What's the difference between similar and simular?
Similar
Definition:
(a.) Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
(a.) Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
(a.) Homogenous; uniform.
(n.) That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Similar experimental manipulation has yielded in vitro lines established from avian B-cell lymphomas expressing elevated levels of c-myc or v-rel.
(2) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
(3) The antiarrhythmic activity similar to that of quinidine (with ca.
(4) It is concluded that during exposure to simulated microgravity early signs of osteoporosis occur in the tibial spongiosa and that changes in the spongy matter of tubular bones and vertebrae are similar and systemic.
(5) within 12 h of birth followed by similar injections every day for 10 consecutive days and then every second day for a further 8 weeks, with mycoplasma broth medium (tolerogen), to induce immune tolerance.
(6) Nutritionally rehabilitated animals had similar numbers of nucleoli to control rats.
(7) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
(8) As a consequence, similar response curves were obtained for urine specimens containing morphine or barbiturates.
(9) The 1989 results were compared with those of a similar survey performed in 1986.
(10) We similarly evaluated the ability of other phospholipids to form stable foam at various concentrations and ethanol volume fractions and found: bovine brain sphingomyelin greater than dipalmitoyl 3-sn-phosphatidylcholine greater than egg sphingomyelin greater than egg lecithin greater than phosphatidylglycerol.
(11) The prevalence of 24.4% among Mexican American men was similar to that among men from other ethnic backgrounds.
(12) Because cystine in medium was converted rapidly to cysteine and cysteinyl-NAC in the presence of NAC and given that cysteine has a higher affinity for uptake by EC than cystine, we conclude that the enhanced uptake of radioactivity was in the form of cysteine and at least part of the stimulatory effect of NAC on EC glutathione was due to a formation of cysteine by a mixed disulfide reaction of NAC with cystine similar to that previously reported for Chinese hamster ovarian cells (R. D. Issels et al.
(13) Microionophoretically applied excitatory amino acids induced firing of extracellularly recorded single units in a tissue slice preparation of the mouse cochlear nucleus, and the similarly applied antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (2APV) was demonstrated to be a selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist.
(14) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(15) Methanosphaera stadtmanae reduces methanol to CH4 in a similar way as Methanosarcina barkeri.
(16) This study compared the non-invasive vascular profiles, coagulation tests, and rheological profiles of 46 consecutive cases of low-tension glaucoma with 69 similarly unselected cases of high-tension glaucoma and 47 age-matched controls.
(17) Similarly, doses of deferoxamine at the time of the study were not different.
(18) In the presence of insulin, a qualitatively similar pattern of increasing responses to albumin is observed; the enhancement of each response by insulin is, however, only slightly potentiated by higher albumin concentrations.
(19) The specific activities of extracts from cells grown under phototrophic and aerobic conditions were similar and not affected by the concentration of iron in the growth media.
(20) The thermoregulatory responses of this American marsupial were, in most aspects, similar to those of Australian marsupials.
Simular
Definition:
(n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
(a.) False; specious; counterfeit.
Example Sentences:
(1) The changes in the frequency of SS in response to ACTG are simular to the hydrocortisone effect, but are less intensive and in some cases depend on the location of the stimulating electrodes.
(2) AET-GRBCs bind to only part of T lymphocytes rosetting with AET-sheep red blood cells (SRBCs): the receptors for both types of RBCs are very simular if not identical, but display higher affinity for AET-SRBCs than for AET-GRBCs.
(3) PGE1 and PGE2 inhibited binding in a simular manner.
(4) These changes are simular to those noted in trigeminal neuralgia.
(5) These conjugates caused greater inhibition of both in vitro and in vivo tumor growth of AFP-producing target tumor cells than did a mixture of aAFP and anti-cancer drugs or a simular conjugate of these drugs with normal horse immunoglobulin.
(6) There is no evidence that the oculopharyngeal myopathy and neuromuscular disease, respectively, are the same, despite the simularity of the syndrome.
(7) No evidence of exogenous causation was found in this case nor in simular cases reported in the literature.
(8) The most frequently isolated lactobacillus was very simular to, but not identical with, Lactobacillus fermenti.
(9) Positive results of the degranulation test occurred with simular frequency in patients with high and low PC20.
(10) The case is discussed in the light of simular and others reports of ocular complication following this procedure in the literature.
(11) With 25 stimuli per sec, simular results may appear, but smaller amplitude changes and lowering of writing pressure may also occur.
(12) The "trigger" zones inducing simular emotional reactions are not equal either with regard to the level of emotional stress appearing during their stimulation or to "resistance" to the activation of the "trigger" zones of the opposite sign.
(13) After introductory remarks about the flow phenomena in the human body (separation, dead waters, stagnation regions) and the model simularity conditions, the flow behaviour in arterial bifurcations at pulsatile flow are considered; they are accompanied by the formation of dead waters and secondary flows and therefore they give the danger of atherosclerosis.
(14) In spite of the simularity of the pathogenic hypothesis, it does not look that a correlation may be made between the two diseases.
(15) We conclude from our investigation that for the SAM of the mitral valve as well as for the outflow tract obstruction different anatomic structures may be responsible, which cause simular hemodynamic abnormalities.
(16) On the basis of structural simularities the question of relationships to known contact allergens, in particular p-phenylendiamine and benzochinones, is examined.
(17) Serum LH levels did not show a simular rise with age, although follicular LH levels in the oldest group were higher than in the 20-29 year group.
(18) The magnetic interaction between the (4Fe-4S) CENTRes of the electron acceptors A and B resulted in saturation properties which are simular to those of the 2(4Fe-4S) ferredoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum.
(19) On the other hand, radioactivity associated with a radioidinated quaternary derivative (3) was found to accumulate incartilaginous tissues such as trachea, intervertebral disks, and chondrosarcoma tumor in a manner simular to hexamethonium.
(20) Nodular malignant melanomas surrounded by a dense lymphocyte infiltration had a significantly worse prognosis than was associated with a simular lymphocyte response against the two other types of melanoma.