What's the difference between settled and vested?

Settled


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Settle

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We found that when neutrophils were allowed to settle into protein-coated surfaces the amount of O2- they generated varied with the nature of the protein: IgG greater than bovine serum albumin greater than plastic greater than gelatin greater than serum greater than collagen.
  • (2) To settle the case, Apple and the four publishers offered a range of commitments to the commission that will include the termination of current agency agreements, and, for two years, giving ebook retailers the freedom to set their own prices for ebooks.
  • (3) Her speech suggested the kind of Republican who would truly "raise the conversation", and if it seems like settling to want an opposition party to simply not be so utterly vindictive, well, yes, I will settle for that.
  • (4) Twellman has steadily grown in confidence as he settles into his role, though whether as a player or as an advocate he was never shy about voicing his opinions.
  • (5) This causes a time lag, with money continuing to be taken until the SLC is made aware that the debt has been settled.
  • (6) The flattening of neutrophils occurred soon after settling, and was not followed by extension.
  • (7) Everton ended with 10 men after Seamus Coleman limped off with all three substitutes deployed but there was no late flourish from a visiting team who, with Fernando replacing Kevin De Bruyne after the Irish defender’s departure, appeared content to settle for 1-2.
  • (8) The issue of a beneficial effect of calcium channel blockers on human coronary atherosclerosis is however not yet settled.
  • (9) After the action-packed opening two innings the Cardinals, and particularly Wainwright, settled and the runs dried up.
  • (10) The ACT’s opposition leader, Jeremy Hanson, said during Tuesday’s debate that the uncertainty surrounding the new same-sex marriage regime created significant problems for couples, and he suggested the territory could be liable to compensation if it pushed ahead of the tolerance of the commonwealth, rather than waiting for the legalities to be settled.
  • (11) The angiographic aspect settle them to established correlation between functional and non functional tumors: the formers characteristic "blush", agreeding in fact with the initial phase of the growth, increase in a monstruous "pseudoangiomatous" aspect in the laters.
  • (12) Labor’s left faction is yet to settle its position on the politically controversial issue of turning back asylum-seeker boats , ahead of the party’s national conference at the end of the month.
  • (13) This might be because they have not been paid and are motivated by a desire to loot, as well as to settle old and new scores with the opposing force.
  • (14) Once they are settled and their roots are heading down to more secure sources of water, ease back.
  • (15) The starting premise of the remain campaign was that elections in Britain are settled in a centre-ground defined by aversion to economic risk and swung by a core of liberal middle-class voters who are allergic to radical lurches towards political uncertainty.
  • (16) Plasma HPL settled at a constant level during the last few weeks before labor.
  • (17) Mistakes in maternity care account for a third of the £1bn a year the NHS has to spend settling medical negligence claims.
  • (18) In 1995 8,000 people whose lives were ruined by the Montserrat volcano settled in Britain.
  • (19) According to spokesman Vladimir Markin, the murder was either a set-up by the opposition to use Nemtsov as a “sacrificial victim”, a personal issue, a settling of scores between radical groups fighting on either side of the Ukraine conflict, or an act of Islamic terrorism.
  • (20) Okay, that number 8 ranking isn’t incredibly impressive but it’s much better than, say, settling for a NIT bid and then (hilariously) losing in the first round .

Vested


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Vest
  • (a.) Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
  • (a.) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.
  • (2) Cabrera, wearing a bulletproof vest, was paraded before the news media in what has become a common practice for law enforcement authorities following major arrests.
  • (3) The people who will lose are not the commercial interests, and people with particular vested interests, it’s the people who pay for us, people who love us, the 97% of people who use us each week, there are 46 million people who use us every day.” Hall refused to be drawn on what BBC services would be cut as a result of the funding deal which will result in at least a 10% real terms cut in the BBC’s funding.
  • (4) Endurance times with the vest were 300 min (175 W) and 242-300 min (315 W).
  • (5) First, there are major vested interests, such as large corporations, foreign billionaires and libel lawyers, who will attempt to scupper reform.
  • (6) His consecration took place at an ice hockey stadium in Durham, New Hampshire, and he wore a bulletproof vest under his gold vestments because he had received death threats.
  • (7) Neither SCV nor the vest techniques of CPR appear better for survival or neurologic outcome than standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed with the Thumper.
  • (8) Management intervention was identified as the cause of deterioration in four of 134 patients undergoing operative intervention, in three of 60 with skeletal traction application, in two of 68 with halo vest application, in two of 56 undergoing Stryker frame rotation, and in one of 57 undergoing rotobed rotation.
  • (9) We’re not part of the vested interests and we’ll never be part of the vested interests.
  • (10) Labour too had "sort of fallen to their knees obsequiously towards very powerful vested interests in the media", he said.
  • (11) At 175 W, subjects maintained a constant body temperature; at 315 W, the vest's ability to extend endurance is limited to about 5 hours.
  • (12) VEST-monitoring proved to be a reliable method that gave reproducible results: changes of ejection (EF) in basal conditions were lower than 5% in 95% of the patients.
  • (13) Mahmood had a vested interest in the prosecution against Contostavlos not collapsing due to any unfair entrapment by him, jurors were told.
  • (14) Treating voters like idiots doesn't often work – so the posters with a picture of a sick baby, saying, "She needs a new cardiac facility not an alternative voting system", or of the soldier, reading, "He needs bulletproof vests, not an alternative voting system", must surely be an insult too far to the public's intelligence.
  • (15) Vast discretion vested in NSA analysts The vast amount of discretion vested in NSA analysts is also demonstrated by the training and briefings given to them by the agency.
  • (16) A truly expert contracting group must be created that would be powerful enough to challenge departmental vested interests.
  • (17) (b) Positioning of patients for operation, including those with a halo vest, is efficiently carried out with safety and ease.
  • (18) Skull traction and a halo-vest were intermediate in patients with loss of motion, and the degree of loss of range was essentially equal.
  • (19) Jasmin Lorch, from the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies in Hamburg, said: “If the military gets the feeling that its vested interests are threatened, it can always act as a veto player and block further reforms.” The New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch said the elections were fundamentally flawed, citing a lack of an independent election commission with its leader, chairman U Tin Aye, both a former army general and former member of the ruling party.
  • (20) The BBC interview also noted: "The foundation will also look at concerns that the web has become less democratic, and its use influenced too much by large corporations and vested interests".