Vocab Tadka : Paean vs Peon (Confusing Words)
Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Paean & Peon.
PAEAN
| 1 | (n) | a formal expression of praise Type: ‘noun.communication’ Synonym: encomium, eulogy, panegyric, pean, |
| 2 | (n) | (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) Type: ‘noun.communication’ Synonym: pean, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- What is unusual is to find a paean of praise on the stone.
- He is also aware that the play is more than a simple paean of romantic love.
- The epic of Gilgamesh – the oldest surviving epic poem and greatest paean to friendship in literature containing the pre-biblical sources of The Flood.
How to Remember : Can be pronounced as P.N. – > praise number – > praise song.
PEON
| 1 | (n) | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work Type: ‘noun.person’ Synonym: drudge, galley slave, navvy, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- The Chilean peon, however, comes from a hardy stock, and has borne ail strip of territory west of the Andes, but also a large piece of the Patagonian mainland, south of lat.
- The special person statements consisted of every child saying one positive thing about every other peon in the class.
How to Remember : eon means knowledge and power… if you do not possess eon, you become a peon….
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