What's the difference between sparing and thrifty?

Sparing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spare
  • (a.) Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Consequently, it is important to predict accurately dose for such fields to ensure adequate coverage of the target region and sparing of healthy tissues.
  • (2) Crown prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz said yesterday that the state had "spared no effort" to avoid such disasters but added that "it cannot stop what God has preordained.
  • (3) Vascular surgical procedures sparing renal parenchyma are relatively new, as the most common treatment for this condition had been nephrectomy.
  • (4) Juvenile diabetics appear to have fewer cutaneous abnormalities than adults who develop the disease, but the juvenile diabetic is not spared.
  • (5) On histopathologic examination there were microabscesses in the inner choroid and subretinal space, disrupting the outer retina but sparing the inner retina.
  • (6) Injuries due to fellatio must be considered as an etiological factor to hemorrhagic changes of the oral mucosa, and with a positive history, patients can be spared from other investigations.
  • (7) We report that kainic acid lesions of the posterior corpus striatum, which preferentially spare fibers of passage while destroying striatopallidal neurons, produce a stimulus-sensitive movement pattern in rats that has a highly specific sensory trigger.
  • (8) Bipolar cells appeared to be spared from damage at these doses.
  • (9) However, hemodynamic effects of the compound, suggesting an oxygen sparing action, did not preclude the antifibrillatory effectiveness.
  • (10) I know you're busy, but spare a few minutes to read at least some of it.
  • (11) Sparing technique was used in all operations, carried out under local anesthesia with 2% procaine or trimecaine.
  • (12) A previous study has described considerable sparing of vision after combined optic tract and visual cortex lesions in cats.
  • (13) The menace we’re facing – and I say we, because no one is spared – is embodied by the hooded men who are ravaging the cradle of civilization.
  • (14) The loss of muscarinic and the sparing of benzodiazepine receptors occurs in the temporal cortex of histologically normal brains in the absence of significant atrophy and of gross dementia.
  • (15) Muscle sparing thoracotomy can be used safely for most thoracic procedures and we believe it permits easier pain control and early preservation of full shoulder motion.
  • (16) However, our studies suggest that much of the initial damage is extracellular, sparing nerve fiber layer axons.
  • (17) The script is taken almost entirely from Charles Webb 's excellent novel, which itself is sparely written and led by dialogue.
  • (18) United had been spared and, in the next attack, Jesse Lingard turned Michael Carrick’s crossfield pass across the penalty area for Rooney, so beleaguered recently, to head in the team’s first goal for six hours and 44 minutes of play.
  • (19) Not only are the treatment results with regional hyperthermic perfusions excellent for both primary and locally recurrent sarcomas of the extremities, but limbs previously considered unsalvagable can be spared.
  • (20) The isointensity bands in the ischemic area on T2-weighted images showed the spared transverse fibers originating from the contralateral pontine nuclei, and this may explain the cause of the unilateral ataxia.

Thrifty


Definition:

  • (superl.) Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.
  • (superl.) Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.
  • (superl.) Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.
  • (superl.) Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
  • (superl.) Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The amount of this dye required for various staining solutions was calculated to determine thrifty usage.
  • (2) Surgical approach of benign nodules and goiters in euthyroid patients is not yet well definite concerning the latent of the resection: has it to be large (for avoiding recurrence) of thrifty (in the aim of decreasing the necessity of postoperative thyroid replacement therapy)?
  • (3) Has anyone seen the price of Foie gras and Armand de Brignac... we need at least 25% July 1, 2013 And, ever the solutions man, he also had advice for those wishing to keep cool in the hot weather: Iain Duncan Smith MP (@IDS_MP) A thrifty way to keep cool in this heat wave is to dab the ice from your Champagne bucket onto your forehead.
  • (4) It also is hypothesized that this thrifty genotype in these Indians may contribute to NIDDM when a sedentary life-style is adopted and food sources are constant.
  • (5) A 0.5% level of dietary isoleucine (2.2% of total nitrogen X 6.25) was the lowest level fed that did not have a response significantly lower than the higher levels fed, and that generally promoted a thrifty and well-groomed appearance of the animals.
  • (6) New Zealanders, particularly those in the South Island, may have adapted to their low Se environment by thriftiness in urinary excretion of Se.
  • (7) David Palmer-Jones, CEO of recycling company SITA, said: “The EU rightly wants to move the UK from a throw-away to a thrifty society.
  • (8) With an assured food supply and a sedentary lifestyle, however, the 'thrifty' genotype(s) becomes disadvantageous, leading to obesity, increased insulin resistance, beta cell decompensation, and NIDDM (3,6).
  • (9) It’s in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty,” he said, referring to Sweden’s southern agricultural region where he comes from.
  • (10) Which leads to discussing its connections to a death-instinct and masochism, and to situate narcissism as an easy way to find a balance as opposed to an elaborate and thrifty but disordered imbalance, and in its constructive value for one's identity.
  • (11) In May, her blog won the judges' choice prize at the glitzy Fortnum and Mason food awards (they praised Monroe's recipes as "so nutritious and thrifty that they are being handed out by food banks as examples of how to manage on next to nothing").
  • (12) Swabians are well-known for their thriftiness in Germany .
  • (13) The Wilting Flower by Doncaster designer Carl Smith ( coroflot.com ) blooms when you're energy thrifty and wilts when you're wasteful.
  • (14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Uber’s subsidizing of fares has helped it to built a loyal base of thrifty fans.
  • (15) The London Community Credit Union has 12,000 Hackney and Tower Hamlets members, low-earning thrifty savers who are about to be hit hard.
  • (16) The frequency of this salt-conserving (thrifty) genotype in Western hemisphere blacks may have been further increased as a consequence of severe selection pressures for survival based on the ability to conserve sodium during the slavery period of history in the West.
  • (17) During my childhood, my mother baked a cake every Saturday: I remember Victoria sponges, cherry madeiras, chocolate sandwich cakes, coffee and walnut cakes with buttercream icing, dundee cake, and being allowed to “clean out” the last remnants of the mix (never enough, for my mother was a thrifty wielder of her spatula).
  • (18) To serve as the basis of cost comparison, USDA "moderate-cost" and "thrifty" menus for one week were modified to meet guidelines for a cholesterol-lowering diet.
  • (19) In accordance with the thrifty gene hypothesis, the insulin resistance gene has protected individuals during long periods of starving by storing energy as fat rather than as glycogen in muscle.
  • (20) The older generation were far more thrifty than us."