Category: VA

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Portent & Potent. PORTENT 1 (n) a sign of something about to happen Type: ‘noun.event’ Usage: ‘he looked for an omen before going into battle’ Synonym: omen, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication,...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Phase & Faze. PHASE 1 (n) any distinct time period in a sequence of events Type: ‘noun.time’ Usage: ‘we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Pamper & Pander. PAMPER 1 (v) treat with excessive indulgence Type: ‘verb.social’ Usage: ‘grandparents often pamper the children’ Usage: ‘Let’s not mollycoddle our students!’ Synonym: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle,...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Wreak & Wreck. WREAK 1 (v) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence Type: ‘verb.creation’ Usage: ‘I cannot work a miracle’ Usage: ‘wreak havoc’ Usage: ‘bring comments’ Usage: ‘play a joke’...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Aid & Aide . AID 1 (n) a resource Type: ‘noun.attribute’ Usage: ‘visual aids in teaching’ Synonym: assistance, help, 2 (n) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Effect & Affect. EFFECT 1 (n) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon Type: ‘noun.phenomenon’ Usage: ‘the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise’...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Custom & Costume. CUSTOM 1 (n) accepted or habitual practice Type: ‘noun.act’ Synonym: usage, usance, 2 (n) a specific practice of long standing Type: ‘noun.cognition’ Synonym: tradition, 3 (n) money collected under...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Deduction & Induction. DEDUCTION 1 (n) a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer’s income...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Obeisance & Obsequious. OBEISANCE 1 (n) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting Type: ‘noun.communication’ Synonym: bow, bowing, 2...

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Mantel & Mantle. MANTEL 1 (n) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace Type: ‘noun.artifact’ Usage: ‘in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece’ Synonym: chimneypiece, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, Sentence Usage...