SOME COMMON CONFUSING WORDS
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ADAPT - ADOPT
adopt (verb) to take sb into one's family, to raise sb as one's own child, to take as one's own
adapt (verb) to change or make suitable for a new situation
AFFECT - EFFECT
"Affect" is used as a verb and "effect" is used as a noun.
Something that affects you will have an effect on you.
affect (verb) to have an influence on sb/sth
effect (noun) a change, a result; (verb) to make happen, to achieve.
Your opinion may affect their decision.
Watching television has many effects on children.
The government effected a new policy on international issues.
AMONG - BETWEEN
among is used to indicate a relationship with more than two unspecified items.
between is used to indicate a relationship with two or more distinct items.
There was a small cottage between many trees.
He was between me and you. - The negotiations between the USA, China, Russia, and Japan was on international trade.
ASSURE - ENSURE - INSURE
assure (verb) to convince, to guarantee
ensure (verb) to make sure or certain
insure (verb) to provide, to arrange insurance for sth
They assured the passengers that the bus would be on time.
The precautions of the company ensured passengers' safety.
Did you insure your own car for any losses?
BESIDE - BESIDES
beside: compared with, next to
besides: in addition to, moreover, as well as, also
There is a river beside our house.
Besides being succesful, he is an intelligent and honest one.
CITE - SITE -SIGHT
A reference is cited. A site is a place. Sight is vision.
cite (verb) to acknowledge a source
site (noun) a place or location
sight (noun) ability to see, what is seen
You must cite every reference book you use.
This site is one of the best updated websites in the Internet.
Sight is one of the important senses.
COMPLEMENT - COMPLIMENT
complement (verb) to complete
compliment (verb) to praise
COMPOSE - COMPRISE
The whole comprises the parts while the parts compose the whole.
compose (verb) to form
comprise (verb) to have sb/sth as parts or members, to include
Eleven players compose a football team.
A football team comprise eleven players.
CONTINUAL - CONTINUOUS
continual (adjective) repeated at intervals
continuous (adjective) without interruption
DISCREET - DISCRETE
These words are pronounced alike, but they have entirely different meanings.
discreet (adjective) prudent, cautious, careful, trustworthy, circumspect
discrete (adjective) separate, distant, apart, detached
ECONOMIC - ECONOMICAL
Economic applies to material wealth and to business or household enterprise
Economical means prudent in management, not wasteful, thrifty
"economic resources" - "economical management"
EXPAND - EXTEND
Expand (verb) to become greater in number, in size or in importance.
Extend (verb) to make sth longer or larger, to make sth last longer.
FARTHER - FURTHER
Farther: distance
Further: additional degree, time, or quantity.
"As one goes farther away, his/her ability to hear is further decreased."
ILLEGIBLE - UNREADABLE
illegible (adjective) physically impossible to read
unreadable (adjective) not worth reading
INTERPOLATE - EXTRAPOLATE
interpolate (verb) to insert or introduce between other things or parts
extrapolate (verb) to infer or estimate (unknown information) by extending or projecting known information
LAY - LIE
lay (verb) to put, to place (this verb requires a direct object)
lie (verb) to recline, rest, or stay (this verb cannot take an object)
MORALE - MORAL
morale (noun) willingness or state of mind
moral (noun) ethics; (adjective) right and just
PRACTICAL - PRACTICABLE
practical: useful in actual practice
practicable: capable of being put into practice
PRINCIPAL - PRINCIPLE
principal (noun) head, chief; (adjective) highest, best
principle (noun) law, rule
RECUR - REOCCUR
recur (verb) implies the repetition more than once of an event or experience, sometimes according to a definite pattern.
reoccur (verb) suggests a one-time repetition.
STATIONARY - STATIONERY
stationary: not moving or acting, sth fixed in one place
stationery: writing materials such as paper, pens...
VOYAGE - JOURNEY
voyage: the act of travelling by sea
journey: the act of travelling usually by land
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