What's the difference between thread and track?

Thread


Definition:

  • (n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
  • (n.) A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
  • (n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
  • (n.) Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse.
  • (n.) Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
  • (v. t.) To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
  • (v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.
  • (v. t.) To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Use 3-ml Luer-Lok syringes and 30-gauge needles and thread the needle carefully into the vessel while using slow and steady injection with light pressure.
  • (2) No infection threads were found to penetrate either root hairs or the nodule cells.
  • (3) When using a nylon thread for the attachment of a pseudophakos to the iris, it may happen that the suture is slung tightly around the implant-lens.
  • (4) This thread ran through his later writings, which focused particularly on questions of the transformation of work and working time, envisaging the possibility that the productivity gains made possible by capitalism could be used to enhance individual and social life, rather than intensifying ruthless economic competition and social division.
  • (5) Santi Cazorla, Sánchez and Mesut Özil were all involved, and when the ball came back to Cazorla he made a fine threaded pass to Walcott.
  • (6) We've brought on two experts to answer your questions from 1-2pm BST in the comment thread on this article.
  • (7) The astrocytes had generally two types of processes: (1) thread-like processes of relatively constant width with few ramifications and few lamellar appendages and (2) the sinuous processes with clusters of lamellar appendages.
  • (8) Electron microscopy showed the presence of bacterial ghosts and protein threads.
  • (9) George RR Martin , whose series of novels inspired the HBO drama , has woven a tapestry of extraordinary size and richness; and most of the threads he has used derive from the history of our own world.
  • (10) The left anterior descending coronary artery of dogs and the right common carotid artery of rabbits were subjected to partial constriction with suture thread (40-60% reduction in transluminal diameter).
  • (11) Neuronal thread protein is a recently characterized, approximately 20-kd protein that accumulates in brains with Alzheimer's disease (AD) lesions.
  • (12) Small threaded pins do not cause femoral head rotation.
  • (13) Nematocyst capsules and everted threads from both species contained levels of glycine and proline-hydroxyproline characteristic of vertebrate collagens.
  • (14) Load transfer from ring to bone is concentrated at the first and last threads where the subchondral bone layer is penetrated.
  • (15) Furthermore, large numbers of neuropil threads are scattered throughout the nuclear gray.
  • (16) The histological findings of actinomyces spores, thread-like foreign material and detritus drew out attention to the rare manifestation of abdominal actinomycosis.
  • (17) Monofilament nylon threads are used as drains in free skin grafting; 2-0 or 3-0 nylon threads are usually applied.
  • (18) Monoclonal antibodies, raised independently in two laboratories against either pancreatic stone protein (PSP) or pancreatic thread protein (PTP), reacted with the Mr 14,000 protein(s).
  • (19) With the initial technique, the gastrostomy tube was pulled in by a thread introduced percutaneously into the stomach.
  • (20) P19 gave by proteolysis a protein of 14 KD (P14), at first named protein X and also called pancreatic thread protein or pancreatic stone protein.

Track


Definition:

  • (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
  • (n.) A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
  • (n.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
  • (n.) A road; a beaten path.
  • (n.) Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
  • (n.) A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
  • (n.) The permanent way; the rails.
  • (n.) A tract or area, as of land.
  • (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.
  • (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lucy and Ed will combine coverage of hard and breaking news with a commitment to investigative journalism, which their track record so clearly demonstrates”.
  • (2) DATA Modern football data analysis has its origins in a video-based system that used computer vision algorithms to automatically track players.
  • (3) The company said it was on track to meet forecasts for annual profit of about £110m.
  • (4) Liu was a driving force behind the modernisation of China's rail system, a project that included building 10,000 miles of high-speed rail track by 2020 – with a budget of £170bn, one of the most expensive engineering feats in recent history.
  • (5) Tracks were almost exclusively written on tour, including this jolting number, with an additional four tracks recorded in the studio.
  • (6) Both microcomputer use and tracking patient care experience are technical skills similar to learning any medical procedure with which physicians are already familiar.
  • (7) Nevertheless, Richard Bacon MP, a member of the Public Accounts Committee, who has tirelessly tracked failings in NHS IT, said last night: "I think the chances that Lorenzo will be turned into a credible and popular product are vanishingly small.
  • (8) Gerhard Schröder , Merkel’s immediate predecessor, had pushed through parliament a radical reform agenda to get the country’s spluttering economy back on track.
  • (9) That would be the first step towards banning Russia’s track team from next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
  • (10) Piedmont’s research, which was conducted among 3,000 filmgoers and weighted to the demographics of the cinemagoing public, is not the same as the Hollywood tracking system, which delivers predictions of box-office success.
  • (11) Only two of the 31 commandos escaped; the rest were tracked down and killed.
  • (12) Latencies were increased two- to threefold, and tracking was more variable.
  • (13) However, clemastine caused a decay in subjects' performance in both Experiments I and II, but only on the tracking task.
  • (14) Burns has a successful track record of opposing fees.
  • (15) The workforce has changed dramatically since 1900 – just 29,000 Americans today work in fishing and the number of job titles tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has grown to almost 600 – everything from “animal trainers” to “wind turbine service technicians” (and there are even more sub categories).
  • (16) The fact that we’re tracking towards the hottest year on record should send chills through anyone who says they care about climate change – especially negotiators at the UN climate talks here in Lima,” said Samantha Smith, who heads WWF’s climate and energy initiative.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Beyoncé’s last album was an iTunes exclusive, with videos for every track.
  • (18) Cameras have been set up by the zoo to track his movements and footpaths in the area closed by the county council.
  • (19) Comparison of these tracks and the Hadar hominid foot fossils by Tuttle has led him to conclude that Australopithecus afarensis did not make the Tanzanian prints and that a more derived form of hominid is therefore indicated at Laetoli.
  • (20) A lot is being expected of rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford, but defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan has a good track record of keeping his units competitive.