What's the difference between sicle and sile?

Sicle


Definition:

  • (n.) A shekel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In addition, HbC increased the resistance of sicle cell hemoglobin (HbS) red cells when present in the double heterozygote, SC, cultured at low oxygen tension.
  • (2) Compared to normal red cells, deoxygenated erythrocytes from persons with sicle cell anemia were particularly susceptible to fragmentation and hemolysis by shear stress.
  • (3) Survival and activity of R. solani, however, were not increased when sand was added to SiCL (suppressive to R. solani survival) to make this soil lighter in texture.
  • (4) In vitro studies on erythrocytes from another patient with sickle cell trait and hematuria demonstrated that slight increases in urinary pH similar to those that occur in the urine during alkalization can reverse or prevent erythrocyte sickling in the sicle cell trait.
  • (5) This must be sought in patients with radiographic evidence of papillary necrosis when a history of diabetes mellitus, obstructive uropathy, or sicle cell anemia is absent, or in patients with unexplained nephrocalcinosis or nephrolithiasis.
  • (6) Survival of Rhizoctonia solani in precolonized tablebeet seed was greater in a light-textured sandy loam (SL 1) than in a heavy-textured silty clay loam (SiCL).

Sile


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To strain, as fresh milk.
  • (v. i.) To drop; to flow; to fall.
  • (n.) A sieve with fine meshes.
  • (n.) Filth; sediment.
  • (n.) A young or small herring.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Awkwardness of the day Uproar in China as the national flags hauled up for Du Li and Yi Siling , silver and bronze winners in the women’s 10m air rifle, had the four smaller stars pointing in the wrong direction, a gaffe repeated when Sun Yang stepped up for his men’s 400m freestyle silver.
  • (2) What is the difference between luttering down, siling down and plothering down?
  • (3) Claims that it will boost the economy and jobs are “ vastly overblown ”, according to the political scientist Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge , of Manchester University.
  • (4) The bronze medal was claimed by the 2012 Olympic champion, Yi Siling of China.

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