What's the difference between sieve and sift?

Sieve


Definition:

  • (n.) A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes.
  • (n.) A kind of coarse basket.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The test is based on the ability of larvae to freely migrate through selected mesh sizes of nylon sieves and the reduced ability of larvae to migrate after preincubation with, and in the presence of, substances that inhibit or reduce larval motility.
  • (2) The described procedure has the advantage of not requiring either molecular sieve or affinity chromatography for purification of homogenous CRP from human sera.
  • (3) When the capacitation medium was supplemented with follicular fluid, the [3H]sterols were bound to HDL's and to the albumin fraction; when the latter fraction was analysed by molecular sieve chromatography, 60-70% of the radioactivity eluted in fractions with a mean molecular weight corresponding to that of human serum albumin.
  • (4) When deformability was measured by filtration through 3-mum polycarbonate sieves, marked decreases in deformability were found in complement-coated erythrocytes.
  • (5) Rat liver cathepsin D (EC 3.4.23.5) was purified using precipitation technique, ion exchange chromatography, molecular sieve chromatography and isoelectric focusing.
  • (6) Analysis of the CNBr peptides on an HPLC sieving column confirmed that the electrophoretically abnormal peptides were of a higher molecular weight than were control peptides.
  • (7) The half-life of the solubilized oxidoreductase stored at 2-4 degrees C in the presence of 25% glycerol at pH 8.6 is approximately 30 h. The oxidoreductase contains a flavoprotein identifiable by its fluorescence spectrum for FAD which binds weakly to concanavalin A-Sepharose and elutes from gel sieving columns at a molecular weight range of approximately 51,000.
  • (8) passing through a 1.18 mm sieve during wet sieving) from the reticulo-rumen were negatively related to dimensions of particles, with greater ease of outflow for legume than for grass particles of the same length or diameter.
  • (9) Its molecular weight, determined by molecular sieving, was close to 36 kDa.
  • (10) The degree of fragmentation was judged first by eye during the experiment and then by both microscopy and sieving of the debris.
  • (11) Further purification of the 50K collagen by molecular sieve and high-performance liquid chromatography resulted in the isolation of two-non-disulfide-bonded polypeptides, 50K-A and 50K-B, which were susceptible to several neutral proteases, including bacterial collagenase.
  • (12) To demonstrate this point, the assay was applied to the protein fractions recovered from a molecular sieve column.
  • (13) The sieving of chylomicrons, remnants and other lipoproteins by the sinusoidal endothelium of the liver may thus play an important role in lipid transport, affecting the balance of various lipoprotein moieties which in turn may affect the relationship of dietary lipids to various hyperlipidaemias and atherosclerosis.
  • (14) Porcine cerebral microvessels were isolated by differential sieving and centrifugation and were characterized by microscopic examination and marker enzyme enrichment (gamma-glutamyltransferase; EC 2.3.2.2).
  • (15) Dextran sieving studies were performed before and after intravenous administration of indomethacin to control rats and to nephritic rats with heavy proteinuria.
  • (16) Cells dissociated by trypsinization and sieving are metabolically more active than cells separated mechanically (sieving only).
  • (17) Mannitol infusion resulted in a significant increase in urine volume and fractional excretion of sodium, but glomerular filtration rate, albumin excretion rate, and the sieving coefficient for albumin remained stable.
  • (18) The flours are strained through a 425 microns sieve, then pelletized and measured.
  • (19) The Mr of agarase IIb was 63 000 as determined by analytical ultra-centrifugation, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulphate and molecular sieve chromatography on Sepharose 4B in 6M Gdn-HCl.
  • (20) The IL-1 induced chondrocyte PLA2 has a molecular weight of approximately 10 kDa, as determined by molecular sieve G75 column chromatography.

Sift


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
  • (v. t.) To separate or part as if with a sieve.
  • (v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sift the cocoa powder over the top and lightly but thoroughly fold it in with the metal spoon.
  • (2) Strangers were deliberately picking through this, sifting for things they could get away with publishing,” Sherborne said.
  • (3) The % by weight content of leaf-like, stem, boll, seed, and weed materials sifted (3360 mum greater than particle size greater than or equal to 595 mum) from visible wastes of the Shirley Analyzer was determined for a lint sample taken after ginning but before cleaning and for a second lint sample taken after one stage of saw-type cleaning.
  • (4) Thanks to sifting by the Defamer blog , the emails reveal the arguments began back in February, after Angelina Jolie wanted Fincher to direct her in Cleopatra, rather than take on the Jobs film.
  • (5) Sift the remaining flour and fold in gently to retain as much air as possible, but make sure all the flour is incorporated.
  • (6) Fat sizzles, flour sifts, and delicious smells waft around.
  • (7) Election 2015: taxpayers worse off under every party, experts say Read more They see the world from a particular standpoint, where clarity, consistency and economic logic trump political point-scoring and what politicians call the “retail offer” to the voter – hence their tone of weary despair when sifting through the parties’ plans.
  • (8) Rescuers, meanwhile, sifted through the rubble in search of more casualties but a fire hindered their efforts.
  • (9) Gently fold until nearly combined, then sift in the remaining flour and fold until just homogenous.
  • (10) How do we sift through this deluge of data to find the right insights?
  • (11) Behind Boleat sit parliamentary lawyers, public affairs staff, 43 media staff, a 50-strong economic development unit sifting through international regulations, researchers and legions of hospitality workers.
  • (12) Sift over some icing sugar to lightly dust the top, then lay the walnut pieces down the centre, securing with the reserved butter icing.
  • (13) 4.16pm BST In the BBC studio, where pundits are still sifting through the rubble of England's collapse last night, Gary Lineker is sporting an Italy jersey.
  • (14) The Guardian and Manchester International Festival assembled an expert panel to sift through ideas for tackling climate change from all over the world.
  • (15) The refugee crisis compounds security dilemmas for European security agencies which must sift thousands of clues to find any hint of threats, and operate with tiny resources when compared to the US’s security agencies – the Department of Homeland Security alone has a $40bn budget .
  • (16) I have spent countless hours sifting through the daily barrage of letters from NHS 111 detailing their encounters with patients.
  • (17) As her parents lay dying, Chast dragged herself back to their apartment and started the grim task of sifting through a lifetime of worthless possessions.
  • (18) Kavanagh said that no one is opposed to co-operation with the police and that the company should hand over information when appropriate, but it was up to the police to sift through the 300m emails and hordes of other documents, not the MSC.
  • (19) Scotland might not be on the brink of a golden generation, but they’re not quite sifting through the scrap metal.
  • (20) History” does not objectively sift through speeches, pick out the best on their merits, and then dedicate them faithfully to public memory.