Readers,
Some words sound same but have different meaning. These words often confuse us in error finding questions. Here given most important words which confuse & misuse us. Kindly have a look.
S.No | WORD | MEANING |
1 | Accept Except | · To receive a thing |
2. | Expect Suspect | · To hope · To apprehend |
3. | Adopt Adept Adapt | · To accept/ to take another person’s child legally · Proficient · To change accordingly |
4. | Allude Elude | · Refer to · To escape |
5. | Alternate Alternative | · One after another · Available instead/ substitute |
6. | Aural Oral | · Of ear · Verbal |
7. | Access Excess | · Approach · More than due |
8. | Averse Adverse | · To dislike · Unfavourable |
9. | Advice (N) Advise (V) | · An opinion · To offer an opinion |
10. | Affect (V) Effect (N) | · To influence · Result |
11. | Apposite Opposite | · Proper · In front of/ contrary |
12. | Amend Emend | · To improve · To remove the mistakes |
13. | Amoral Immoral | · Having no moral sense · Not conforming to moral standards |
14. | Antics Antiques | · Tricks · Ancient pieces of art |
15. | Appraise Apprise | · Assess the quality/ values of · Inform |
16. | Allusion Illusion | · Indirect reference · Deception |
17. | Beside Besides | · By the side of · Apart from |
18. | Bridle Besides | · Headgear of horse · Related to bride/ bridegroom |
19. | Beneficial Beneficiary | · Useful · One who receives benefit |
20. | Boar Bore | · A pig · To tolerate or to produce (V2 of bear) |
21. | Bought Brought | · V2 and V3 of buy · V2 and V3 of bring |
22. | Catch Hold | · To take hold of something when it is moving · To take hold of something when it is static |
23. | Childish Childlike | · Foolish · Innocent |
24. | Continual Continuous | · Happening repeatedly · Without break |
25. | Credible Creditable | · Believable · Praiseworthy, honourable |
26. | Censure Censor | · To criticize · Official licensing of films etc. |
27. | Canon Cannon | · Rule · A powerful gun fixed to wheels |
28. | Canvas Canvass | · Coarse cloth · Visit houses to get political support |
29. | Cemetery Symmetry | · A burial place · Harmony |
30. | Casual Causal | · Not formal, not taking much interest · Relating to cause |
31. | Climactic Climatic | · Relating to climax · Relating to climate |
32. | Coarse Course | · Rough · A line of action |
33. | Confidant Confident | · A person who is entrusted with secrets. Sure and certain. · Sure and certain |
34. | Contagious Contiguous Infectious | · A disease that spreads by contact · Near · A disease that spreads by air or water |
35. | Corps Corpse Carcass | · A division of army · A dead body · The dead body of a large animal |
36. | Conscious Conscientious | · To know · With a sense of duty |
37. | Complain (V) Complaint (N) | · To say that something is wrong or not satisfactory · A report of a problem |
38/. | Complacent Complaisant | · Self-satisfied · Obedient and complaint |
39. | Complement Compliment | · N-a thing that completes or improves. V-add to something in a way that it improves · A remark of admiration |
40. | Custom Comprise | · Social usage · Personal usage |
41. | Compose Comprise | · Make up the whole · Consist of |
42. | Career Carrier | · Course through life · That which carries |
43. | Credible Credulous | · Believable · Too ready to believe |
44. | Discreet Discrete | · Careful not to cause offence by speech or behaviour · Separate, distinct |
45. | Disease Decease | · Ailment or illness · Death |
46. | Decent Descent Dissent | · Nice, respectable · Downward motion · Difference of opinion |
47. | Dual Duel | · With two parts · A fight between two persons using guns or swords. |
48. | Deface Efface | · Disfigure · Wipeout |
49. | Deny Decline Refuse Refute | · To declare untrue · Refuse to accept an offer. · Show unwillingness towards · Prove wrong |
50. | Defy Deify | · To break the law · To make someone or something a god |
51. | Defuse Diffuse | · Remove the tension · Spread out; not clear or concise |
52. | Desert Dessert | · N- An area where there is little rain · V- To leave someone · Sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal |
53. | Depression Depreciation | · Hollow/ A mental state of despair. · Undervalue |
54. | Disinterested Uninterested | · Impartial · Not interested |
55. | Delightful Delicious | · Very pleasant · Pleasing to taste |
56. | Deprecate Depreciate | · To hate · To reduce in value |
57. | Defective Deficient | · Having a certain imperfection · Lacking something |
58. | Decided Decisive | · Clear and definite · Deciding |
59. | Effective Efficacious Efficient | · Producing effect · Able to produce the desired result · Competent |
60. | Elicit Illicit | · To get or produce something · Illegal or disapproved of by society |
61. | Economical Economic | · Involving less expenditure · Relating to economy |
62. | Enduring Endurable | · Existing for a long time · Bearable |
63. | Gate Gait | · An entrance · A particular way of walking |
64. | Intense Intensive | · Extreme and forceful · Involving a lot of effort |
65. | Metre Meter | · A unit of length · A device used to measure the amount of something that is used |
66. | Vain Vein | · Not successful/ arrogant · Tube the carries blood to the heart in our body |
67. | Vocation Vacation | · Profession · Holidays |
68. | Violence Violation | · Force · Infringement of law |
69. | Wither Whither Weather Whether | · To fade · Where · Atmospheric condition (of a short period) · ‘Whether…..or’ is a co-relative |
70. | Wave Waive | · Raised mass of water in sea/ to move · To give up |
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