What's the difference between stickler and strickler?
Stickler
Definition:
(v. t.) One who stickles.
(v. t.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
(v. t.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
Example Sentences:
(1) Schwartz was a stickler for historical detail, which, combined with Friedman's vision of a unifying structure for tracing the effects of monetary developments on the economy, led to an entertaining work that changed our view of how the macroeconomy worked.
(2) These findings suggest that, at least in some families, the mutation causing Stickler syndrome affects the structural locus for type II collagen.
(3) (A little later, I watch director Foley ask a genially menacing professor Capaldi to lift, and lift, and lift, the needle from a record in, I think it was, 12 different ways, to get it just so; I think "stickler" is fair.)
(4) The ocular histopathologic findings in three patients with the Stickler syndrome from two families included the following: total retinal detachment with marked folding, disorganization of the retina, and a preretinal membrane.
(5) The phone-hacking trial has thrown up many nibblettes of celebrity ephemera, but perhaps the most extraordinary latest reveal is that Her Majesty is a stickler for her snacks .
(6) The total LOD score for linkage of the Stickler syndrome and COL2A1 at a recombination fraction (theta) of zero is 3.59.
(7) A three generation family with Stickler syndrome is reported.
(8) The Stickler syndrome is an autosomal dominant hereditary disorder of connective tissue with pleiotropic features including premature osteoarthropathy, mild spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, vitreoretinal degeneration, and the Pierre-Robin sequence.
(9) They deplore the loss of ancient liturgy and Latin; they are sticklers for the rules, especially on sexual morality, and prize top-down authority over individual conscience.
(10) Our experience suggests that the Stickler syndrome is not rare.
(11) Because of the growing list of complications associated with mitral-valve prolapse, all patients with Stickler syndrome should be evaluated by auscultation, electrocardiogram, and echocardiography.
(12) That the Chinese, normally sticklers for protocol, agreed showed Xi was more open than his predecessors, Ruan Zongze, a vice-president of the China Institute of International Studies, a thinktank linked to the Chinese foreign ministry, told Reuters.
(13) Stickler's syndrome is a congenital disease of connective tissue with considerable ocular and non-ocular lesions.
(14) My mother is a stickler for tidiness and that has come in handy.
(15) Stickler syndrome may be underrecognized by rheumatologists, particularly if the significance of nonarticular clinical features or a positive family history are not appreciated.
(16) A family is described illustrating diverse expressions of Stickler syndrome, including abnormalities not directly attributable to mutation of the type II procollagen gene.
(17) BBC staffers not already familiar with their new boss may also like to know that he is a stickler for punctuality.
(18) Hereditary Arthro-ophthalmopathy (The Stickler Syndrome) is a relatively common dominantly inherited disorder of connective tissue.
(19) The once scruffy youth became a stickler for sartorial decorum.
(20) We report the occurrence of progressive Brown-Séquard syndrome as the presenting clinical feature of cervical spondylosis in a young patient with Stickler's syndrome.
Strickler
Definition:
(n.) See Strickle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Strickler was at Sundance this year, where a number of Kickstarter-financed films were offered distribution deals.
(2) "The entire idea was, 'Let's do something only because we think it's cool and interesting, and for no other reason'," Strickler explains when we sit down on the office's verdant roof terrace to talk.
(3) In this week's email, an article about rapper 50 Cent from GQ is highlighted alongside one employee's selection of an anthology of protest comics, and CEO and co-founder Yancey Strickler's choice, an early music festival in New York.
(4) We always wanted to be something much broader," says Strickler.
(5) When I put that suggestion to Strickler, though, he disagrees.
(6) "Going straight to the web, or video on demand, or doing a deal with independent cinemas – these are all viable options now," said Strickler.
(7) It's just the beginning of a major change in the industry, says Kickstarter's co-founder Yancey Strickler.
(8) A few minutes with Strickler and it's clear that it's being a part of this artistic scene that motivates him.
(9) Two of those backers were Steve Wozniak , who designed the first Apple computer, and Yancey Strickler , one of the founders of Kickstarter.
(10) However, the coenzyme, NADH, completely abolishes the alkylation of both enzyme activities by the progestin analog [Thomas J .L., Myers R. P., Rosik L. O. and Strickler R. C., J. Steroid Biochem.
(11) For all that people outside Kickstarter have been pondering the company's future, the impression given by Strickler is of someone well aware that his passion depends on being able to see the problems down the road.
(12) As the company grows and the original goal gets more and more distant from the new hires who come in, Strickler hopes that quirks such as the email will gel the team.