What's the difference between tourney and turney?

Tourney


Definition:

  • (v. t.) A tournament.
  • (n.) To perform in tournaments; to tilt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The cyclical nature of pyromania has parallels in cycles of reform in standards of civil commitment (Livermore, Malmquist & Meehl, 1958; Dershowitz, 1974), in the use of physical therapies and medications (Tourney, 1967; Mora, 1974), in treatment of the chronically mentally ill (Deutsch, 1949; Morrissey & Goldman, 1984), and in institutional practices (Treffert, 1967; Morrissey, Goldman & Klerman (1980).
  • (2) "i thought van Persie's equaliser against Taki-Tiki FC might well turn out to be a defining moment of this tourney," he writes, laughing in the face of capitalisation.
  • (3) "However," says Robbie Devine, "following a pitch invasion in which Rangers fans fought with Franco's facist police force, the Gers support being cheered on by the Catalan locals, Uefa imposed a two year ban on the club competing in any European tourney.
  • (4) "Do you remember a single tourney where you have not once heard the crowd in an uproar about some mistake?

Turney


Definition:

  • (n. & v.) Tourney.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mrs Turney, who lives near Maidenhead, Berkshire, downloaded a model complaint letter from a website after watching a TV documentary about bank charges.
  • (2) The film included an interview with Faye Turney, the only woman among the group, who apologised for "trespassing" into Iranian waters.
  • (3) Mrs Turney says she has written to the manager who wrote the letter to say she thinks Nationwide is being "short-sighted".
  • (4) A Foreign Office spokesman tonight expressed "grave concern" at the way Ms Turney had been interviewed.
  • (5) It also showed a handwritten letter purporting to be by leading seaman Turney to her parents, saying she had "written a letter to the Iranian people to apologise for us entering into their waters".
  • (6) One study, said Turney, aimed to provide a new view of the entire planet's ocean circulation which could offer "a legacy of the expedition that will last years after our return."
  • (7) We have previously reported that rearward migration of surface particles on slowly moving cells is not driven by membrane flow (Sheetz, M. P., S. Turney, H. Qian, and E. L. Elson.
  • (8) Chris Turney, head of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, says in an article in the Observer that despite the rescue of those on board the Akademik Shikolskiy , the expedition's research ship that has been trapped in ice since Christmas Eve, there was a "growing sense of frustration over what appears to be a misrepresentation of the expedition in some news outlets and on the internet".
  • (9) "To me, that was admitting they were in the wrong," says Mrs Turney, who is still waiting for her money.
  • (10) Dressed in a headscarf and smoking a cigarette, Ms Turney said she had been well treated by "friendly and hospitable" people.
  • (11) Michele Turney incurred the wrath of Nationwide after she and her husband successfully claimed back £1,100 in bank charges going back six years.
  • (12) Earlier, Mr Mottaki had suggested that Leading seaman Turney, the only woman among the 15 captives, would be released "as soon as possible", although this is hardly likely to defuse a crisis which appeared to escalate by the hour yesterday.
  • (13) The Foreign Office reacted furiously to the video, calling it "completely unacceptable" and expressed "grave concerns" about the conditions under which Leading seaman Faye Turney was persuaded to admit on film that the 15-strong British naval patrol had strayed into Iranian territory last Friday.
  • (14) Nationwide's executive director, Stuart Bernau, says that, having seen the letters sent to Mrs Turney, he accepts that "this is not a co-ordinated way to deal with people.
  • (15) Iranian television also showed a handwritten letter, apparently from Ms Turney to her parents, in which she said she regretted being taking into custody by Iranian naval forces.
  • (16) A Foreign Office spokesman said of the video broadcast last night: "Given the nature of Leading seaman Faye Turney's statement and the apparent confession that the personnel were 'arrested after they trespassed into Iranian waters' we have grave concerns about the circumstances under which she made this statement."
  • (17) "Given the nature of Leading Seaman Faye Turney's statement, particularly the apparent concession that the personnel were 'arrested after they trespassed into Iranian waters', we have grave concerns as to the circumstances under which she made this statement," the spokesman said.
  • (18) Mr Mottaki however appeared to back away from suggestions that Leading seaman Turney was about to be released and said Britain must admit its personnel had made a mistake.
  • (19) Leading seaman Turney was shown wearing a headscarf and makeup, and smoking while giving an account of the incident, which was translated and voiced over in the broadcast.
  • (20) Even though Nationwide has shown her the door, Mrs Turney says she would have no hesitation in urging others to follow her example.

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