Please compare the two following phrases phrases. How are they different?

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   leroy64posted 12 years ago

   Please compare the two following phrases phrases.  How are they different?
   
   The phrase  "The Senator passed the confirmation process."
   The phrase "The Senator passed the kidney stone." 
   
   

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   JThomp42posted 12 years ago

   They are completely different in topic. But, may be familiar in how one feels when doing both.

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      leroy64posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks!   I imagine the confirmation hearing lasts longer too.

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      JThomp42posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      LOL

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      cat on a soapboxposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      haha, good one!

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   manatita44posted 12 years ago

   One could be perceived as representing joy and the other pain.

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      maddotposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It's a fine line between pleasure and pain!

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      manatita44posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      True, maddot. They go together. The Laws of Duality or Polarity will see to this. Still, I used the word 'joy', for I was looking at a spiritual confirmation. Hope this helps.

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   onegoodwomanposted 12 years ago

   The first is emotional, finacial, and perhaps moral, and can be painful.
   
   The second is physical and painful.

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   Borsiaposted 12 years ago

   In the first phrase the Senator got a check from his special interests groups for the corruption that they will provide.
   In the second phrase the Senator will be receiving medical care far better than you or I will get and probably get a medal for being "wounded in action" and probably a pay raise.

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   josephbarrettposted 12 years ago

   Both phrases are completely changed from each other. The first phrase is about career or profession, and the second phrase is about health. There are two similarities in both phrases, the first one is subject (senator) and the second one is achievement (passed).

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   dksuttleposted 12 years ago

   One is acceptable in the political sense of the word.  It is, however, impossible to do without deception. 
   The other is certainly preferable to the Senator doing anything political at all.  We would be better off if Senators were elected and spent their entire term on the golf course, instead of meddling in the lives of the rest of us.

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   Marcus99posted 12 years ago

   Dude, that picture is disturbing on many different levels. I also find it somewhat comforting as well. And, oh yeah, there is no difference whatsoever in that question. Ooooh, a piece of candy!

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   ib radmastersposted 12 years ago

   Both of these phrases are meaningless without having a set context.
   The second phrase means a kidney stone was being passed around, as it was not his kidney stone.

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