Vocab Tadka : Elude vs Allude (Confusing Words)
Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Elude & Allude.
ELUDE
| 1 | (v) | escape, either physically or mentally Type: ‘verb.motion’ Synonym: bilk, evade, |
| 2 | (v) | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by Type: ‘verb.stative’ Synonym: escape, |
| 3 | (v) | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) Type: ‘verb.communication’ Synonym: circumvent, dodge, duck, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- Not even the Gods were able to elude him like that.
- Like Shozan, he is still very far from his original, but, also like ShOzan, he produces highly meritorious pieces in his efforts to reach an ideal that will probably continue to elude him for ever.
- Eluded definition.
ALLUDE
| 1 | (v) | make a more or less disguised reference to Type: ‘verb.communication’ Synonym: advert, touch, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- Between a king who is a boy and one who is of noble birth may allude to historical persons.
- Newton’s desire to have no hand in writing the preface seems. to have proceeded from a knowledge that Cotes was proposing to allude to the dispute about the invention of fluxions.
- The letters allude to toleration in the state and comprehension in the church, while they show an indifference to theological dogma hardly consistent with an exclusive connection with any sect.
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