What's the difference between tap and taw?

Tap


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
  • (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
  • (n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
  • (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
  • (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
  • (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
  • (n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
  • (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
  • (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
  • (n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
  • (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
  • (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
  • (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
  • (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
  • (2) A time course study using serially tapped guinea pig peritoneal cells is described.
  • (3) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
  • (4) If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life - then you will never have enough.
  • (5) In order to clarify the development of mandibular movements associated with growth and development of the stomatognathic system, we compared the mandibular movements of children with normal occlusion at different Hellman's dental age between IIA and IIIB, during tooth tapping movements using the following 7 different kinds of frequency; ad lib.
  • (6) We examined the MLS, a motor performance test, in an extended form including assessment of "tapping" regularity for its practicability in therapy control of Parkinson's disease.
  • (7) We conclude that routine use of Golytely is preferable to methods involving catharsis and standard tap water enemas for barium enema examination, on the grounds that it is equally effective, yet more convenient for patients and for the radiology department, and reduces total costs.
  • (8) The surgical treatment was initiated with percutaneous subdural tapping which was repeated periodically, if indicated, for 2 weeks.
  • (9) The onset of tolerance to morphine analgesia was studied in 34 female Wistar rats immediately after they drank a dextrose-saccharin cocktail or tap water for 6 or 24 hours.
  • (10) Painless recovery of radiopaque substances after positive contrast myelography is often difficult, especially if the initial spinal tap is not made precisely in the midline.
  • (11) It’s about state sovereignty.” The BLM’s retreat vindicated his stance, he said, tapping a copy of the US constitution which he keeps in a breast pocket.
  • (12) Never leave a tap dripping - it can waste up to four litres a day.
  • (13) His balancing pole swayed uncontrollably, nearly tapping the sides of his feet.
  • (14) The power users and early adopters of these apps, the ones you're most likely to see tapping their thumbs over a tiny screen, are under 25.
  • (15) Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday that Germany’s bid committee had tapped into a slush fund of €6.7m to buy votes at world football’s governing body Fifa.
  • (16) Past studies have shown that in normal non-depleted cats, somatosensory stimuli (forepaw tap) evoke both complex and simple spike responses.
  • (17) Citing information gathered from "intelligence services, witnesses and phone taps" he named the Liberal Democratic party of Russia (LDPR), an ultra-nationalist party in Russia's Duma.
  • (18) Dortmund seemed certain to score after Reus and Grosskreutz swapped passes on the edge of the area and Reuz tapped the ball into the path of Gundogan, charging in to meet it five yards out.
  • (19) While you can buy commercial formulations, I have always found that tap water, a cup of strong black tea, and some lemon juice provide enough nutrients for a lovely fermentation.
  • (20) This study investigates the mechanism of activation via the TAP molecule.

Taw


Definition:

  • (n.) Tow.
  • (v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow.
  • (v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
  • (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
  • (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
  • (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Drawbacks of traction-absorbing wiring (TAW) in displaced fractures of the olecranon were observed in 29 out of 55 consecutive patients.
  • (2) A hybridoma secreting human monoclonal antibody (MAB) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (PEA) was constructed by fusing Epstein-Barr virus-transformed peripheral blood lymphocytes with human B lymphoblastoid cell line TAW-925.
  • (3) We studied airway wall temperature (Taw) during dry air challenge of the canine lung periphery.
  • (4) Intravenous salbutamol (2.5 micrograms.kg-1) significantly attenuated the peak fall in Taw during airflow challenge and the peak rise in Rcs following challenge.
  • (5) Using a wedged bronchoscope technique, collateral resistance (Rcs) and airway wall temperature (Taw) were measured before and after a 2-min exposure to dry air.
  • (6) The dissociation between Taw and physiological response after indomethacin likely reflects a decrease in mediators released during challenge.
  • (7) In contrast, aerosolized salbutamol (50 micrograms) minimally decreased the fall in Taw during airflow challenge, while virtually eliminating AIB.
  • (8) Buddha fatigue can set in for travel-weary tourists, but I rallied myself to visit Sein Taw Ya, about 14 miles south of Mawlamyine, which is claimed to be the largest reclining Buddha in the world.
  • (9) The woman was then reunited with a man and a child who had been trapped in the car when the River Taw broke its banks and had been rescued by firefighters.
  • (10) After lowering Taw with cooled blood for 2 min, Rcs did not rise.
  • (11) The HAT (hypoxanthine, aminopterin, thymidine) sensitive and ouabain resistant human B lymphoblastoid cell line TAW-925 was obtained from 6-thioguanine resistant B lymphoblastoid cell line WI-L2.
  • (12) A significant negative correlation was found between Taw recorded during challenge and Rcs observed 5 min after challenge.
  • (13) By changing the temperature of blood perfusing the lobe it was possible to lower Taw without affecting either EHL or osmolarity.
  • (14) Soe Win’s uncle, Taw Phaya, a 93-year-old potential heir, and aunt, Hteik Su Phaya Gyi, 94, are the only surviving grandchildren.
  • (15) Contrast study of the wound canal, thoracoscopy, and diagnostic pneumoperitoneum make it possible to establish or reject the diagnosis of TAW in all patients examined.
  • (16) Day and night he walked the nearby cliffs and beaches or the high moors drained by the rivers Taw and Torridge.
  • (17) The TAW scenario proved more efficacious in determining affective components of attitudes than behavioral aspects.
  • (18) Two questionnaires were administered: MacDonald's Attitude toward Homosexuality Scale--Female (ATHS--F) and the TAW Attitude toward Lesbianism Scenario.
  • (19) Minor operative modifications in the TAW technique are suggested in order to avoid these drawbacks.
  • (20) As flow rate increased, Taw dropped and postchallenge Rcs rose.

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