Confuse related word
1.ALLUDE,ELUDE :
-Allude means "to
suggest indirectly"
-Elude means "to dodge or escape"
-Elude means "to dodge or escape"
- Leticia can't speak to her husband without alluding to his affair with Martha Snodgrass.
- Serious relationships always seemed to elude him.
2.CONSCIENCE,CONSCIOUS :
- Conscience is the feeling or
knowledge of right and wrong
- Conscious refers to being awake
and aware
- My conscience wouldn't allow me to compete with someone so much weaker than me.
- Molly Coddle was still conscious after banging her head on the headboard.
3.CORRESPONDENCE,CORRESPONDENTS
:
- Correspondence is written
communication such as letters or news articles
- Correspondents are those who write
this communication
- Phil and Rachel continued their correspondence for years.
- Rhoda Lott has lived among the corps of foreign correspondent for several years.
4.EMOLUMENT,EMOLLIENT :
- An emolument
is a salary or other compensation for a job
- An emollient
is a softener
- The emolument for his new position far exceeded that of Henry's last post.
- The oils secreted by the skin are emollients that keeps the skin soft.
Commonly misused word
1.AESTHETIC,ASCETIC :
- Aesthetic relates to an appealing
or unappealing visual look or atmosphere
- Ascetic is used to express the avoidance of pleasure due to self-discipline
- The aesthetics of the building were beautiful.
- Some religions support ascetic practices.
2.ALTERNATELY,ALTERNATIVELY :
- Alternately is an adverb that means in turn; one after the other
- Alternatively is an adverb that means on the other hand; one or the other
- We alternately spun the wheel in the game.
- You can choose a large bookcase or, alternatively, you can buy two small ones.
3.ECONOMIC,ECONOMICAL :
- Economic means "having to do with the economy"
- Economical means "financially prudent, frugal" and also figuratively in
the sense "sparing use"
- The actor should be economic in his use of movement.
- Leading economical indicators suggest that a recession may be on the horizon.
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