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
The liquids are pumped into a battery cell that converts the chemical energy to electrical energy.
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.
Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
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
I am told that Ferguson has called me 'unsellable'.
The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
These include a nice Nigerian guy who sells the best roast chicken around (he did this in Paris as well), a couple of Egyptians and a Tunisian who make great chicken shawarma and a couple of Turkish guys who do the same with beef.
