What's the difference between theme and thyme?

Theme


Definition:

  • (n.) A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
  • (n.) Discourse on a certain subject.
  • (n.) A composition or essay required of a pupil.
  • (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.
  • (n.) That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
  • (n.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A world conference in Edinburgh during August 1988 will have the theme.
  • (2) That, roughly, was the theme of the Wednesday Play, Cathy Come Home, (BBC1) directed by Kenneth Loach, produced by Tony Garnett.
  • (3) as well as nauseatingly hipster titbits – "They came up with the perfect theme (and coined a new term!
  • (4) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
  • (5) By no means is this a new theme, but it has taken on an added sharpness and urgency after the conferences.
  • (6) An obsessional artist who was an enemy of all institutions, cinematic as well as social, and whose principal theme was intolerance, he invariably gets delivered to us today by institutions - most recently the National Film Theatre, which starts a Dreyer retrospective this month - that can't always be counted on to represent him in all his complexity.
  • (7) Read more Clinton spoke before more than a thousand supporters on Saturday at a launch event for “Women for Hillary” in New Hampshire, touching upon many of the familiar themes of her presidential campaign – equal pay for women, paid family leave, raising the minimum wage.
  • (8) The Christmas theme doesn't end there; "America's Christmas Hometown" also has Santa's Candy Castle, a red-brick building with turrets that was built by the Curtiss Candy Company in the 1930s and sells gourmet candy canes in abundance.
  • (9) Similar paradoxes bedevilled all the other chief themes.
  • (10) Synthesis and discussion is focused on five major areas in which gerontological continuity and change are evidenced: 1) transformation of basic themes over time; 2) gerontology's identity crisis; 3) the social ideology of gerontology; 4) evolution and refinement of gerontological ideas and methods; and 5) temporal frameworks.
  • (11) A key theme is expected to be that early intervention at every stage of life can prevent society having to continue "paying for the costs of failure".
  • (12) One constant theme is the wish for the Dalai Lama to return."
  • (13) The national anthems Nothing to say about the Indian anthem, but the New Zealand one sounds like the theme tune for an 1960s ATV variety spectacular.
  • (14) Ever since the ex-PD leader Walter Veltroni started praising President Kennedy as a way to jettison communism, this has been an abiding theme, manifesting itself institutionally in the desperate attempt to engineer a US-style two-party system through breathtakingly inept electoral reforms – the latest one, the " Porcellum " (after porcello, swine), was behind the impasse earlier this year.
  • (15) Ladybird: I’m Ready to Spell has a space theme, and is based on the phonics that kids will be learning in their first years at school.
  • (16) Bleak jokes and cartoons have been circulating for weeks in the anti-Assad camp on the theme of barrel bombs serving as ballot boxes.
  • (17) Redesigning the dream was identified as the integrative theme in the substantive theory that described how family members gradually modify their beliefs about organ transplantation and develop attitudes and beliefs to meet the challenge of living with continual unpredictability.
  • (18) Oil operators, large and small, are very keen to address the key themes of the waste hierarchy.
  • (19) And they kept coming … the hilarious Octodad: Dadliest Catch , the chilling psychological horror game Daylight , which again, uses procedural generation to create new environments (procedural content is another next-gen theme); and Galak-Z from 17bit Studios, described as an AI and physics-driven open-world action game.
  • (20) Cross-sectional as well as longitudinal comparisons indicated that the subjective sexual arousal elicited during fantasy depicting specific themes was stable across the menstrual cycle.

Thyme


Definition:

