What's the difference between scoot and scout?

Scoot


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The resulting corner is dealt with easily by Real, who scoot upfield through Di Maria.
  • (2) During catalysis in the scooting mode the enzyme does not leave the surface of the vesicle to which it is bound.
  • (3) Similarly, anomalous kinetic effects of the thermotropic gel-fluid phase transition or of a change in the general disorder of the bilayer organization (fluidity) has a minor effect on the kinetics of hydrolysis in the scooting mode.
  • (4) Updated at 4.44pm BST 4.39pm BST Second set: Djokovic 4-6, 4-2 Nadal* (*denotes server) After much head-shaking, Djokovic nails a forehand, before drawing Nadal to the net with a drop-shot, Nadal scooting to the backhand wing and force-scooping a winner crosscourt.
  • (5) I'm going to scoot off now -- my colleague Nick Fletcher will see you home :).
  • (6) 27 min: Park Chung-yong attempts to break down the right, but falls over just as he's nearly scooting past Fucile.
  • (7) Its occurrence is most probably related to the new "scoot foot" or "sitting back" technique in downhill skiing.
  • (8) It was shown that the hydrolysis of these mixed lipid vesicles occurs in the scooting mode in which the enzyme remains tightly bound to the interface and only the substrate molecules present on the outer monolayer of the target vesicle became hydrolyzed Thus the phenomenon of scooting mode hydrolysis was not restricted to the action of PLA2 on vesicles of pure anionic phospholipids, but it was also observed with vesicles of zwitterionic lipids as long as a critical amount of anionic compound was present.
  • (9) I hire a bike and scoot around the city as if I live there.
  • (10) A keen skier, the president attended its 2006 launch, where he was filmed scooting along the snow.
  • (11) The kinetic data of P. glumae lipase have been analyzed in terms of the scooting and hopping models for the action of lipolytic enzymes [Upreti, G.C., & Jain, M.K.
  • (12) Interfacial catalysis in the scooting mode with a high processivity occurs on vesicles of anionic phospholipids, and under these conditions the dynamics and order of the substrate in the interface influences the catalytic turnover only moderately, i.e., about 2- to 10-fold.
  • (13) The couple seemed to enjoy their scoot around the show, with the Queen asking what one work by the New York collective Bernadette Corporation was.
  • (14) Furthermore, relative to native enzymes, manoalogue-modified enzymes retained significantly higher catalytic activities when acting on water-soluble substrates than when acting on vesicles in the scooting mode.
  • (15) The interfacial turnover rate constant for scooting kinetics, ki, for the various phospholipids were from less than 0.1 to 1 per min.
  • (16) Messi skidaddles down the middle, shifts the ball a tad left to scoot past Schweinsteiger, and Lampards it at goal.
  • (17) This rigorous description of interfacial catalysis was made experimentally possible by examining the action of PLA2 in the scooting mode under conditions of at most one enzyme per vesicle, where it hydrolyzed all of the substrate in the outer monolayer of vesicles without leaving the surface.
  • (18) This difficulty can be overcome by monitoring interfacial catalysis in the scooting mode where the enzyme does not leave the interface.
  • (19) Then scoot over for a look at the many marvellous recipes in his New Vegetarian column .
  • (20) Acta 860, 435-447), hydrolysis of anionic vesicles occurs by interfacial catalysis in the scooting mode, i.e., the catalytic turnover is fast relative to the off-rate of the enzyme from the interface.

Scout


Definition:

  • (n.) A swift sailing boat.
  • (n.) A projecting rock.
  • (v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
  • (n.) A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
  • (n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
  • (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
  • (n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
  • (v. t.) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
  • (v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
  • (v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If Carlsberg made adverts for football scouts ... Scott Murray Martial, who could potentially cost Manchester United £58.8m, had quite a bit to prove.
  • (2) Arnesen then compounded his problems by connecting sackings of his own scouting staff to Abramovich's recent financial losses - angering the Russian billionaire.
  • (3) Newspaper editors and TV bosses want to hear that their scouts have seen "must see" shows, when in fact having seen things everyone else has seen, when there are over 2,000 different shows daily, should be a sackable offence.
  • (4) It was pored over by line producers, prop masters, location scouts, production designers, scenic designers, costume designers, directors, assistant directors, second assistant directors, and second second assistant directors – at each step becoming more real, as if emerging from the shimmer of some distant desert horizon.
  • (5) It is hard to imagine any form of drafting that would not criminalise any contemporary form of the Kinder Scout trespass, or direct action protest occupations.
  • (6) As a scout, it’s my job to find the real-world locations that best match the director’s vision of New York.
  • (7) We are seeing a significant rise in the number of referrals each month from the Goddard inquiry, and these allegations relate to abuse in a range of institutions from the church, to schools, the scouts and hospitals.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Simon Bailey, head of the coordinating unit Operation Hydrant.
  • (8) Already the scouts are searching for the next school: C4 wants another series next year.
  • (9) The soldiers in the undated video, which was posted anonymously on the web, appear to be members of Scout Sniper Team 4, a US marine unit based in North Carolina that served in Afghanistan until last autumn.
  • (10) A Czech Scout has been praised after she confronted a neo-Nazi at a rally in Brno.
  • (11) Chelsea sent one and Leicester scouts also became regulars at the Luminus Arena.
  • (12) Beckham scouted locations for a new stadium in Miami last week and is looking for investors.
  • (13) Confessions of a location scout: why the New York beloved of the movies doesn't exist any more Read more Meanwhile, those apartment and condo owners who are full-time residents routinely join landlords in jacking up commercial rents, driving out beloved small businesses and neighbourhood eateries, and reducing the cityscape to a monoculture of faceless chain stores, nail salons, bank branches and overpriced restaurants.
  • (14) Fans were sceptical of the abilities of Martin Ferguson, Sir Alex's younger brother, who became Manchester United's chief European scout.
  • (15) The location and plane direction of the scan were guided by findings on initial coronary MR scout scans and by a review of the angiograms.
  • (16) He began to take part in the school's Duke of Edinburgh scheme, and joined a number of clubs, such as drama, chemistry and chess as well as the Scouts.
  • (17) She was either scouted for this year’s X Factor or turned up of her own accord – either way she didn’t make it through.
  • (18) It will be difficult, but you don’t know in time.” He continued: “Iain was brought in to do a job to recruit and scout players, and Iain was experienced at that job.
  • (19) When I came here, our scouts showed me some footage of a very skilled player from Red Star Belgrade.
  • (20) It’s window dressing,” said Harry Hughes, who said he had just returned from the field, monitoring cartel scouts.

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