What's the difference between stinger and tire?

Stinger


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, stings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Common problems--muscle cramps, burners (or stingers), and ankle and shoulder injuries--can be managed effectively with certain basic techniques.
  • (2) Based on the clinical course and positive patch tests, it was concluded that the patient developed a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to the sea urchin's stinger.
  • (3) "For killstreaks, one of the things we noticed when we've watched players is that they'll spend a lot of time just running and then being killed by something from the sky, or running around looking up, trying to fire their stinger missile at something above and not paying attention to what's in the game around them.
  • (4) History of previous corresponding sensations from contact with cosmetic products was significantly more common in stingers than in non-stingers (p less than 0.001); other factors, such as dermatologic history, sensitivity to ultraviolet light or skin dryness had no characteristic patterns.
  • (5) The stinger of the wasp was examined from the zoological aspect and is compared with that of the honeybee and hornet.
  • (6) Protesters have also been fired on with 60-calibre Stinger rubber bullets and what appear to be 40mm wooden baton rounds .
  • (7) Since Stinger's appointment in March 2005 he has struggled to break the company out of its "silo" organisation that has prevented co-ordination between different divisions.
  • (8) In the objective, immediate non-immunologic contact urticaria tests with sorbic acid and benzoic acid, the stingers developed significantly more erythema to 0.5% sorbic acid (p less than 0.05) and to 1% benzoic acid (p less than 0.02).
  • (9) "Some were seized by the Soviets, and Stingers were acquired by the Iranians within a year."
  • (10) Gili said this was mostly surprising because the mauve stingers were close to beaches.
  • (11) Soon, the proxy war against Gaddafi was underway, and "Charlie Chad" and his CIA counterpart were there, ferrying Habré C141 Starlifters full of weapons, eventually including a dozen Stinger missiles, the coveted and deadly shoulder-fired anti-aircraft weapon system lusted after by terrorists and aspirant armies worldwide.
  • (12) It will inevitably be a custodial sentence.” The facts of the case were not given in court, but the Guardian understands that on New Year’s Eve Sheppard placed a home-made stinger made of nails and plywood across a road close to Concorde House in Emersons Green, a police base to the east of the city centre.
  • (13) The institute has detected a surge this spring in one of the most poisonous species, the mauve stinger or Pelagia noctiluca , along the coast of Catalonia and Valencia.
  • (14) 1% sorbic acid also induced more edema in stingers (p less than 0.02).
  • (15) The same protein has, however, been reported to be sorted by an indirect pathway through transcytosis from the basolateral to the apical cell surface in hepatocytes (Bartles, J.R., Feracci, H., M., Stinger, B., and Hubbard, A.L.
  • (16) "Great midfield, solid defense, but absolutely no chance of scoring when they should..." 8.12pm BST 26 min: Jorge Jesus, managing Benfica while on secondment from 1980s American MOR rock group called Boston or Journey or Commute or something, is starting to look anxious, probably because Chelsea are starting to grind their way forward and Oscar has just got their first shot on target, a decent stinger from 20 yards.
  • (17) Stingers and non-stingers reacted similarly to open, cumulative SLS irritation as measured with transepidermal water loss.
  • (18) It's the element of surprise – a hidden stinger in a cosy chat, something unusually personal from the grand inquisitor – that works.
  • (19) Emma Sheppard, who has been convicted in Bristol of damaging police cars with a stinger device.
  • (20) Most American weapons, including Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, were channelled by the Pakistanis to the Hezb-i-Islami faction of the mujahideen led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

Tire


Definition:

  • (n.) A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
  • (n.) Attire; apparel.
  • (n.) A covering for the head; a headdress.
  • (n.) A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
  • (n.) Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
  • (n.) A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.
  • (v. t.) To adorn; to attire; to dress.
  • (v. i.) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
  • (v. i.) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
  • (v. i.) To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
  • (v. t.) To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As he sits in Athens wondering when the International Monetary Fund is going to deliver another bailout, George Papandreou might be tempted to hum a few lines of Tired of Waiting for You.
  • (2) I was so tired I just used to fall asleep on my feet.
  • (3) According to articles presented by Breitbart, Clinton is tired and ailing.
  • (4) That may sound familiar to Tottenham fans, who grew tired with their team’s aimless, sideways passing under André Villas-Boas.
  • (5) I’m personally sick and tired of Pristina and Belgrade, because we’ve been victimised by high politicians.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The bridge connecting the Albanian and Serb parts of Mitrovica.
  • (6) An example calculation of rolling resistance for a polyurethane tire is given in detail.
  • (7) The extent of inadequate rest has prompted fears that many people are too tired to do their jobs properly, with some so sleep-deprived their brains are as confused as if they had consumed too much alcohol.
  • (8) Do you not get tired of the mass surveillance in this country?” Finicum told reporters.
  • (9) We’re tired of answering these questions,” one woman said.
  • (10) I’m tired, man.” But he hopes that it might be done quickly.
  • (11) I, along with many others, am tired of this toxic propaganda.
  • (12) Further the diabetics claimed to be more tired and diabetic males had more sexual concerns.
  • (13) Apart from that, it’s becoming increasingly tiring to see people posing about how there is no point voting because it’s all rigged, the politicians are all the same and the rest.
  • (14) In any case, people had tired of combative rhetoric and wanted softer platitudes.
  • (15) There is no guarantee of surgical success with such an injury but Murray was tiring of the constant reliance on pain killers to get through tough matches.
  • (16) The concentrations of 1-NP and airborne particulates changed significantly in all examined areas in parallel with the rise and fall of the frequencies of studded tire use.
  • (17) Transposable and interspersed repetitive elements (TIREs) are ubiquitous features of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes.
  • (18) The players come to Australia tired and exhausted already because they’ve been going since mid-November.” Another issue is the way the women treat their practice time.
  • (19) But when you're tired, you've played in 94 or 95 minutes, players choose power rather than technique, rather than placing it.
  • (20) On the return journey, the tired passengers exchange smuggling anecdotes and safety tips.

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