What's the difference between springtime and winter?

Springtime


Definition:

  • (n.) The season of spring; springtide.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I n the spring of 1945,” says the narrator, over bucolic springtime shots of the German countryside, “the allies advancing into the heart of Germany came to Bergen-Belsen.
  • (2) A decrease in response to inhibition by steroids then occurred in the autumn, months after the springtime reactivation of reproductive function (testicular growth, testosterone and gonadotrophin secretion) in testes-intact adult rams.
  • (3) 92 adult patients with springtime allergy were investigated with skin tests, provocation tests and the RAST.
  • (4) The new fact that we report is an increase of CDH cases during springtime, without parallel increase in births.
  • (5) Ofcom is expected to report back around springtime.
  • (6) #BankingUnion December 9, 2013 Peter Spiegel (@SpiegelPeter) #Cyprus fin min Georgiades predicts capital controls mostly lifted by "springtime".
  • (7) An autumnal peak reached its maximum in October rising sharply from the low summer values before falling during the short winter then rising again in springtime.
  • (8) The springtime stratospheric ozone (O3) layer over the Antarctic is thinning by as much as 50 percent, resulting in increased midultraviolet (UVB) radiation reaching the surface of the Southern Ocean.
  • (9) Tim Sparks, a professor at Coventry University, has examined more than 160,000 observations of oaks and found that the more the first dates of flowering vary in springtime the poorer the acorn crop.
  • (10) He became the golden boy of Edwardian England whose life had been cut short “at the moment when it seemed to have reached its springtime”, wrote Winston Churchill in the first obituary .
  • (11) Almost all of the cases occurred during the springtime.
  • (12) I once read a science-fiction story in which astronauts voyaging to a distant star were waxing homesick: "Just to think that it's springtime back on Earth!"
  • (13) Against a vibrant springtime backdrop and hints about "the nesting season", Arrietty's relationship with a sickly human boy unfolds like a courtship.
  • (14) Wuthering Heights forsakes Arnold's beloved housing estates altogether – though even the most forbidding of these would resemble Paris in springtime next to the rain-lashed moors near the Pennine Way where Arnold filmed her adaptation.
  • (15) Meanwhile, the critic Michael Bronski announced: 'The groundhog is the resurrected Christ, the ever-hopeful renewal of life at springtime, at a time of pagan-Christian holidays.
  • (16) The day before we arrive, a troupe of local dancers performs Springtime For Hitler in front of the venue; they’re publicising a forthcoming local production, and seem to go down well with the party faithful.
  • (17) After 9 minutes of activation, the following results were found, with a significance of p < 0.01: There are significant differences between the normal group and those that we consider the active groups, asthma FEV1 < 80%, pollen-sensitive asthma in springtime and acute asthma.
  • (18) Births occur during any month, but springtime appears to be the most common period.
  • (19) In that springtime of Nieto’s death, I had begun to feel that what was tearing my city apart was not only a conflict pitting long-term tenants against affluent newcomers and the landlords, estate agents, house-flippers, and developers seeking to open up room for them by shoving everyone else out.
  • (20) No significant differences exist between the normal group and inactive groups, inactive asthma, pollen-sensitive asthma out of springtime and acute asthma inactive.

Winter


Definition:

  • (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
  • (n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
  • (v. i.) To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
  • (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
  • (2) Since 1887, winter green is claimed to have caused dermatitis and to have been responsible for "idiosyncrasy".
  • (3) Age-specific MRs for the over-75-year age group were also not related to the winter air temperatures in the eight cities.
  • (4) Isolated renal tubules and renal clearance techniques were used to characterize the renal handling of 2-deoxy-D-galactose (2-d-Gal) by the winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus).
  • (5) The headteacher of the school featured in the reality television series Educating Essex has described using his own money to buy a winter coat for a boy whose parents could not afford one, in a symptom of an escalating economic crisis that has seen the number of pupils in the area taking home food parcels triple in a year.
  • (6) The growth of the subantarctic King penguin chick is distinguished from that of other penguins by its long winter fasting period (from 2 weeks to 3 months).
  • (7) Pensioners, like those in receipt of long-term social welfare payments or those who can prove they cannot provide their heating needs during winter, are entitled to a means-tested weekly winter fuel allowance of €20 (£ 14.54) per household.
  • (8) The first is that the supposed exaggerated winter birthrate among process schizophrenics actually represents a reduction in spring-fall births caused by prenatal exposure to infectious diseases during the preceding winter--i.e., a high prenatal death rate in process preschizophrenic fetuses.
  • (9) The sea ice usually then begins to freeze again over the winter.
  • (10) Altogether 60% of the readmissions occurred during the two winter months (June and July).
  • (11) They were divided into three groups and fed the following forages during the winter of 1972-1973.
  • (12) Seasonal fluctuations in IOP were observed (P = 0.0007), with higher IOP occurring in the winter.
  • (13) This is the grim Fury on a rainy winter morning in Cannes.
  • (14) It may be winter but all of you together are generating some serious street heat," he said.
  • (15) It's not going to be all right, winter is upon us and people need to take action now."
  • (16) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
  • (17) However, in late fall, winter and early spring AC is not really necessary.
  • (18) Mr Bae stars in a popular drama, Winter Sonata, a tale of rekindled puppy love that has left many Japanese women hankering for an age when their own men were as sensitive and attentive as the Korean actor.
  • (19) The winter vomiting bug norovirus, which also puts strain on the NHS every winter because it leads to wards having to close, has not yet become a major problem, the latest evidence indicates.
  • (20) Bright artificial light has been found effective in reducing winter depressive symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder, although conclusions about the true magnitude of treatment effect and importance of time of day of light exposure have been limited by methodologic problems.

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