What's the difference between unbreakable and withstand?

Unbreakable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nina Funnell’s terrifying physical assault detailed in Unbreakable is something her mind endures out-of-time, “valiantly trying to protect me from the trauma of what was occurring”.
  • (2) Fitness for purpose should not accompany Westminster’s repair – it should be its unbreakable requirement.
  • (3) Until then, we have an unbreakable moral obligation to save them.
  • (4) We have an unbreakable option with both Lanzini and his club, so any other team’s interest is irrelevant.
  • (5) While a little less than 60% of protective eye glasses were equipped with unbreakable lenses, 40% of protective glasses were simple eye guards, containing no lens at all.
  • (6) At least that’s the implication from FBI director Jim Comey’s push to ban unbreakable encryption and deliberately weaken everyone’s security.
  • (7) He added: “As Americans, we are in his debt because, having worked with every US president since John F Kennedy, no one did more over so many years as Shimon Peres to build the alliance between our two countries – an unbreakable alliance that today is closer and stronger than it has ever been.” The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said: “He worked tirelessly for a two-state solution that would enable Israel to live securely and harmoniously with the Palestinians and the wider region.
  • (8) A series that followed the mixed fortunes of a group of guys whose unbreakable bond transcended their turbulent personal and professional relationships.
  • (9) Donald Trump has made a gushing show of friendship to the French leader, Emmanuel Macron, saying the two countries had an “unbreakable bond” , pledging to draw up a road map for post-conflict Syria, and asserting that the two leaders could work together despite clear differences on climate change.
  • (10) A filibuster, which would be unbreakable unless the Democratic leadership can muster 60 votes, would allow wavering politicians to avoid having to reveal where they stand in the fraught gun debate.
  • (11) In April, the star announced that she was delaying her Unbreakable tour because she and her husband, businessman Wissam Al Mana, were “planning our family”.
  • (12) Forget Edmund Burke 's grand myth of British history's unbreakable continuity – as an Irishman he should have known better: constitutional ruptures in these islands come round with the regularity of comets, pretty much every century.
  • (13) Treaties can be broken but our partnership is unbreakable.
  • (14) The prosthesis is non-reactive, virtually unbreakable, and undentable.
  • (15) According to Channel 4, Farnaby will be seeking out "magnetic boys" in Croatia, Serbia's "human battery", and an "unbreakable monk" in China.
  • (16) The H gene theory, postulates that the main defense against autoimmune disease is mediated by the permanent, unbreakable tolerances imposed on the clonal repertoire by the histocompatibility (H) antigens, major, minor and H-Y.
  • (17) However, a 7z archive with a password of, say, 40 characters is probably unbreakable in the foreseeable future.
  • (18) Made of clear polystyrene, with adjustable pegs of the same material, the device is small, light, unbreakable and easily portable.
  • (19) Vicious circles of economic instability, devaluation, and capital flight have brought down seemingly unbreakable regimes throughout history.
  • (20) Specimens plastinated with an epoxy-silicone copolymer are rigid enough to be polished, but are not unbreakable.

Withstand


Definition:

  • (prep.) To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This association of MR and gpmcrD did not withstand polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under nondenaturing conditions.
  • (2) A Department for Transport spokesman said the money was available now, adding that it was to deliver 10 projects along the western route, including works at Cowley Bridge in Exeter, which would improve the railway's ability to withstand extreme weather.
  • (3) However, cerclage wiring has a statistically significant effect (p less than 0.025) on the ability of the fractured femur to withstand increased load.
  • (4) They ended up exceeding that margin comfortably, surging to a 14-0 lead inside the first 19 minutes and then withstanding the inevitable Samoan fightback, with the Wigan wing Pat Richards kicking four penalties to punish their growing indiscipline.
  • (5) The ability of this material to withstand the dynamic stresses of the chest wall have been studied by its implantation into the chest wall of 3 minipigs for 6 months.
  • (6) The City regulator also used its Prudential Risk Outlook to reveal that the UK's biggest banks have been told they must have enough capital to withstand a plunge back into recession in the next four years.
  • (7) The interferon and antibody response induced by an intranasal infectious bovine rhinotracheitis vaccine was followed in 22 calves over a nine month period and the ability of these vaccinated calves to withstand challenge with virulent infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus was assessed.
  • (8) We find that freeze-drying is the most reliable and easy method for molecules that withstand distilled water; freeze-etching can be successfully applied to transmembrane proteins (even in the presence of detergents or salt); the glycerol-spray technique provides an excellent alternative to the cryotechniques in particular for studies of single linear molecules.
  • (9) Torres departed with Dalglish, Liverpool's caretaker manager, insisting the club were on the rise and could withstand any major loss, just as they did when he replaced Kevin Keegan as a player in 1977 and when he reinvested Ian Rush's transfer fee from Juventus in 1987.
  • (10) As reported earlier, destruction of serotoninergic terminals withstands the decrease of plasma LH under constant illumination although persistent estrus still lasts.
  • (11) "When, not withstanding any caveats or prior assurances, there is still considered to be a real possibility of mistreatment and therefore there is considered to be a risk that the agencies' actions could be judged to be unlawful, the actions may not be taken without authority at a senior level.
  • (12) It folds down better yet withstands 8-10 atm of pressure.
  • (13) Confluent monolayers, which were able to withstand 600 mOSM for 8 h, were obtained within 10 to 15 d. Cells of primary isolates and first passages exhibited epithelial cell ultrastructure including cell junctions, microvilli, and cilia.
  • (14) But screens already demonstrated by GT can withstand scratches from concrete.
  • (15) Four designs of amalgam-core anchorage were compared in a laboratory study for the inability to withstand the horizontal component of occlusal force.
  • (16) Only the figure eight and full tapings could withstand 8 degrees of angular displacement on the ankle model prior to failure.
  • (17) With appropriate preoperative planning and surgical application, plate and screw fixation is rigid enough to withstand the stresses of early use.
  • (18) The metabolic differences that exist between immature and adult hearts may explain the observed differences in the ability of immature hearts to withstand hypoxaemia or ischaemia.
  • (19) So while many have claimed Britain was worst placed of any to withstand the global slowdown, the OECD and IMF have both shown that Britain last year had the highest growth of any of the G7 countries.
  • (20) This antigen withstands heating at 80 degrees C for 10 minutes.