What's the difference between screwing and tightening?

Screwing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screw
  • () a. & n. from Screw, v. t.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Total excision and immediate reconstruction were done with alloplastic material fixated with microplates and screws.
  • (2) Two hundred and forty root canals of extracted single-rooted teeth were prepared to the same dimension, and Dentatus posts of equal size were cemented without screwing them into the dentine.
  • (3) The committee's findings include that the attacks were not extensively planned by the perpetrators; the intelligence community did a good job of warning about the risk of an attack but a bad job of summarizing the attack when it happened; the state department screwed up by not beefing up security at the mission; nobody blocked any military response; and that the Obama administration was slow to produce a paper trail but was generally not a sinister actor in the episode.
  • (4) The pedicle screw systems were always the most rigid.
  • (5) Closure is accomplished by suture of soft tissues and reattachment of the posterior trochanteric fragment with bone screws.
  • (6) Two of the 7 sets of iliosacral screws failed postoperatively (28%).
  • (7) An algorithm is implemented to determine the form and phase shift for inconsistent type II quadrupoles for any space group having glide or screw-axis translations which are not a consequence of lattice centering.
  • (8) It constitutes an alternative to Ender nailing, screw-plate, and nail-plate.
  • (9) Changes in radiostrontium clearance (SrC) and bone formation (tetracycline labeling) were observed in the femurs of skeletally mature dogs following the various operative steps involved in bone screw fixation.
  • (10) Several conventional internal fixation techniques and a three converging screw method were used.
  • (11) The criteria of failure of pedicular instrumentation or "death" of an implant were defined as 1) screw bending, 2) screw breakage, 3) infection, 4) loosening of implants, 5) any rod or plate hardware problems, or 6) removal of hardware due to a neurologic complication.
  • (12) Cadaver studies have been carried out and transpedicular screw position has been confirmed by computed tomography scan.
  • (13) In this study, we performed a series of in vitro tests to compare the breaking strength of plated bone analogues that used either unicortical or bicortical end screws.
  • (14) Successful treatment of scaphoid nonunions with screw fixation and cast-free after-treatment does not depend on the implant used but rather on careful case selection and precise surgical technique.
  • (15) The Herbert bone screw was initially developed for management of fractures of the carpal scaphoid.
  • (16) Plus, unlike planet-screwing fossil fuels, solar could actually be subsidy-free in a few years.
  • (17) The intensity-measuring device in both apparatuses has a mobile disk attached to a motionless axis by a spiral spring; the clamps have fixing screws in the butts of a spong.
  • (18) A variety of quality tests, of biomechanical screws, are used, before performing the operations, that flaws may be detected.
  • (19) Most fractures were fixed with interfragmentary screws and external fixators.
  • (20) To give variations in the peak flow-rate (from pulsatile to intermediate to non-pulsatile), three types of blood pump (piston-bellows, screw, and centrifugal) were applied to dogs.

Tightening


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tighten

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a clear water reservoir built in ready construction after a working-period of five months quite a lot of slime could be found on the expansion joint filled with tightening compound on the base of Thiokol.
  • (2) Under pressure from many backbenchers, he has tightened planning controls on windfarms and pledged to "roll back" green subsidies on bills, leading to fears of dwindling support for the renewables industry.
  • (3) Since then, Republican activists and enthusiasts have been energised and polls have tightened.
  • (4) With the City's regulatory framework being tightened by the coalition government, which is disbanding the FSA and handing control of bank oversight to the Bank of England , there is concern in London that the US politicians are being opportunistic.
  • (5) We need to stop making excuses for them: But it is up to the state to close the loopholes Yes, the state must work continually to tighten and simplify the tax regime, which is a deliberate mess keeping an entire industry of accounting firms and tax lawyers fed.
  • (6) A simplified procedure is described whereby tissue is removed via a posterior eyelid approach so that the eyelid may be tightened both horizontally and vertically, thus inverting the punctum and fixating it in the lacrimal lake.
  • (7) Increased slippage torques of approximately 100 per cent were noted in all interfaces at low values of tightening torque (6 and 8 N m) of the wing-nut clamp and improvements of not less than 50 per cent were obtained at higher tightening torques (10 and 12 N m) on the wing-nut clamp.
  • (8) After the 2009 shooting, the US military tightened security at bases nationwide.
  • (9) Several procedures have been developed to restore closure of the paralyzed upper eyelid (implantation of gold weights or open wire springs) or to correct lower lid lagophthalmos and ectropion (lower lid tightening with a Bick procedure or insertion of a closed eyelid spring).
  • (10) Otherwise, the United States will continue to work with allies and partners to tighten national and international sanctions to impede North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes."
  • (11) Tightening compounds which were used in the sphere of drinking-water led to a microbial settlement that differs in points of quantity and quality depending on the kind of material.
  • (12) As border security has been tightened in recent years, and the flow of migrant workers has declined, routes across the border have been controlled by violent drug cartels.
  • (13) Emanuel has received backing from establishment Democrats and business leaders who have praised his financial acumen, including attracting new businesses and budget tightening to attempt to close a roughly $300m operating deficit.
  • (14) Installation of an irrigation infusion in the postoperative period and well-tightened connections help avoid such complications as thrombus formation, bleeding or air embolism.
  • (15) | Hugh Muir Read more Wherever Labour people gather to discuss how to break out of the vice tightening around the party, answers fail amid sighs of utter despair.
  • (16) Labour sources said they also wanted to make sure that the legislation was tightened up so jobseekers' regular rights of appeal, separate to the court of appeal judgment, were not also trampled on by the new law.
  • (17) All of this has been accompanied by ideological tightening across academia, religion, even state media and officialdom itself: a sort of sterilisation of the environment.
  • (18) Plans to tighten regulation of Britain's main banks will also include "living wills", which the FSA said was moving ahead quickly.
  • (19) Tightening of clasps already in contact with a tooth frequently produces adverse changes.
  • (20) They are already under pressure from their regulator, the Financial Services Authority, to tighten their lending criteria.

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