no admission on his part that he chose the wrong man, insisting that the club followed a rigorous and methodical selection process.
  • (6) The wane in US power over the country it invaded eight years ago, coupled with a return to political prominence for Sadrists, seems to have been enough to lure Sadr back to Najaf, which he fled in 2004 after it was surrounded by US troops.
  • (7) Pretreatment with cyclophosphamide caused a delay in the development and waning of reactivity.
  • (8) Since then of course his popularity has waned, his net satisfaction rating is now negative.” The latest Newspoll has Labor ahead by two percentage points in two-party preferred terms (49% to 51%).
  • (9) It is suggested that the response of prenatally stimulated animals had waned before birth.
  • (10) After rising employment has failed to lift output as far as hoped, this reflects waning hopes about the potential of the UK economy once restored to full pelt.
  • (11) IL-2 production in soluble egg Ag-stimulated spleen cells of mice was detectable at 6, peaked at 8 and waned by 20 wk of the infection.
  • (12) High concentrations of cobratoxin depressed indirect twitches and endplate potentials (e.p.ps) without inducing waning of contractilities or run-down of trains of e.p.ps evoked at 10-100 Hz.
  • (13) The level of antigranulocyte antibody in the serum often begins to wane prior to improvement in the ANC and can give an indication of when recovery will begin to occur.
  • (14) We have already seen in this World Cup that European powers are on the wane.
  • (15) The effect began to appear in about 20 min after administration, the peak effect was attained in 120 min and later on this waned off completely by 24 h. The effect was similar in young (15 days) and in adult (70 days) rats.
  • (16) It is provisionally suggested that enhancement of the perseveration represents an innate response to stressful stimuli, but as animals learn mastery over the response contingencies, the persistence in adopting such a response strategy wanes.
  • (17) The placebo effect gradually waned, but the response to the active combination was maintained for the duration of the study.
  • (18) Other evidence is provided by the waning and waxing of gastritis, which has been correlated in several studies with clearance followed by recrudescence of the organisms.
  • (19) Yet Spurs' interest in Van Gaal has not waned even in light of Sherwood's impressive impact in his first senior management role.
  • (20) There have been suggestions in recent weeks that the US support for the Syrian non-extremist opposition is waning, and the US has reluctantly concluded that unwavering Russian support for Assad means the only way to oust Isis is by making cause with Russia and Assad.