cell vs sell
Definitions
noun
- a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
- small room in which a monk or nun lives
- a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
- a room where a prisoner is kept
- (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
Examples
Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
Close beside me stood my excellent friend Griffiths, the jolly hosteler, of whom I take the present opportunity of saying a few words, though I dare say he has been frequently described before, and by far better pens.
Definitions
verb
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be responsible for the sale of
- be approved of or gain acceptance
- be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
- give up for a price or reward
noun
- the activity of persuading someone to buy
Examples
The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
I am told that Ferguson has called me 'unsellable'.
It was a beautiful wooden skiff, with a little outboard motor, perfect for his part-time second occupation of working a few pots to catch crustacea to sell to local pubs and restaurants.
