What's the difference between verdin and vermin?

Verdin


Definition:

  • (n.) A small yellow-headed bird (Auriparus flaviceps) of Lower California, allied to the titmice; -- called also goldtit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With fellow Republicans Lee Bright and Danny Verdin, he was one of three senators to vote against the bill.
  • (2) Five different verdins, including one zinc metal chelate, were examined by laser flash techniques.
  • (3) Verdins, photoactive compounds in the class of chlorins, have recently been synthesized with activating wavelengths near 700 nm.
  • (4) Highlights montage music I Don’t Like it, I Love It – Flo Rida featuring Robin Thicke and Verdine White.
  • (5) Since the reduction did not afford a rubin with the same helicity as that of the verdin, the observations point to a hitherto undetected conformational mobility of albumin-bound bilirubin.
  • (6) The relative amounts of monofunctional and bifunctional alkylation products of DNA with mitomycin C (MC) depend on whether one or both masked alkylating functions of MC are activated reductively; adduct 8 is the result of one function and adducts 7 and 9, formed as a pair, are the result of both functions being activated [Tomasz, M., Lipman, R., Chowdary, C., Pawlak, J., Verdine, G. L., & Nakanishi, K. (1987) Science (Washington, D.C.) 235, 1204-1208].
  • (7) In the template-directed interference (TDI) footprinting method (Hayashibara & Verdine, 1990), analogs of the naturally occurring DNA bases are incorporated into DNA enzymatically and assayed for interference of sequence-specific binding by a protein.
  • (8) We have experimentally validated a single-sample variant of the doubly labeled water method for measuring metabolic rate and water turnover in a very small passerine bird, the verdin (Auriparus flaviceps).
  • (9) Zinc methyl pyroverdin (ZNMPV), copro II verdin trimethyl ester (CVTME) and deuteroverdin methyl ester (DVME) have the highest triplet and singlet oxygen quantum yields.
  • (10) An intragenic enhancer in the pol gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 has previously been identified (Verdin et al., Proc.
  • (11) Verdins have been shown to be effective photosensitizers in a urothelial carcinoma model in rats.

Vermin


Definition:

  • (n. sing. & pl.) An animal, in general.
  • (n. sing. & pl.) A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.
  • (n. sing. & pl.) Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thirty-one had lung lesions including chronic interstitial pneumonia of caudal or cranioventral lobes, bronchopneumonia, verminous pneumonia, pulmonary cryptococcosis or combinations of these.
  • (2) "Pulpit poofs" were hounded from the church, playground workers were exposed as "lesbians plotting to pervert nursery tots", celebrities such as Kenny Everett, Russell Harty and Freddie Mercury were hounded as diseased vermin.
  • (3) Although now mostly remembered for a throwaway remark about Tories being "lower than vermin", it was another part of the address by the then minister for health that caught the headlines at the time.
  • (4) ‘Go home, Polish vermin!’ and that kind of stuff.” To hear young people talking about the UK in these terms – to learn that it had been top of their lists of preferred destinations a few months ago, but is now deleted from them, and feared – is disturbing.
  • (5) Adult Strongylus vulgaris were found in 22.5 per cent of horses and verminous arteritis in 62.9 per cent.
  • (6) An adrenal cortical carcinoma, verminous pneumonia and hepatic parasitic granulomas were found at necropsy in a 10-year-old castrated male Dalmatian.
  • (7) Among other pearls of crackpot bigot wisdom, he has allegedly claimed that "black tenants smell and attract vermin."
  • (8) For mid-century Americans, these gleaming marketplaces provided an almost utopian alternative to the urban commercial district, an artificial downtown with less crime and fewer vermin.
  • (9) Recurrent colics frequently may be due to verminous arteritis but the relationship to diet should be investigated.
  • (10) Etiologic diagnoses included canine distemper (n = 125), congenital absence of guard hairs (n = 7), traumatic injuries (n = 7), rabies (n = 3), suspected toxicoses (n = 3), verminous pneumonia due to Paragonimus kellicotti (n = 1), bacterial septicemia secondary to Dracunculus insignis (n = 1), and tick paralysis (n = 1).
  • (11) But a number of cases involving the misuse of certain poisons as bait for vermin has caused concern recently to both Government and industry.
  • (12) Not only does flytipping create an eyesore for residents, it is also a serious public health risk, creating pollution and attracting rats and other vermin.” Man jailed for record tyre dumps Read more The party’s zero-waste policy announced on Wednesday will also include an action plan to cut landfill by reusing and recycling the vast majority of materials.
  • (13) Six cases of verminous pneumonia in goats due to Muellerius sp.
  • (14) Noting that the verminous Gregor "valorises music as the nourishment he has vainly sought", it also states that: "Here music seems to mark an ethereal realm characterised above all by a kind of metaphysical longing."
  • (15) Verminous pneumonia caused by F hirthi was diagnosed.
  • (16) There are outliers in the discourse, but asylum seekers are condemned by some as “vermin” and “ like cockroaches ”, or sneered at as “filthy”, “grubby” or “penniless”.
  • (17) Arteries with both gross and histopathologic evidence of verminous arteritis (class 3) were characterized ultrasonographically by an irregular luminal surface layer, varying wall thickness, varying wall echogenicity, and the presence of a hyperechoic luminal layer.
  • (18) We were just scared.” Witness reports describe protesters throwing snowballs at the bus and shouting “Let’s see what kind of vermin will get off here” and “asylum scum”.
  • (19) If you can’t defend your corner without resorting to talk of vermin and filth, then something is wrong with your corner All bullying and abuse is wrong, whoever it’s directed against – which is why decent Labour people should also condemn recent social media rants about shooting and stabbing Nigel Farage.
  • (20) Verminous pneumonia was shown to be a frequent problem, particularly in juveniles.

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