  • (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Three ways with cider vinegar • Winter salad dressing Boil two shallots with a few juniper berries and thyme leaves, then reduce 150ml cider vinegar by half and mix with the above.
  • (2) Serves 4 100g butter, at room temperature 150g flour 50g ground almonds 30g suet 1 egg yolk 50g cooked chestnuts, chopped 5 tbsp chopped fresh thyme Salt and black pepper For the leeks 1kg leeks, trimmed 100g butter Salt and pepper 200ml double cream 1 tsp nutmeg 1 To make the crumble topping, work the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs, then add the ground almonds and suet.
  • (3) parsley, chives, thyme, fennel or another herb for the parsley.
  • (4) Turn the mushrooms and braise them in the chicken stock with thyme and garlic.
  • (5) 4 Toss the breadcrumbs with the remaining oil, thyme and parmesan.
  • (6) 30g unsalted butter 2 tbsp olive oil 2 medium onions, peeled and finely chopped 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 2 tbsp picked thyme leaves 2 lemons, 1 shaved into long strips of zest and 1 finely grated 300g risotto rice 500g trimmed brussels sprouts, 200g shredded and 300g quartered 200ml dry white wine 900ml vegetable stock Salt and black pepper About 400ml sunflower oil 40g parmesan, roughly grated 60g dolcelatte, broken up into roughly 2cm chunks 10g tarragon, chopped 2 tsp lemon juice Put the butter and olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat.
  • (7) In general properties, the gamma-terpinene synthase from thyme leaves resembles other monoterpene cyclases as well as sesquiterpene and diterpene cyclases.
  • (8) Makes 8 tartlets 2 aubergines, thinly sliced Olive oil 250g all-butter puff pastry 1 goat's cheese log, sliced into 8 1 sprig fresh thyme Honey A few pink radishes, thinly sliced Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper 1 Place the aubergines in a colander and sprinkle with salt.
  • (9) Full English breakfast SERVES 4 sausages 4 vegetable oil smoked streaky bacon 200g plum tomatoes 2 salt Portobello mushrooms 4 butter chicken stock 200ml thyme 1 sprig garlic 2 cloves, crushed black pudding 4 thick (1.5cm) slices free-range eggs 4 bread toasted Start with the sausages For me, it's about finding great ingredients and treating them with respect, as if you were building a wall or making a beautiful piece of furniture.
  • (10) The broth he used for a beef shank, adding baby vegetables and bundles of leek, celery, fresh thyme and bay leaf and gently heating it for the longest time.
  • (11) Serves 6 For the duck confit 6 duck legs 2 tbsp sea salt ½ tsp pepper 1 garlic clove, chopped ½ tsp thyme leaves 1 tbsp brandy 500ml duck or goose fat 1 glass of white wine For the salad 80g cashew nuts, toasted 1 Chinese cabbage, finely shredded 6 spring onions, finely sliced 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 25g fresh root ginger, cut into very fine strips 1 tsp finely chopped green chilli A handful of fresh coriander leaves For the dressing 1 tbsp sesame oil 3 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp dark soy sauce 4 tbsp creamed horseradish 2 tbsp good-quality red wine vinegar 1 tbsp honey mustard 1 For the duck confit, place the legs skin-side down in a shallow dish.
  • (12) Sprinkle evenly with the salt, pepper, garlic and thyme, then drizzle over the brandy.
  • (13) Marmaduke Scarlet, via GuardianWitness Serves 6 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp butter 1 onion, finely chopped 1-2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 3 leeks, well washed, white and green parts finely sliced 400g can of white beans (butter beans, haricots or cannellini) 900ml vegetable stock 2 bay leaves Fresh thyme sprig Juice of 1 lemon 1 tbsp white balsamic vinegar Herb pesto or gremolata, to serve 1 Heat the oil in a large saucepan.
  • (14) Bacteriological examination of 230 samples of five different unprocessed spices (aligator pepper, red pepper, black pepper, thyme and curry powder) collected randomly from Port Harcourt main markets revealed that the spices were highly contaminated, with bacterial counts ranging from 1.8 x 10(4) to 1.1 x 10(8) per gram.
  • (15) Serves 6-8 4 shallots, finely chopped Olive oil A dash of port 2 conference pears, skins removed and sliced 300ml single cream 2 large eggs 1 tsp thyme leaves 225g stilton cheese, crumbled Salt and freshly ground black pepper For the pastry 75g walnuts 150g plain flour 120g butter, chilled and diced 1 tsp icing sugar Salt and pepper 1 For the pastry, put all the ingredients into a food processor and blend to fine crumbs.
  • (16) "The hillside formed a tapestry of the blues and violets of flowering wild thyme," he recalled, "punctuated by bushes of wild rosemary, feathery shoots of wild fennel and the spring growth of oregano and winter savory – the poetry of Provence was in the air and tender tips of wild asparagus, invisible to the profane, were breaking the ground everywhere.
  • (17) Pull the leaves from the thyme, (if using) into the bowl, keeping a few sprigs for the top of the loaves.
  • (18) 3 Try roasting : toss asparagus in a little olive oil with salt and a few thyme leaves.
  • (19) An improved method has been developed for the extraction of light filth from whole, cracked, or flaked spices (basil, bay leaves, clery leaves, chervil, chives, dill weed, mint flakes, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme, and vegetable flakes) and from ground spices (cloves, cumin, marjoram, mustard seed, oregano, sage, and thyme).
  • (20) A differential spectrophotometric method was described for the assay of thyme and clove oils.