tailieunhanh - Commonly Confused Words

These are some of the pairs of words that are most often confused with each other. DO NOT CONFUSE adoptive with adopted: children are adopted, but parents are adoptive. adverse, 'unfavourable, bad', with averse, which means 'strongly disliking or opposed to', as in I am not averse to helping out. affect and effect: affect means 'make a difference to', whereas effect means 'a result' or 'bring about (a result)'. ambiguous with ambivalent: ambiguous primarily means 'having more than one meaning, open to different interpretations', while ambivalent means 'having mixed feelings'. amoral with immoral: amoral means 'not concerned with morality',. | Commonly Confused Words These are some of the pairs of words that are most often confused with each other. DO NOT CONFUSE adoptive with adopted children are adopted but parents are adoptive. adverse unfavourable bad with averse which means strongly disliking or opposed to as in I am not averse to helping out. affect and effect affect means make a difference to whereas effect means a result or bring about a result . ambiguous with ambivalent ambiguous primarily means having more than one meaning open to different interpretations while ambivalent means having mixed feelings . amoral with immoral amoral means not concerned with morality while immoral means not conforming to accepted standards of morality . appraise with apprise appraise means assess while apprise means inform . augur be a sign of a likely outcome with auger a tool used for boring . censure with censor censure means express strong disapproval of whereas censor means suppress unacceptable parts of a book film etc. . climactic forming a climax with climatic which means relating to climate . complacent smug and self-satisfied with complaisant which means willing to please . complement a thing that enhances something by contributing extra features with compliment which means an expression of praise or politely congratulate . continuous and continual continuous primarily means without interruption and can refer to space as well as time as in the cliffs form a continuous line along the coast continual on the other hand typically means happening frequently with intervals between as in the bus service has been disrupted by continual breakdowns. council an administrative or advisory body with counsel advice or guidance. councillor with counsellor a councillor is a member of a council whereas a counsellor is someone who gives guidance on personal or psychological problems. credible with creditable credible means believable convincing whereas creditable means deserving acknowledgement and praise . definite .

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