Vocab Tadka : Portent vs Potent (Confusing Words)
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, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- I just hope the reduced number of routes this year is not a ominous portent for 1990.
- Of course, the key point for socialists concerns how to understand the portent of these positive developments.
- This month I start my journalistic career ‘ was saluted as the great portent of joy to come.
How to Remember : Portent -> Pour -> During camping if it pours on your tent, it is an omen that trekking is going to be bad.
POTENT
| 3 | (a) | having a strong physiological or chemical effect Type: ‘adj.all’ Usage: ‘a potent toxin’ Usage: ‘potent liquor’ Usage: ‘a potent cup of tea’ Usage: ‘a stiff drink’ Synonym: stiff, strong, |
| 4 | (a) | (of a male) capable of copulation Type: ‘adj.all’ Synonym: virile, |
| 1 | (s) | having great influence Type: ‘adj.all’ Synonym: powerful, |
| 2 | (s) | having or wielding force or authority Type: ‘adj.all’ Usage: ‘providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons’ |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- Raz has gatecrashed the camp as he ‘s only too aware of how potent his psychic abilities are.
- It is about 20 times as potent as morphine and has a high affinity for opioid receptors and slow dissociation from them.
- And as for the usage of ” a potent alchemy “, oh please.
How to Remember : He is very POTENTial -> influential -> powerul
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